Milano E Torino : Meglio in Inverno?
It might be hard to believe, but northen Italy can be just as beautiful during the winter - it just depends what you're looking for!
The first time I visited Milan in 30° heat, I can’t say that I was as charmed by the city as I later was by the Bay of Naples, or by rurality of the little town of Tropea, but I don’t think I can even put my finger on what it was that didn’t resonate with me in the same way. When I went back this January I think I got to see Milan under a sky that was blue in a different way than it had been the summer before.
Our flight arrived at about 7 pm, obviously long past dark at that time of year, and the city was shrouded by this cloak of darkness until we arrived at Milano Centrale and stepped outside. It was so quiet and it was nice to feel like we had this entire city to ourselves. After having dropped our luggage off at the little diamond of an apartment we had found on Airbnb, about a ten-minute walk away from the centre of Navigli, we decided to hunt down something to eat which wasn’t hard at all down by the canals. You can find hundreds of restaurants serving as much proper pizza and pasta as you could wish for - vital for satisfying the craving you will have had after having been out of Italy for any extended period of time - and if you look hard enough down a back street you can find somewhere just a little bit more authentic.
In the morning we walked to Parco Sempione in the fresh blue air, and around the grounds of Castello Sforzesco. I had been here during my last visit, and even sat to sunbathe for an afternoon on the lawn in the park, but again it all seemed so different and more like home now.
VIAGGI
VIAGGI
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