"We are in Medioolaaaaanieee!"

Weronika Lewicka, "Top Model"

[dropcaps type = ”type1 ″] In [/ dropcaps] this year I came up with the idea that since I have the opportunity to work remotely, I can do it from a somewhat more distant place. So I start from Milan. A two-way ticket costs, without special promotions, exactly the same as going out with a fat girl to the cinema (fat always takes large popcorn + coke). I think a week is enough to check what is there to see and make a note "Milan for the weekend." If someone does not want to read so many letters (tl; dr), here is a list of places that are worth visiting when you are a cultured boon like me, who does not appreciate art and do not buy expensive civil clothes (as the guide says: Milan is one from the richest cities in Europe, the most expensive in Italy and the 10th in the world. However, above all, it is the European capital of fashion and a paradise for shopping lovers):

• Duomo di Milano, or the cathedral. Pretty impressive and can be climbed from the shoe to its top, and I like the stairs. For this surrounding streets and square. Must see.
• San Siro Stadium& #8230; if you are playing football (and you have 17 € free (!!!))
• Car rental / train station Milano Centraleto leave this city to neighboring ones
• Bianchi Café & Cycles Milano, to see what a bicycle show should look like

Well, maybe a little exaggerated ... let's start from the beginning :)

"My favorite thing about Milan is that you guys, and it's as if the spaceship has come out of the city."

joked Brad Goreski (celebrity fashion stylist and TV personality)

[dropcaps type = ”type1 ″] J [/ dropcaps] as a person brought up partly in Katowice, from the first steps after getting off the bus at Milano Centrale (5 € from Bergamo airport, non-stop buses) I felt at home. Whoever has ever been to the Katowice station before renovation will understand. The first wave is the mudjins who are trying to sell me interesting things. I suspect that if I stood there a few minutes longer, I could even try to buy back my own. Then the Turks inviting you to a taxi or a kebab. In addition, an interesting issue is the hostels organized in all the nearby gates and stairs. Not only is it made of linen, crime is also low, because everyone is sleeping there with suitcases side by side. In any case, there will be no free space for me. I go hurriedly to my accommodation base. A hasty step, even very much, because I carry serious piss from Modlin. If every Pole took them away as much as I ... fear to think. The aroma hovering in the tunnel that I pass does not let me forget about them. Like Forrest Gump, welcome to the quarters with words "I really need to visit toilet". Now it can only be better.

A standard view in the city center.

Is holidays without a bike a holiday? If you ask this question, you are a cyclist.

Velominatti

The original idea was that I would take a bicycle. The cost of a 3-day drive is:

• Ryanair: PLN 480, which is about six times more than I paid for myself. It does not fit ideologically. You can possibly try to hide the fact that it is a bike and send as normal checked baggage, but there is a risk.
• Courier: below PLN 400. You need to pack properly, have somewhere to send and have how to send back.
• retainer. I was sure it was the best option. In the end a colorful mecca. Meanwhile, not only that the loan borders on the miracle, the prices offered for 3 days for 2 people are from 210 euros if we take them from a point 80km away from the center to about 360 euros if we take in the city.

For comparison, renting a small, good car in the style of the Fiat 500L costs less than 30 euros per day :) So it remains to visit the shoe ... and running.

"But I would walk 500 miles
And I would fight 500 more
Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles "

The Proclaimers

[dropcaps type = ”type1 ″] J [/ dropcaps] est 16.01, I leave the city straight from work (bed). Light rain, so there will be fewer people and everything will shine nicely. When leaving the house I did not plan 4 hours of climbing and covering 20 km. Orientation in the field usually does not disappoint me, but this city has something that means that as soon as I stop looking at the map, I immediately start walking around. The farther I move away from the station and move closer to the Duomo, women become more anorectic, men more like a million dollars, and gulps are replaced by Japanese tourists with a smartphone on a stick bought from their black friends. It seems to me that half of the population of the center are Japanese in the selfie-san position. I must admit that while I am slightly annoyed standing every 50 meters on a red light (only on the 3rd day I discover that the lights are conventional), the main square of the city is impressive. Both the cathedral and the multitude of expensive shops are worth seeing. Generally, if someone likes Italian climates, narrow and crowded streets, their more important architecture, cafes and expensive shops, it hit the right place. I do a round (or 5 randomly round) around and go to the local stadium in the park to watch people practice. Apparently, it looks almost like doing, so I watch them for a while, on a beautiful, illuminated object to shed some belly. Such Agrykola, only bigger, prettier and you do not have to look at your feet, because it is clear - civilization. Chinese for dinner, because Italy ...

& #8211; Maciek, kak tiebia accusation?
- Holding the stadium of San Siro

[dropcaps type = ”type1 ″] C [/ dropcaps] o for country, what city. Man wants to buy breakfast before work, and all stores from 8.30 to 20.00. As a consolation, I was able to tame city bikes. One-day "subscription" is 2.50 € + 0.5 € for every half hour above the first half (max 2h). Internet + credit card and you can move in a minute. The weather is perfect, as usual, except that it is raining and it is quite cold. I do not mind, however, pedaling 3 hours between Italian drivers. I went to San Siro because it falls out. I would like to write something good about it, but a stadium like a stadium - even our Legia or Polonia look better at night. On the other hand, opposite, I find a beautiful hippodrome that saves a bit of the situation and looks really impressive. Like a large field surrounded by old buildings, but really nice. Then a round of the city thanks to which I understood why I don't see people on the roads. The city center is not suitable for this - the most common surface is slabs, cubes and tracks, and light every now and then. Due to advanced saving, I try to change my bike quite often, but unfortunately the stations are only in the very center, and after returning, you can rent another one after 10 minutes. So the first one returns after 1: 55h miraculously avoiding punishment for exceeding 2h.

I do not know how it is that even on holidays without a bicycle I can get there. Yesterday, 4 hours of wet-running, today 3 more wet rides. If only pants would dry up until tomorrow. The last time I got off the bike, I wrote that I will not get on him until I go to warm countries ... and you have.

"Walking into the crowd was sinking into a stew - you became an aesthetic."

Margaret Atwood

[dropcaps type = ”type1 ″] On [/ dropcaps] weekend Milan becomes another city. Every week, international meetings of queue and crowd lovers take place here. You can stand in a queue for everything: to the museum, theater, painting, stairs, local zapieks. You can even queue for anything, just on the sidewalk. To not be groundless:

Places that were empty the day before disappear. So I visit Bergamo… and I do not regret it. The old city, surrounded by walls, reigns from height and resembles a miniature version of San Marino. You can get to the top by rail, however, for those who love stairs, there is an alternative in the form of charming, narrow streets that lead to the top, from which there is a panorama of the city center and the surrounding mountains. It's definitely worth spending an hour and 5 € on the train to see it. I would certainly appreciate it more if not for the sudden 10-minute hail that comes to me just when I'm in the middle of the stairs.
I am also trying to rent a car, but it turns out that its return on Sunday is an additional € 25, because in such days you do not work, and the rentals described on the internet have long gone. Learning for the future: booking an online car is mandatory, unless you want to pay 3x more.

Geneva fr Genève - a city in Switzerland, the second in terms of population. It is located in the south-western part of the country, on Lake Geneva and the Rhone River.

 

 

[dropcaps type = ”type1 ″] U [/ dropcaps] weight number one: GENOVA this is not an Italian name Geneva. Seriously, just one letter, and the difference is significant. It is not in Switzerland, it has access to the sea instead of the lake and it is in Polish GENOA. In general, one might be tempted to say that these are completely different cities ;-) You had to learn geography & #8230; ..

As for Genoa, I can only say one thing: Drop everything and go there for the weekend. Definitely one of the most beautiful Italian cities I've seen. It has everything from the port with millions of dollars, through the fantastic old town with the classic narrow streets, the panorama from the hills surrounding the buildings, the oceanarium, etc. The 13 euros spent on the ticket was the best money spent this year.

Panorama of Genoa - view from the hills surrounding the city, which we enter by lift or tram (funicular)

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