Hola!

This week in Milano is one of the best of the year, as Salone del Mobile (Furniture Fair) takes place. It is a week where Milan becomes truly international with visitors coming from all over the world. The parties are great and people gathering especially at Fuori Salone, which is around Zona Tortona, where thousands of people visit every night and day during the weekend, to see the additional exhibitors to the actual Fair which takes place at Rho. Though the best thing for me is the overall atmosphere in Milan. The city morphs into a really vibrant and fun place to be.

I'll be checking out Fuori Salone on Via Tortona in the next few days and surrounding streets which is always packed with people, checking out the exhibits and parties, so will take some photos to share. This year its great as well as my office is now located on Via Solari, so literally around the corner from all of this action.

The last week has seen some incredible weather in Milan, very un-spring like with temps hitting 28-30 degrees over the weekend. On Sunday I had a great day and went up to Lake Maggiore for the day with friends. We caught the train up to Arona, and then took a boat to Stresa where we had lunch. I even managed to get a little bit sunburnt! After lunch we spent some time relaxing in the sun and then caught the boat back to Arona again. There were a lot of people taking the opportunity to enjoy the great weather as well on the Lake. It was a lovely day, and I took a couple of photos, which you can see below. I've fiddled a little bit with the first one using the Photoshop application from my iPhone...