Comments on: Where to live? http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=305 Thes - Old English for "this", neuter of thes, of West Germanic origin: Mediolanum - old name for Milan: Lif - Old English for "life", of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijf, German Leib 'body' Fri, 16 Nov 2018 07:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=305#comment-407 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:46:40 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=305#comment-407 Good for you, Pietro. Of course you can be unlucky. Overall, I would say I have been very lucky in my life and, for that, I am very grateful.

]]> By: Pietro http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=305#comment-406 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:51:11 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=305#comment-406 Good for you that at least you earn a good salary!
When I chosed to stay, the salary was not one of the considerations, since it was not and it is not now so high compared to similar position in different companies. However, I like what I actually do so I stay. And I stay here because my family and especially my friends are here. Even if I do not see them so often as I would, I know I can call them and have a night out. Life is really strange. You plan something, and if you are lucky things go as you would. But you can be unlucky (guess who?) and just when you think “it’s done!”, everything changes. As I already said, things can change again. I hope so. Or I’ll change. But I choose, not someone else, parents or friends.

]]> By: Andy http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=305#comment-405 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:42:41 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=305#comment-405 “Wherever you are, the problems of being you travel along.”
True, one is still oneself.
And I agree with your feelings of Milan and I try to enjoy it to its fullest – why be here otherwise?
Thanks for the comment, Cecilieaux.
Ciao

]]> By: Cecilieaux http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=305#comment-404 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:27:48 +0000 http://www.vandainmilan.com/?p=305#comment-404 Wherever you are, the problems of being you travel along. That, at least, is the lesson life taught me in my 20s. Very frustrating: Montreal, Washington, London, Buenos Aires … it didn’t matter; I was me.

I have a very cursory knowledge of Milan, but it felt to me like a very human-scale city. Sophisticated, yet also homey. Enjoy it to the fullest while you’re there.

That’s the other lesson: be in the moment and the place. It’s amazing the number of things I missed about very interesting places I lived because I had my head buried in the sand.

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