wf5.0 released?

[design-engine]

Humans resist change.... and software developers make change for the sake of change.

 

[zpaolo]

I'll be visiting some friends in Geneva next December and we are thinking about visiting Milan. We were thinking about taking the TGV from Geneva.



Do you know how much does the tickets cost?

Could you maybe show me some websites of interest for visiting purposes?

I'm sorry it took me so much time to answer, I'm having a "little" problem at work (shutting down the company...), anyway, I don't know about the cost of the ticket, and I could not find good tourism sites in English :/ BTW, for all interested, here are my suggestions if you want to spend some time in Milan.

There are many places to visit despite Milan not being "full of art" like Florence or Rome, and you'll also find some ugly buildings built alongside with wonderful mid '400 and '500 palaces, but this is the nature of a city that underwent many "reconstructions".

As far as modern architecture is concerned, though I'm not an expert, you can see the Pirellone building in front of Central Station (and Central Station itself is a great construction if you consider its age), and in Largo Donegani 2, near Piazza Turati, there is the first building with "flush windows", by Gio Ponti, this is an iconic building. There are many good ancient building in Via Manzoni and you'll certanly enjoy the buildings at the city doors like Porta Venezia. Porta Venezia is also reknown for its gardens (way better than Parco Sempione IMO) and the gardens of Villa Belgioioso are nearby.

The center of Milan is relatively small and a good place to walk, of course you have to see the Duomo, outside and inside, and if the weather is not too bad you can take the lift to the terraces and the roof, where the view is outstanding and you can enjoy the absurd quantity and quality of decorations of the cathedral. Other churches that I personally like are Santa Maria delle Grazie (but if you want to see the Da Vinci Last Supper I think you sould reserve the visit right now ) and San Satiro near Via Torino. San Satiro is a small, almost unknown church, but it has been built by Bramante and the internals are... absolute genius. I won't say more, you have to see it for yourself

From Piazza del Duomo you can take many paths for a good walk, Via Orefici / Via Dante is really nice with the ancient university building, if you get in Piazza dei Mercanti ("La Loggia dei mercanti" is a small suggestive square) take a rest at the "Bar dei Mercanti", they do a wonderful "cannolo siciliano" You can then arrive to Castello Sforzesco and Foro Bonaparte proceeding on Via Dante.

Another path from piazza duomo is through the covered gallery (Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, it's really great, and there's a twin gallery in Naples too!) to Piazza della Scala where the theater is, and then you can proceed through Via Brera to the artist's zone. Brera is one of the finest places in Milan, in the small alleys you'll almost lose the feeling that you are in a big city. Here is the Academy of Fine Arts, and if you want to taste some good Milanese cooking (or other fine dishes) you can eat at the "Stendhal" restaurant. Take your time to walk through brera, it is extremely suggestive especially at night.

Other places to go (I'm listing all that comes to my mind, in no particular order) are the Fashion District comprised by Via MonteNapoleone, Via della Spiga, Sant'Andrea and Corso di Porta Venezia, or being a mechanical designer you should love the Ferrari Store along Corso Vittorio Emanuele where a real Ferrari si always on show, there's the Pinacoteca di Brera with a good collection of paintings and the museum of Palazzo Reale near Piazza del Duomo.

I surely forgot something important, and surely mentioned too many places to see in a one day trip. My best favourite would be the path from duomo to brera, but if you want to do a great Italian breakfast you have to go at the beginning of Via Larga, near Piazza Fontana, where you'll find Gran Caff

 

[SW]

When I say to prevent it overlapping, I mean prevent it from overlapping essential parts of the interface wherever it is. For example, in the same way the appearance of the main dashboard makes the Model Tree shorter, the slide-out options should do the same thing. What is the point of windowsand commands jumbled on top of each other...

...but I gave up ranting at Microsoft years ago.

Sam

 

[mgnt8]

M010 is now available for download. Can't wait to replace F000.

 

[[-Skint-]]

Wow that was fast for PTC

lol

 

[jvidal]

Paolo,

Thanks a lot for your input.
I'll surely visit some of the places you mentioned!

Thanks a lot.

Sorry to hear about your "little" problem but hey, have you considered becoming a tourist guide?! I think you'll be quite good at it!

Thanks once again and best of luck!

Regards,
JVidal