Breathing in.

The lovely sunday afternoon weather.




Milan 's breathing pink sunset.




Corso Buenos Aires. Crowded despite the late hour.



Central station. Happy people.


A lost rose petal

Last sunday made me realize even more why I chose to do my project about the eternal life of Milano.

The weather was lovely.. The sunset, the pink sky and all the people walking the streets this late sunday evening, despite the fact that all shops were closed hours ago. The city was so full of life.

That is Milans heartbeat to me. The puls thats going to inspire my final collection/ examination project...

Today is the day...

I have to admitt that I was a bit tired of Milan when I came back a couple of days before new years... I got even more tired when school started and I was in my bed with fever... It was so hard getting back on track.. Even harder to appreciate the things that fascinated me about Milan before I went back to Sweden for the holidays. Well those I told you about in my last post. I just couldnt pace with the rythm of Milan...

BUT. I also had loads of fun before I got ill and all that nonsens. Even if most of the people from Milan seem to evacuate the city during the days before-, and on new years eve!

Here is the proof for you doubters!

Piazza Duomo Monday 02 a.m. Dinner at the Globe here on piazza 5 Giornate

(notice that its not completely empty despite the late hour)

Not everybody let Milan down...Some people even came here especially to celebrate new years!

Dinner at the Globe. The magic of La Scala...

...About today

This day was the first day I felt that feeling again.. My love for this city, the culture of it and the people... Maybe it took a while but this feeling was worth waiting for! Even with all the traffic and noise this city is so beautiful, in its own special way...

The weather is lovely.. ( in Sweden we see the blue sky last time in the end of August, and then after that in April again. If we re really lucky that is!)

We re having sunshine for the third day now... I walked up on Viale Montenero. A street thats connecting porta Romana and piazza Cinque Giornate... A quiet boring street with traffic, tram trails and/but a lot of different restaurants and bars.

It seems like people here doesnt notice all the noise from cars or buses. They doesnt see the dirt on the sidewalks.. Doesnt hear drivers blow their horns and yell something in italian to each other.. They just smile take another sip from their espressos as nothing in the whole world could ruin them enjoyning this lovely afternoon...

...And this is what inspires me and what I love about this city!

So basically what I m telling you is that I ll be back to the ME that u all are use to! ( And that you all love I hope)

One more shot!

So here we go again! After having some trouble logging on to my account i finally managed to get things working again... !

So as I said earlier I m blogging about the inspiration for my final exam, the project for the first year.
The name of my blog is "freestyling through Milan". And I feel that I have to explain it or change the name. My project is about flowers. Well life as a flower in Milan. Thats kind of hard to explain, but I ll try my best.

Where I come from (Sweden) people in generally tend to be cold. Well, its not that everybody s rude or arrogant. They re just tend to be more quiet and stiff than mediterranean people. The social life itself are so different. Thats the first thing I noticed after arriving in Milan.

I have this habit... Going for an hour long walks late in the night, or maybe lets say in the late evening. When I go for a walk in sweden around 11 p.m. it s so quiet you can hear your own heart beat, or the solid ecco of your footsteps bouncing off the building walls. Its like being in a deserted city...
So then I went for my first walk here in Milan... I walked from where I live (pza 5 giornate) to porta Romana viale Sabotino and back. As I never´ve met anyone during my walks in Gothenburg sweden I dressed as I use to. That means like a homeless person.... Well! comfortable clothes that is... I mean it was tuesday and 23.30 p.m. Way past bedtime for the people I m use to; swedes. As I walked down towards pta romana I soon discovered how wrong I was... There where litteraly people everywhere. They were standing outside different bars and restaurants. Laughing, talking, drinking...

"Wow non criminal people actually stay out past 10 p.m. and
even drink on working days"

is the first thought that went through my mind... The second was of course

" What am I wearing?! How the F* could I put on this! I look like a mental patient that just escaped from some institution"

The third thougt was " God I m such a swedish hill-Bille "

And when we sat down in the school theatre for the first time to talk about the project and how we were supposed to relate it to our impressions from Milan I knew from the start what I was going to be inspired from! My very own impression... The blooming life of Milan...

Before I went to Milan people told me how dirty it was.. How they would rather die than take a swim in Navigli. How poor the nature was... How polluted the air is.. Compared to Sweden of course.. Where we have many lakes and forrest on a walking distanse from the main street Kungsportsavenyn in Gothenburg. Yes the forrest is located 20 minutes of walking from central Gothenburg and is actually so big that you could easily get lost in it!

So with all the fresh air, many lakes and enormous amount of forrests, shouldnt we be the richest people? The healthiest? The most energetic and life capturing?

I'm no longer sure. Well, for fact, I know its not like that. Swedish people lock themselves in after 8-, or well to exaggerate lets assume 9 p.m. during working days ad even the thougth of drinkin on such day whitout celebrating some special occasion makes you immediately an alcoholic!
Mamma mia! ;)

So my project is about this.. the heartbeat of Milan... I am seeing this beautiful rose (well its going to be a dress inspired by a rose) standing in the middle of, for instanse Corso Buenos Aires... Shining more and clearer than ever. Without any forests, lakes och crystal clear air...

So ok. Now I m chaning the name of my blog! Tomorrow I ll tell you about what I ve been up to, and I will also upload pictures! Finally!!


good night whoever you are!