{"id":4640,"date":"2021-05-04T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:38:06","slug":"la-milano-e-la-moda-pandemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/2021\/05\/la-milano-e-la-moda-pandemia\/","title":{"rendered":"In Milan, the pandemic is in fashion&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I caught Milan just before Easter. I felt the air of celebration in the pulse of the city, but also in the shops full of specific products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4642\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4642\" class=\"wp-image-4642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4643\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4643\" class=\"wp-image-4643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_egg_2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4644\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4644\" class=\"wp-image-4644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/marchesi_eggs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the spectacular chocolate eggs, for the wallets full of money, to the eggs wrapped in colored papers, which will catch your eye without emptying your pocket completely, I admired them all. Or, to be perfectly honest, my mouth watered for all of them J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4645\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4645\" class=\"wp-image-4645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4646\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4646\" class=\"wp-image-4646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4647\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4647\" class=\"wp-image-4647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chocolate-eggs_3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw\nhundreds of big chocolate eggs, with all kinds of surprises, with all kinds of\ncharacters, for all tastes and all kinds of fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you\nthink I resisted? I bought two!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shopping_eggs_milano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shopping_eggs_milano-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shopping_eggs_milano-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shopping_eggs_milano-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shopping_eggs_milano-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shopping_eggs_milano-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shopping_eggs_milano.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw many people carefully choosing the right egg for the right recipient and I was happy to be part of this fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>MILAN DURING THE PANDEMIC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was\nin Milan only once, many years ago. Just for one day. So I saw only 3 things:\nthe <strong>Dome<\/strong>, the opera house <strong>Scala<\/strong> from the outside and, to my great\nluck, <strong>Leonardo Da Vinci&#8217;s Last Supper<\/strong>\n\u2013 which later became increasingly difficult to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I\nwas not lucky enough to find any of the tourist attractions open, because I\narrived in a red zone, where the museums, theaters, the Dome, the restaurants\nand many shops are closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/milano-metro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/milano-metro-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/milano-metro-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/milano-metro-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/milano-metro-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/milano-metro-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/milano-metro.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You\nfeel the pandemic at every step and, willingly or unwillingly, you respect the\nsocial distance and all the other rules, so as not to risk these people\nthrowing you out of the country&#8230; (Man, how I would have sat on one of these\nforbidden chairs in the metro!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming from Venice, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/en\/2021\/04\/carnavalul-de-la-venetia-cu-altfel-de-masti\/\">&#8220;emptiness&#8221; seemed to me the defining word<\/a>, I came across a really lively city! Not like in the good old days, when it had thousands of tourists, but still populated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nstreet noise is&#8230; Italian. Missing, as in other places I visited in the midst\nof the pandemic, dialogues in other languages, the holiday crowd, the noise\ngenerated by people from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the\ncity is alive! It&#8217;s true, I spent my time in the Dome Square. Basically, this\nis where I started and this is where I ended every day. No matter how deserted\nit is in other parts, at least here, in the middle of the city, there is some\nhustle and bustle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PIAZZA\nDEL DUOMO<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No\ntourists group. No fuss of any Chinese taking photos. No guide to raise the\nflag to be located by his clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead,\nmany parents with children, for whom this square is the perfect playground,\ngiven that the pigeons are as many as I remember from normal times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons-and-child.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons-and-child-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons-and-child-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons-and-child-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons-and-child-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons-and-child-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons-and-child.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In\naddition to children, young girls dressed in modern clothes play the mannequins\nin front of their own phones, to get great pictures for Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the\nway, the capital of fashion has not changed during the pandemic: I met several\nmodels on my way. Catwalk models, certainly, judging by how they looked and how\nthey were dressed. I admired their clothes, their accessories and shoes, but I\ncan&#8217;t say the same about&#8230; their legs, which were so thin\u2026 Man, they were so very\nthin, thinner than my hands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_child.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_child-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_child-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_child-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_child-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_child-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_child.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even\nthe children from the Dome Square pose like the models when they see a camera J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a\nlot of fun: every time I was getting ready to take pictures, I would see this\nchild coming towards me, with a big smile. His parents kept trying to\napologize, to get take him away, but what could they do, he was attracted to my\ncamera like a magnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\nI was annoyed by some Asians who clung to you to offer you photographer\nservices. Ok, I understand, they were trying to earn an honest living from the\nfew people who didn&#8217;t seem local. What got me angry was the fact that they\ndeliberately ruined a lot of material, getting in front of me while I was\nfilming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_me-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_me-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_me-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_me-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_me-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_me.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people\nwith a different skin color (black, that is \u2013 my note for you J) try\nto sell you various things. One of them invaded my space when I was taking my\n300th selfie, trying to sell me some grains to attract the pigeons. I refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the\nnext day, what do you know&#8230; I took a bag full of leftover bread from lunch. I\nrepeated the thing in Venice, only this time I had clients for the crumbs. God,\nand they were a lot!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_b-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_b-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_b-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_b-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_b-1180x647.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_b.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nstatue in the middle of the Dome Square is the perfect place to rest your back\nor legs \u2013 as the case may be&#8230; There is shade here, so the places are\nprecious. I sit among couriers who have abandoned their deliveries for a few\nminutes, a family with screaming children, chasing pigeons, and a drunk man eating\nfrom a McDonald&#8217;s bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ok,\ngo home!&#8221; \u2013 I hear suddenly. It&#8217;s the police, who make us all stand up\nfrom there, explaining that we&#8217;re not allowed to sit at the base of the statue.\nThis is something that repeats itself after some minutes, because people keep\ncoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is\nfull of carabinieri, army and policemen on horses. But I don&#8217;t feel any stress,\nno one came to ask me where I come from and where I&#8217;m going, why I pose or if I\nwant peace in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_police-horse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_police-horse-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_police-horse-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_police-horse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_police-horse-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_police-horse-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_police-horse.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I even took\npictures and filmed next to the &#8220;authorities&#8221;, when a policeman&#8217;s\nhorse was eating a man hihi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\nalso practiced a bit of pigeon training, what could I do, if no one rushed me anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\nhave no idea how important some bread crumbs can be J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo_pigeons_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>GALLERIA VITTORIO EMANUELE II<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Luxury\nand opulence, that&#8217;s what I remember from my only visit here. Impressive glass\nand metal arcades, shops with famous names and prices matching the names,\nimpressive architecture and&#8230; a lot of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I enter\nthe oldest mall in Italy \u2013 as I see the Gallery is considered to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nlots of people have disappeared into thin air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among\nthe people, all in a hurry, who cross the Gallery going where they need to be, me,\nI am analyzing every corner, every mosaic, every statue from above, every\nwindow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele_me_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele_me_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele_me_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele_me_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele_me_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele_me_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele_me_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Luxury\nstores seem to be crying for the Chinese who used to queue here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two\nopen restaurants only deliver and, in the absence of customers, they close so\nearly that I did not get any dinner\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/galleria-vittorio-emanuele-milano_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nthese times of pandemic, I can quietly take pictures without having to slip\nthrough the cohorts of tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\nthere are also disadvantages of the fact that there are no tourists, whom you\ncould follow in the crowd and you could find out things along the way: I read\nabout the coats of arms on the floor, under the dome of the Gallery, but I have\nno idea that one of them has a particular popularity. I only find out about\nthis later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/savoia-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/savoia-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4687\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/2021\/05\/la-milano-e-la-moda-pandemia\/savoia\/\" class=\"wp-image-4687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/savoia-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/savoia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/savoia-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/savoia-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/savoia.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4688\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/2021\/05\/la-milano-e-la-moda-pandemia\/blazoane-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-4688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1-1180x896.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blazoane-1.jpg 1185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the coat of arms of the House of Savoy and the coats of arms of Rome, Florence and Milan, the coat of arms of Turin has a bull on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/torino-emblem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/torino-emblem-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/torino-emblem-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/torino-emblem-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/torino-emblem-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/torino-emblem-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/torino-emblem.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is\nsaid that if you put your heel on&#8230; the bull&#8217;s balls and you manage to turn\nthree times around, you will be lucky in life! (Notice how &#8220;worn out&#8221;\nthat place is!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But,\nsince there are no tourists, this time the bull is the lucky one J)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>LA SCALA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teatro-alla-scala-milano-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teatro-alla-scala-milano-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teatro-alla-scala-milano-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teatro-alla-scala-milano-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teatro-alla-scala-milano-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teatro-alla-scala-milano-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/teatro-alla-scala-milano.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s\nclosed, as you probably guessed. There&#8217;s no queuing at the box office, there\nare no elegant people coming to the show. The posters on the walls of the\nbuilding do not talk about the grand premieres, but about the people and\ninstitutions that help the theater to survive during these terrible times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took\nout my short list of tourist attractions and I started, trying to see them in\nthe only day I still have available. I&#8217;m really curious what the famous places,\nalways full of visitors, look like in pandemic times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SFORZESCO CASTLE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>No\nqueues, no crowds, just people transiting or sitting on the benches in the\nyard, in an extremely pleasant weather, which invites you to read, dream or&#8230;\nanalyze the passers-by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\nis nothing open, so I take a tour, go out through all 4 gates of the castle,\nthen explore the secondary courtyards, where from time to time, a child with a\nscooter enters, shouting at the parents left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nonly place you have access to is&#8230; the toilet. Of course, I take advantage.\nIt&#8217;s the toilet at the Castle, after all! J<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_me_1-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_me_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4664\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4664\" class=\"wp-image-4664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_me_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_me_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_me_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_me_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sforzesco-castle-milan_me_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4665\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4665\" class=\"wp-image-4665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sempione-milano.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In some courtyards I could sit quietly for a picnic, as I am the only one there, but two steps away is <strong>Sempione Park<\/strong>, and it has more to offer. For your buttocks, that is&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SANTA\nMARIA DELLE GRAZIE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here,\non the wall of the former dining hall of the church, is the famous <strong>Last Supper<\/strong> of <strong>Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong>. Well, how lucky I would have been to find this\nplace open, and be envied by everyone that I saw a masterpiece that is getting\nharder and harder to see?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s\nclosed, don&#8217;t worry&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in\nthe door of the church there is an announcement that says it is also closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nempty square deserves to be photographed, because the normal times will come,\nwhen I will fight here for access inside. And it would be good not to forget\nthis image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sit\non a bench and sunbathe a little, while talking on whatsapp with friends. But\nwait! Something catches my eye. A citizen just bypasses the &#8220;Closed&#8221;\nsign and enters the church. Might he be an employee? But&#8230; what if he is not?\nI go after him, like a monkey, and I go in too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s\nnot forbidden, I mean it&#8217;s forbidden, I mean it&#8217;s not&#8230; I&#8217;ve seen the &#8220;pattern&#8221;\nbefore: practically, the church is closed, but if you just come in to pray, to\nlight a candle, it&#8217;s ok. Which I did. No candle, because they told me that\ntoday this is not allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4668\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4668\" class=\"wp-image-4668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_olive-branches.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_olive-branches-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4669\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_olive-branches.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4669\" class=\"wp-image-4669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_olive-branches-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_olive-branches-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/santa-maria-delle-grazie_olive-branches.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nchurch is ready for the service, I don&#8217;t linger long, because some people who\nseem to be locals are already looking at me strangely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I\ngo out, I put a few euros in a box for a few bags of olive branches \u2013 very\noften seen in people&#8217;s hands, these days before Easter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BASILICA OF SANT\u2019AMBROGIO<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4671\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4671\" class=\"wp-image-4671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4672\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4672\" class=\"wp-image-4672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/basilica-di-sant-ambrogio_3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of\nthe oldest churches in Milan (founded in 379!) is getting ready to receive the parishioners\ntoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nlack of tourists gives it a special aura and I stay inside it a lot, to see\neverything there is to see. And to think about everything I have to think\nabout&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yellow-tram-milan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yellow-tram-milan-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yellow-tram-milan-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yellow-tram-milan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yellow-tram-milan-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yellow-tram-milan-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/yellow-tram-milan.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I return to the city center, to the horns, the noisy Italians, deliverers, police and the iconic yellow tram. Which I buy. In the form of a magnet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SHOPPING IN MILAN. THE \u00a0PANDEMIC MILAN&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nthere&#8217;s one thing that annoys me about this pandemic, is that it took the\npleasure of spending money on nonsense little things J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well,\nhow can I get home empty-handed? Such a thing has never been seen before! I&#8217;ll\nbe put on the Wall of Shame&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As in\nother cities in the red zone, in Milan everything is closed, except for the\n&#8220;essential stores&#8221; \u2013 that is those with goods that people really\nneed. Therefore, I try to quench my thirst for shopping by hunting for such\nstores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have\na choice between buying: phones, panties, glasses, socks, make-up or chocolate\neggs. I&#8217;ve already checked the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sportswear\nstores are also open, products like this being included in the &#8220;essential\nmerchandise&#8221; category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I see\nwith surprise that it is open at Gap. I enter and I am struck from the first\nmoment by the tape that blocks access to certain districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Merce\nnon vendibile&#8221; is written in areas with tape, while in other parts of the\nstore access is allowed. After a short analysis, I think I got the idea, but to\nbe sure, I ask the seller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nareas in the store where access is allowed are those with children&#8217;s clothes\nand those with sports items (tracksuits and sweatshirts, in their case) \u2013\nconsidered essential goods. Unlike dresses, shirts, jeans, sweaters, jackets etc,\nconsidered non-essential and therefore prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gap-store-milano_3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s\nvery bizarre, but look, both they and others have found a solution to keep the\nstores open and sell, from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cling\nto the stalls of souvenirs and take a few things with Milan, dusty as they lie\nfor a long time without customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ask\nan Italian saleswoman to whom in God&#8217;s name she sells the magnets, the Milan mugs,\nthe flags, the Italy kitchen rags, the ashtrays or postcards to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To\nyou&#8221; \u2013 she answers amused when she sees that I keep filling the basket. But\nI don&#8217;t save her business&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\ntells me what others have told me: that they haven&#8217;t seen a tourist in a year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,\nshe is still open, because she manages to sell balloons and small toys to\nItalian children who come with their parents to the nearby park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHAT TO EAT IN MILAN DURING THE PANDEMIC<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I had high hopes for restaurants. In vain. Everything is closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_141402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_141402-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_141402-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_141402-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_141402-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_141402-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_141402.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nareas known to be frequented by people for lunch and dinner are now deserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I\ndon&#8217;t give up, I intend to take something to go and eat somewhere in the\nstreet. It&#8217;s just that&#8230; I&#8217;ll be damned if I find restaurants on my way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok&#8230;\nwell, if that&#8217;s the case, let me get something to nibble on from the\nsupermarket. It&#8217;s just&#8230; I can&#8217;t find any supermarket, man!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well,\nwhat do you think, that I&#8217;m giving up? No way: I take out my phone and look for\nsupermarkets on Google maps J. And so, guided, I take to the streets of the\nneighborhoods to find a shop&amp;go at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I\nwiden the search area and go to the terraces near the tourist attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_143920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_143920-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_143920-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_143920-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_143920-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_143920-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_143920.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the\nfirst restaurant that delivers, I don&#8217;t stop to think and order some pasta with\nporcini and ham. I&#8217;m starving!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also\nfind a perfect place for my lunch, where it seems that I don&#8217;t disturb anyone: <strong>The Brera Art Gallery<\/strong> \u2013 the main art\ngallery in Milan J.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pinacoteca-di-brera-milano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pinacoteca-di-brera-milano-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pinacoteca-di-brera-milano-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pinacoteca-di-brera-milano-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pinacoteca-di-brera-milano-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pinacoteca-di-brera-milano-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pinacoteca-di-brera-milano.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If it&#8217;s\nstill closed, at least take advantage of the yard and the peace, to tame my\nhunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\nwould be the day&#8230; After two bites, I give it up. I do not like them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I pack\nthem nicely and offer them to a beggar on the street corner, who really enjoys\nthe huge portion of food. (I hope he&#8217;s not as pretentious about pasta as I am&#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tell myself\nwith optimism that I will eventually eat at the hotel, being a 4 star hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The\ncook has left&#8221; \u2013 the receptionist informs me bluntly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do\nyou mean?? He left, that is, he simply got off? Is he coming back?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;No,\nhe&#8217;s not coming back&#8221;, I get the answer. It doesn&#8217;t make sense to stay and\ncook for 2 poor people who are staying in the hotel these days. (One of the\npoor souls is me)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And\nhere&#8217;s how I get to the last solution \u2013 already desperate: order some food in\nthe room, from the Osteria recommended by the receptionist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210401_205815-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210401_205815-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4679\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4679\" class=\"wp-image-4679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210401_205815-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210401_205815-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210401_205815.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4680\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/?attachment_id=4680\" class=\"wp-image-4680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210402_212922.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t\ncomplain, the food was fairly good. Okay, judging by how hungry I was, they\ncould have brought me stones, and I would still have eaten them&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two\nnights in a row I ordered from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo-milano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo-milano-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo-milano-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo-milano-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo-milano-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo-milano-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/www.danamladin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/piazza-del-duomo-milano.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And\nbefore the (late, not last) dinner, I did my night patrol in the Dome Square. I\nanalyzed every stained glass window, every tower, every gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npigeons went to their homes, so only I, the deliverers and a few strays are\nstill here. Well, if I look behind me, I also see the police, the carabinieri\nand the army J.\nTourists? No way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nplace is unreal. But I understand that after Easter, things will relax. So what\nI saw, photographed and filmed, will become history&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Milano seen by a tourist, during the pandemic\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ng_wgMqMjEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I caught Milan just before Easter. I felt the air of celebration in the pulse of the city, but also in the shops full of specific products. From the spectacular chocolate eggs, for the wallets full of money, to the eggs wrapped in colored papers, which will catch your eye without emptying your pocket completely, I admired them all. Or, to be perfectly honest, my mouth watered for all of them J. I saw hundreds of big chocolate eggs, with all kinds of surprises, with all kinds of characters, for all tastes and all kinds of fans. Do you think I resisted? I bought two! I saw many people carefully choosing the right egg for the right recipient and I was happy to be part of this fever. MILAN DURING THE PANDEMIC I was in Milan only once, many years ago. Just for one day. So I saw only 3 things: the Dome, the opera house Scala from the outside and, to my great luck, Leonardo Da Vinci&#8217;s Last Supper \u2013 which later became increasingly difficult to visit. Now I was not lucky enough to find any of the tourist attractions open, because I arrived in a red zone, where the museums, theaters, the Dome, the restaurants and many shops are closed. You feel the pandemic at every step and, willingly or unwillingly, you respect the social distance and all the other rules, so as not to risk these people throwing you out of the country&#8230; (Man, how I would have sat on one of these forbidden chairs in the metro!) Coming from Venice, where &#8220;emptiness&#8221; seemed to me the defining word, I came across a really lively city! Not like in the good old days, when it had thousands of tourists, but still populated. The street noise is&#8230; Italian. Missing, as in other places I visited in the midst of the pandemic, dialogues in other languages, the holiday crowd, the noise generated by people from all over the world. But the city is alive! It&#8217;s true, I spent my time in the Dome Square. Basically, this is where I started and this is where I ended every day. No matter how deserted it is in other parts, at least here, in the middle of the city, there is some hustle and bustle. PIAZZA DEL DUOMO No tourists group. No fuss of any Chinese taking photos. No guide to raise the flag to be located by his clients. Instead, many parents with children, for whom this square is the perfect playground, given that the pigeons are as many as I remember from normal times. In addition to children, young girls dressed in modern clothes play the mannequins in front of their own phones, to get great pictures for Instagram. By the way, the capital of fashion has not changed during the pandemic: I met several models on my way. Catwalk models, certainly, judging by how they looked and how they were dressed. I admired their clothes, their accessories and shoes, but I can&#8217;t say the same about&#8230; their legs, which were so thin\u2026 Man, they were so very thin, thinner than my hands! Even the children from the Dome Square pose like the models when they see a camera J. I had a lot of fun: every time I was getting ready to take pictures, I would see this child coming towards me, with a big smile. His parents kept trying to apologize, to get take him away, but what could they do, he was attracted to my camera like a magnet. However, I was annoyed by some Asians who clung to you to offer you photographer services. Ok, I understand, they were trying to earn an honest living from the few people who didn&#8217;t seem local. What got me angry was the fact that they deliberately ruined a lot of material, getting in front of me while I was filming. Many people with a different skin color (black, that is \u2013 my note for you J) try to sell you various things. One of them invaded my space when I was taking my 300th selfie, trying to sell me some grains to attract the pigeons. I refused. But the next day, what do you know&#8230; I took a bag full of leftover bread from lunch. I repeated the thing in Venice, only this time I had clients for the crumbs. God, and they were a lot!!! The statue in the middle of the Dome Square is the perfect place to rest your back or legs \u2013 as the case may be&#8230; There is shade here, so the places are precious. I sit among couriers who have abandoned their deliveries for a few minutes, a family with screaming children, chasing pigeons, and a drunk man eating from a McDonald&#8217;s bag. &#8220;Ok, go home!&#8221; \u2013 I hear suddenly. It&#8217;s the police, who make us all stand up from there, explaining that we&#8217;re not allowed to sit at the base of the statue. This is something that repeats itself after some minutes, because people keep coming. It is full of carabinieri, army and policemen on horses. But I don&#8217;t feel any stress, no one came to ask me where I come from and where I&#8217;m going, why I pose or if I want peace in the world. I even took pictures and filmed next to the &#8220;authorities&#8221;, when a policeman&#8217;s horse was eating a man hihi. And I also practiced a bit of pigeon training, what could I do, if no one rushed me anywhere. You have no idea how important some bread crumbs can be J. GALLERIA VITTORIO EMANUELE II Luxury and opulence, that&#8217;s what I remember from my only visit here. Impressive glass and metal arcades, shops with famous names and prices matching the names, impressive architecture and&#8230; a lot of people. I enter the oldest mall in Italy \u2013 as I see the Gallery is considered to be. The lots of people have disappeared into thin air. Among the people, all in a hurry, who cross the Gallery going where they need to be, me, I am analyzing every corner, every mosaic, every statue from above, every window. Luxury stores seem to be crying for the Chinese who used to queue here. The two open restaurants only deliver and, in the absence of customers, they close so early that I did not get any dinner\u2026 In these times of pandemic, I can quietly take pictures without having to slip through the cohorts of tourists. But there are also disadvantages of the fact that there are no tourists, whom you could follow in the crowd and you could find out things along the way: I read about the coats of arms on the floor, under the dome of the Gallery, but I have no idea that one of them has a particular popularity. I only find out about this later. Beyond the coat of arms of the House of Savoy and the coats of arms of Rome, Florence and Milan, the coat of arms of Turin has a bull on it. It is said that if you put your heel on&#8230; the bull&#8217;s balls and you manage to turn three times around, you will be lucky in life! (Notice how &#8220;worn out&#8221; that place is!) But, since there are no tourists, this time the bull is the lucky one J)). LA SCALA It&#8217;s closed, as you probably guessed. There&#8217;s no queuing at the box office, there are no elegant people coming to the show. The posters on the walls of the building do not talk about the grand premieres, but about the people and institutions that help the theater to survive during these terrible times. I took out my short list of tourist attractions and I started, trying to see them in the only day I still have available. I&#8217;m really curious what the famous places, always full of visitors, look like in pandemic times. SFORZESCO CASTLE No queues, no crowds, just people transiting or sitting on the benches in the yard, in an extremely pleasant weather, which invites you to read, dream or&#8230; analyze the passers-by. There is nothing open, so I take a tour, go out through all 4 gates of the castle, then explore the secondary courtyards, where from time to time, a child with a scooter enters, shouting at the parents left behind. The only place you have access to is&#8230; the toilet. Of course, I take advantage. It&#8217;s the toilet at the Castle, after all! J In some courtyards I could sit quietly for a picnic, as I am the only one there, but two steps away is Sempione Park, and it has more to offer. For your buttocks, that is&#8230; SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE Here, on the wall of the former dining hall of the church, is the famous Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci. Well, how lucky I would have been to find this place open, and be envied by everyone that I saw a masterpiece that is getting harder and harder to see?! It&#8217;s closed, don&#8217;t worry&#8230; And in the door of the church there is an announcement that says it is also closed. The empty square deserves to be photographed, because the normal times will come, when I will fight here for access inside. And it would be good not to forget this image. I sit on a bench and sunbathe a little, while talking on whatsapp with friends. But wait! Something catches my eye. A citizen just bypasses the &#8220;Closed&#8221; sign and enters the church. Might he be an employee? But&#8230; what if he is not? I go after him, like a monkey, and I go in too! It&#8217;s not forbidden, I mean it&#8217;s forbidden, I mean it&#8217;s not&#8230; I&#8217;ve seen the &#8220;pattern&#8221; before: practically, the church is closed, but if you just come in to pray, to light a candle, it&#8217;s ok. Which I did. No candle, because they told me that today this is not allowed. The church is ready for the service, I don&#8217;t linger long, because some people who seem to be locals are already looking at me strangely. When I go out, I put a few euros in a box for a few bags of olive branches \u2013 very often seen in people&#8217;s hands, these days before Easter. BASILICA OF SANT\u2019AMBROGIO One of the oldest churches in Milan (founded in 379!) is getting ready to receive the parishioners too. The lack of tourists gives it a special aura and I stay inside it a lot, to see everything there is to see. And to think about everything I have to think about&#8230; Then I return to the city center, to the horns, the noisy Italians, deliverers, police and the iconic yellow tram. Which I buy. In the form of a magnet. SHOPPING IN MILAN. THE \u00a0PANDEMIC MILAN&#8230; If there&#8217;s one thing that annoys me about this pandemic, is that it took the pleasure of spending money on nonsense little things J. Well, how can I get home empty-handed? Such a thing has never been seen before! I&#8217;ll be put on the Wall of Shame&#8230; As in other cities in the red zone, in Milan everything is closed, except for the &#8220;essential stores&#8221; \u2013 that is those with goods that people really need. Therefore, I try to quench my thirst for shopping by hunting for such stores. I have a choice between buying: phones, panties, glasses, socks, make-up or chocolate eggs. I&#8217;ve already checked the latter. Sportswear stores are also open, products like this being included in the &#8220;essential merchandise&#8221; category. I see with surprise that it is open at Gap. I enter and I am struck from the first moment by the tape that blocks access to certain districts. &#8220;Merce non vendibile&#8221; is written in areas with tape, while in other parts of the store access is allowed. 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