Bye Bye Milano

It is over a year now since my last post on this blog and some of you might have wondered what had happened. But some of you already know. I left Milan and I returned to Germany.

I will not bore you with the details of why and when and how. The best way to explain it: my stay in Milan was like a love affair that is over, an experience that has been lived, a visit at the cinema when the film credits are on the screen. One is grateful for the experiences, the emotions, the time spent, the lessons learned but it is time to move on keeping the memories always in the heart.

So here I am now in Munich. The Germans say that Munich is the most northern town of Italy and so I thought it was more suitable for me than Frankfurt, which would have been the alternative. Since this massive change I pondered what to do with the blog and how to continue with MY-MILANO.COM now that I am not in Milan anymore. Surely I am again in a situation of culture shock as I have lived ten years in another country and moreover as I am not Bavarian, so theoretically I have enough material to blog about, but does that fit within the old concept? Do I have to change the name of the blog into something like: “How to raise a beer tankard without breaking your wrist?”, “How to wear a Dirndl without looking completely ridiculous?” or “How to pronounce panino in Bavarian?”

No… I came to the conclusion that the old title is just fine as it stands for adaptation to foreign habits and driving a scooter in high heels is just one example. And as far as MY-MILANO.COM is concerned Munich will be part of the Beyond Milan section until the content will be enough to create a separate website after all it is the most northern town of Italy.

So now, after long months of thinking, hesitating and with some distance to my Milan experience, here I am back again with more expat and culture shock experiences, this time from my own home country.

P.S. Oh, yes…for those of you who didn’t know “panino” in Bavarian means “Semmel” and they come in so many shapes, sizes and flavors that probably someone is blogging about it. Not me though!

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