Graccia de milli = Thanks a million. haha. One word that I keep using in Milano, Italy. It's easy and I love to pronounce it with the R accent. Milano being one of the highest well known country not only with soccer but also the fashion industry, is one of the station that you must go, but beware of the darker citizens there if you get what I mean. Don't believe? wait till you get conned. hehe.
One thing I learn from these travelling experiences is never let your guard down. You might not know what will happen to you next. They will robbed you to nuts. haha. Why am I so sure? Because my batch boy and I were robbed by these sickening low life there!!! Bye bye 90 Euros... Singaporeans are easy target to them as we are so innocent that we believe some things are fo r free thurs triggering our sense of greed. Oh well not every country is as safe as Singapore. Sometimes you really got to learn your lesson the hard way.
Sceneries in Milano is beautiful. Old architectures from the god knows centuries will blow your mind away. Covered Duomo church, the Duomo shopping and the square. Lovely and breath taking interior and exterior. More photos on Facebook. Food is rather expensive there but I simply love the italian pastas. There is always a difference when you taste it there, different from what you will get in Singapore. Anyway I'm loving it!
Information on Milano, Italy.
The word Milan derives from the ancient Latin name of the city, Mediolanum. This name is borne by a number of Gallo-Roman sites in France, such as Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes) and Mediolanum Aulercorum (Evreux) and appears to contain the Celtic element -lan, signifying an enclosure or demarcated territory (source of the Welsh word 'llan', meaning a sanctuary or church). Hence, Mediolanum could signify the central town or sanctuary of a particular Celtic tribe.
The origin of the name and of a boar as a symbol of the city are fancifully accounted for in Andrea Alciato's Emblemata (1584), beneath a wood cut of the first raising of the city walls, where a boar is seen lifted from the excavation, and the etymology of Mediolanum given as "half-wool", explained in Latin and in French. The foundation of Milan is credited to two Celtic peoples, the Bituriges and the Aedui, having as theiremblems a ram and a boar; therefore "The city's symbol is a wool-bearing boar, an animal of double form, here with sharp bristles, there with sleek wool." Alciato credits the most saintly and learned Ambrose for his account. The German name for the city is Mailand, while in the local Western Lombard dialect, the city's name is Milán.
One of my favourite places in Europe. Travellers, you will simply fall in love here with this lovely and full of rich roman history Milano. My ratings:
Sceneries - 8/10*
Shopping - 7/10*
Food - 8/10*
People - 4/10*
"Jimmy at the Duomo shopping square"
"Jimmy inside the Duomo church exploring"
"Jimmy and Melvin, this is the part we get conned"
