After a few days in Milan, I think this is the city that has been the most difficult to adjust to. I expected it, but it’s more real now that I’m here. It’s incredibly high-maintenance: everyone here is styled perfectly, and it’s very difficult to blend in. We had 2 days off, which just finished, and most people bought quite a few things to help them look a little more Milanese – but with my shopping abilities, I was quite unsuccessful. Which is something of a disappointment, because for most of the trip I was looking forward to buying a nice pair of jeans and shoes from Milan (but being here, I can see there were many better deals in Rome).
With the energy spent on that, and on using the metro no more than twice a day (the weekly pass only allows 2 uses per day), and attempting to not spend as much on food, I’ve become completely exhausted, and in doing so, quite homesick. I wouldn’t have minded a good, vancouver lunch with some friends back home today.
It’s a bit of a sad note to end the trip on, but we do still have 7 days remaining, with studio interviews and factory tours. Heck, just on Friday, Stefano Giovannoni took us on a tour of his home after our interview. It was like Cribs, italDesign style.
At least I still have Barcelona, if I can figure out how to get there and where to stay when I arrive (and what to do while I’m there). Beach sounds good, as well as a few architectural sites like the mies van der rohe pavilion and of course everything by gaudi.
