«Milanesi non si nasce. Si diventa»

Today, in this gray and rainy day so typical for Milan, I want to pay a tribute to one of the most important Italian journalists, Indro Montanelli (Quotes here), who was born in Tuscany but who has been also a real Milanese because as she loved to say "People are not milanese by birth, but they become Milanesi" and I think it's true. I'm not Milanese and I find myself in Montanelli's words, I moved to Milan 11 years ago and in these years I've learned to know this city which at the beginning seemed to me crowded and impersonal. At the beginning was an hard work, similar to the one needed in a wedding, I had my habits and the city had its own, but then when we both learned to know each other, our love raised more and more. Every day is a surprise, Milan needs to be discovered slowly, 

In the following pictures you'll find some of the hidden gems that the city gives only to its true lovers (and to their friends). 

A cat hidden in a palace in Corso Monforte (I won't tell you where...it's a secret!). 

A two-faced lady in the Cappella Portinari. 

The statue of a skinned Apostle in the Duomo

 Indro Montanelli writing on his typewriter in the park he loved and where he used to stroll around