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Lugano is on the south tip of Switzerland, closer to Italy in terms of its lifestyle than it is to the other parts of Switzerland. Lugano is indeed in the Italian-speaking canton of Switzerland, called Ticino. Ticino shares a border with the north of Italy, is approximately only an hour car-ride from Lombardy; and shares also the Lake of Lugano with Italy. In fact, travel guides usually recommend tourists to carry their passports on them, when and if they plan to take a lake tour. You can never tell when you stride into the Italian territory…

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Istanbul is unlike NYC, in the sense that you don’t see a lot of people out in their shorts and t-shirts, running about and around the streets. The traffic is high, the dusk is too much and the streets may get too overwhelming to shoulder others even to walk through, let alone run… There are nevertheless “some” jogging districts and some important “jogging” events, such as the Eurasia Run, which I will help you discover with this article.

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Recently, I was back in Milan very briefly for a special occasion. More specifically, I was in Cusago, a municipality in the Province of Milan, about 11 km away –to the west- from the central commune of Milan itself.

From the couple of hours I spent there, what I have gathered about Cusago is that it is a less hectic commune than Milan, and that it is more like the countryside with a variety of farm houses turned either into local locandas / trattorias (restaurants) cooking home-cooked, authentic meals; or beauty farms –not spas-, offering solitude and health treatments to their clients. There are also many storage houses, as well as large logistic companies. Thus, it is a half industrial half solitary, silent commune.

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As the team of Donuz, we have been hearing really good comments about the new Sicilian Restaurant in town. We will be there shortly, once the snow unveils the city. Meantime, if you have already been here, why don’t you tell us about its ravishing pizzas and the fun-fare, friendly service?