With my eyes half-closed I stand in the office kitchen next to the coffee machine. Sleepy, we complain quietly with a colleague about Monday, too many emails and the broken milk frother. We talk about…
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This article was updated in 2026. A few hours in Milan. I didn’t plan that. I planned the whole day in Lecco by Como lake. We were supposed to take a bus to Piani d’Erna…
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