It is Monday, March 23, and we have (once again) awakened to new restrictions. Now we are not permitted to…
Category: Around Milano
McMahons in Confinement: Perspectives from Week 4-Italy in a nationwide lockdown
On Sunday March 9,2020, less than 24 hours after we returned to Milan from America, we awoke to the news…
McMahons in Confinement: Perspectives from Week 4- A Look Back to the Beginning
It feels a bit strange reflecting back to well over a month ago when we left Milan for the coastal…
Corona Confinement Continues: Hamsterkäufe is the word of the day!
Now that Spain, France and the United States have followed Italy’s lead and implemented modified conditions of confinement, scores of…
Settling into CoronaConfinement!
Becky sent me this video of a couple living in Milan like we are, explaining what it’s like to be…
Corona Confinement in Milan!
Day one of Corona Confinement in Milan and we took a morning walk to the nearby supermarket to stock up…
Vigevano and the Museum of Shoes- A Day Trip from Milan
On the recommendation of a friend, one of our last fun trips with Mom on this “Mother-Daughter Trip of 2019”…
The Villas around Milan-Villa Arconati
One could spend years visiting the villas and adjacent gardens around Milan and the lake region in northern Italy and…
Tredesin de Marz
It’s springtime in Milan and that means . . . lots of festivals. Guest blogger Kevin got a chance to…
Northern Italy In a Week!
We enjoyed our first 2019 visitor from the States in February, with one week to explore and show her northern…