It happened. It really happened. The short version is: OMFG IT WAS F***ING AMAZING ( Read more... )

I've just found out there's a Cabin Pressure convention in Milan right now. It started yesterday and John Finnemore is there. I could go, tickets are still available, but... I don't know. I've never gone to this kind of conventions before, I used to go to comic conventions when I was in school and university, but it was such a long time ago. And I ( Read more... )

This week has been very intense. We were really busy at work and then yesterday and today I played tourist guide for schwimmerin, who spent the weekend here. I wanted to show her everything and we ended up walking for miles. Oops ( Read more... )

I've finally found a place that makes bagels! *tears of joy* Bagels are not easy to find in Italy, but a couple of weeks ago I remembered there's an American bakery somewhere in Milan, so I did a bit of searching on line and found out the bakery has become a small chain with 4 shops and they have special brunch menus on the weekend. I went there ( Read more... )

So, I had to go to Milan today and look what happened! D ( Read more... )

I had another useless job interview this morning. I already knew it would be useless, but I went anyway: it was a "group interview" with 5 other candidates for an internship in an event agency in Milan (the one that organises the Milan Film Festival in September). I say it was useless because they had already said the internship would be totally ( Read more... )

I opened Yahoo.de to see the weather forecasts for the next weekend in Zürich (yes, I know it's still early, bear with me) and was greeted by this picture:


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My friends from Berlin are in Milan for a short visit. They're appalled at our crappy public transport service. And the Italian one, who used to live here and then moved to Berlin, says every time he comes back, he sees things have got even worse. I'll just say this: a couple of days ago Brice Springsteen played in Milan. The area around the ( Read more... )

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Whew, the parcel for eryka_59 arrived safe and sound. And quickly, my opinion of the Italian postal system has highly improved. The letter to Germany should have arrived too and I hope the cards to the USA will get there before Xmas as well.

It's Saturday night and I'm home with nothing to do, so I'll post a meme nicked from schwimmerin: Go to your Calendar and ( Read more... )