first days in milan

milano is so much. so much decor, art, monumental, tiles, turns, tiny streets, scooters, dressed up people, egyptians, and cigarettes. i never thought there would be so many illegal south american's so far away from south america. egyptians are justified since they are so close. cigarettes have been killing me. i never thought i would actually feel the difference in the air when i walk in the street and feel my stomach burn from the smoke.

other than that the city is so much different than chicago and excitingly enough it reminds me of albania more and more each day. the center of tirana was designed by the same architects that designed milan... i came to this conclusion.

also weed is very widely used around here. people just offer it to you. and you can smell it everywhere. restorants are open until 1am. but other important stores close at 8pm and are closed every day from 12:30pm to 3pm and on sunday of course. there is like 3 different kinds of buses, tram, trains, taxis. cars park on sidewalks and they drive on them to go to the parking spot.

one of the most annoying things is the tiny sizes of the shampoo bottles and the expensive prices. i think i am going to need to cut my hair to survive here. :-p

but for now im going to greece.

ps: yesterday went to the milano film festival which was really great.