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I just came back from Milan last night, while 28th May is jus a normal working day at Milan, 27th May was full of pleasing and relaxing highlights. Well, never expect myself to revisit Milan again after my March visit with my family. This time I am back for an overnight business trip. Since the incident happened in the office last week, I am now free for another project, and while waiting for the project, there are some requests to help our office in Milan to support their business development.

I arrived early in the midday and spent the whole afternoon and evening wondering around the city. It was warm and humid, not so much of sun, but I could feel the stickiness on my skin all the time. I strolled from Hilton hotel (where I stayed) towards the city center. Although this is my 3^rd trip to Milan already but I still never stop discover new shops and eating place.

The shops along Corso Buena Aires are quiet pocket friendly and things are uniquely Milan or at least made in Italy. I got 2 pairs of shoes at a price that you would never believe for real leather. Due to the increase heat, I decided to take a metro instead of carry on walking.

It is only a short ride to Duomo, as soon as I arrived, I immediately check out the Luini store for the panzerotti, I ordered one takeaway and eat it at the Piazza Duomo.

After the snack, with the weather I bought 3 scopes Gelato as a treat, the pineapple, Lemon and berries are yummy for a warm weather.

It was a relaxing day, got a few ‘acquisitions’ aka 2 pair of shoes, one blouse and one trouser but no damage on my pocketJ.

Same place, different season, different occasion thus make Milan very charming again for me.

Who is on the cross?

We spotted this somewhere around the Charlie Checkpoint and the remains of the Berlin Wall. At first glance this is rather humorous but on second thought who is this icon on the cross?? This is what I meant by the new wave of arts that sweeping across Berlin.

The Dividing Wall

This was the former barrier surrounding West Berlin and a symbol of the Cold War, built on August 13, 1961. It was opened peacefully on November 9, 1989 and torn down by the end of 1990, as Communism collapsed and the cold war ended. Today there are only few remains left to be seen. I had a mixed feeling after I visited this area. Checkpoint Charlie is almost not existed now apart from some photos explaining the situation. The sharp blazer on the iron fence and the wall that divided the East and West for years are incomprehensible for me. It is a bit hard for me to relate and identify what the Berliners have gone through must be very miserable…

A city that is divided into two overnight, imagine if you just happened to visit a family or a friend at the other side of the city and ended up unable to return to your home due to this sudden wall? I am sure such incident happened in reality and I hope Berliners would have recovered from this tragic memory…

Berliner Arts

Although the Berlin Wall has divided the East and West Berlin, but it has also brought forth a new artistic or graffiti wave to this city. Every where you go, there area always some sculpture, monuments and some displays at the road side. Despite of the East side of the wall remained with white paint, the west side of the wall has been then serve as a free drawing board for artists to express themselves...