Photography

that's my hamlet ...  

downtown Milan, Italy

if you take the Agrate exit on the A4...you still have 15 to 20 minutes drive before you see it

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down there you can see Milan ...  

we pull few clouds in and...voila' ...  

I obtained them from the city's website. There are few people with drones that LOVE taking pictures of this place

Thanks Sergio. Simone

;-) Superb place and convenient location. Are there vineyards nearby? That would complete the picture nicely

ARE vineyards and we also produce some excellent...local...cheese and honey

Shame we Americans can’t go. Closed to us . Covid sucks.

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...in Abruzzi that he left in 1920 to come to America. I still have relatives there and have visited a couple of times. Maybe it's time to go back : )

hamlets like mine all over Italy, beautiful places where to get...far from the madding crowd

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...but I have family ties in Italy so it is just a bit more dear to me...

I just wanted to include other "old continent's" locations, that are well worth the trip to go visit them

…this waitress once in Munich…. : )

I stayed in a place called Veruno (outside of Milan) for awhile. Visited lago Maggiore and also this great hole in the wall 3 star Michelin restaurant that was located in a small boutique hotel. Truly miss those times...very much. Best Gatsby

and I also miss some aspects of it. I miss the Mt Elizabeth Hospital, for instance, where they got me...back on my feet again...a couple of times Lolllllllllllllllll

Did not know you were actually living in my side of the pond once before !

"Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there Which seek thro' the world, is ne'er met elsewhere" lyrics John Howard Payne (1823) from the opera "Clari" or the "Maid of Milan"