Milano! Centrale Stazione

We actually arrive via airport bus to the station. More impressive than picture informs. Much bombed and reconstructed - work continues. Our hotel (http://www.hotelberna.com/) only 200 metres away. Nice to see dry pavement. We stand staring up at the sun until pink! We encounter communication difficulites from the start--man at booth in airport for city bus tickets does not seem to know what we want or why - we miss bus. Hotel clerk doesn't want to try English but we manage on my 10 words of Italian. Most service personnel from more exotic lands DO communicate in English. Not a pretty language.

Let's go to sunny Italy and warm up!

February 19th 2009
Leaving Dublin for the southern-most Celtic city, Milano! Yes, the Celts -we can't get away from them. Hoping for more charm than grime, Italy delivers! Mercifully we land right between Men's fashion week and Women's fashion week. Ok, Italians are beautful enough as they are, so is the language, the food, the weather, ahhh. La Dolce Vita! ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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