watch the photos at
SLIDESHOW @ picasa album
as a gallery of thumbnails
i went to milan's chinatown
via paolo sarpi
more clothing stores than food/restaurant joints
every chinese business has the word "trading" on the sign
I went to a place were they roast and sell coffee
i had a marocchino
the half way between a cappuccino and an espresso macchiato.
you can get house blend 5 euros per kilogram
1 Kg=.56 pounds
1 euro = 1.28
coffee can be way cheaper than nyc [you can do the math as i did]
espresso tastes better here
i looked at all the roasted coffee
and nothing looks nearly as dark as a "new york" french roast
they all look brown no coffee here looks as dark as charcoal as in nyc -
burned.
anyway
espresso is 70 cents - cappuccino 1.2 - or less
vito acconci gives a lecture at galleria illy -
i am happy to have a videocamera -
up close - while he talks about following people in the street and taking their pix
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italians are uptight about having their photo taken -
not used -
egyptian family on new style tram stuck in traffic has no problems with my camera
colorful trucks sell focaccia panini and beer to go/
larger scale than LA's taco trucks
i like the signs - graphical road signs -
i always liked visual symbols
in america you have to spend time reading
here you just see it - no need to speak the language.
transsexual tv hosts interviewing people out in the street
borrowed a mountain bike -
a lot easier more relaxing than riding in manhattan -
less potholes and drivers seem more respectful and aware of bike riders -
they may drive fast but they dont drive close to you.
but beware of cobblestones and crossing tram tracks.
i like this bar i went a few times
la belle aurore -
old style bar -
2 dollar glasses of red and in the daytime they make money on coffee and cappuccinos
at closing time they lower the gate and they all smoke
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