I had always thought that my trip, my big adventure, was going to start with the first stop, of my RTW ticket, Melbourne. It just didn't occur to me that once I had left my house, stacked my stuff in my mate's storage, and stopped working, anything from then on was going to be part of my big 2009 journey. So I completely underestimated my trip to Italy for the Christmas holiday, and I am glad I did.

Milan was like I remembered it, stuck up but also friendly, not very beautiful but she tries, fashionable of course, filled with boring people that lookthe same, but also with some that are hidden gems and luckily I got to spend a lot of time with these.

So between parties, drinks, nice dinners and good company I have managed to relax my views on Milan and start appreciating it more.I thought I was going to be a bit of a tourist in Milan but I didn't, it feels too much like home to do that, so I visitedfamily mostly, caught up with some old school friends and spent the rest of my time with my cousin Francesca and my high school sweetheart Davide...