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Lugano Diaries: Swiss-talian days…

21. February 2010

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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 [...]

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Jogger’s Diaries – Istanbul

21. February 2010

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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 [...]

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Milanese excursions: Cusago and its farm houses

29. January 2010

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via NYTimes 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 [...]

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Italian Restaurants and the Sicilian Germs in Istanbul

28. January 2010

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Photos via LondonEater For a long time, between 1995 and 2003, the Italian scene in Istanbul has been limited to Mezzaluna Restaurant. Mezzaluna lost some of its appeal in the interim and has diversified its scope and services by opening its fast-food branch, the Mezzaluna Express –delivery of express Italian meals for those in a hurry. [...]

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