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Weekly blog #157: How the Italian language was vital for my move to Milan

Last week, I told you that after deciding I was going to move to Milan, I very consciously set out to explore those specific elements that make me happy. The music industry, for example, which, after being part of the Eurovision Song Contest twice, I suddenly looked at with very different eyes. But actually, it …

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Weekly blog #156: A new beginning in Milan

Milan it is! The city where I arrived on Saturday afternoon and the city that welcomed me with an excess of sunshine over the weekend, only to treat me to those typical Milanese grey skies today. The photo above this blog, taken this morning by my dear friend Julia, is the very first photo from Milan. At times, it still …

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Weekly blog #155: New life chapter postponed

Let me start this blog by saying how overwhelmed I was by all the reactions – mainly on Instagram, but I also got the kindest WhatsApp messages – to my blog of last week, in which I revealed that I no longer live in Rome. Something that I myself, naturally, have known for some time …

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Weekly blog #154: My farewell to Rome

Last week, I mentioned that I had big news to share with you very soon. And now the word is finally out: I no longer live in Rome, nor am I going back there. Needless to say, it’s a bittersweet thing, as Rome will forever be the most beautiful city in the world to me. …

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Weekly blog #153: A week of friendship and good news

The word is out! In last week’s blog, I wrote that we were about to find out where the Eurovision Song Contest was going to take place next year. Well, it’s a week later now and we know. Liverpool it is, making Glasgow the unfortunate city that has to accept that the opportunity of a …

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Weekly blog #148: Arrivederci, beautiful (Italian) summer

Do you recall the moment in which summer began? That one particular event, that first cold beer perhaps or that first time dining outside of which you now know: yes, that was exactly my first real moment of summer. I remember exactly where and when my summer started this year. It started with rain. A …

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