The latest commissions in the shops, greetings to friends. Then arms and luggage in the car, motorbike or train, and go: save those who can. On Thursday at sunset, while most of the Milanese were returning to their homes, thousands of others set off. Fleeing from the lockdown: countryside, mountains, lake or sea, preferably in the “yellow zone”. This time they are leaving families with older children in distance learning and small groups of friends (mostly young people) who decide to live together, «almost to start a family», they say. Between smart working and distance learning, a new tailor-made everyday life is invented. “Hopefully it’s temporary – get their hands on Armando Cianci, Fabrizio Ronco and Stefano Massa, fellow students at Cattolica, who together took a house all to themselves in the open countryside, near Siena -. We will miss Milan, we feel displaced, as in the days of our grandparents ».
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“We, displaced from Milan before the lockdown, in search of nature”
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“We, displaced from Milan before the lockdown, in search of nature”
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“We, displaced from Milan before the lockdown, in search of nature”
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“We, displaced from Milan before the lockdown, in search of nature”
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“We, displaced from Milan before the lockdown, in search of nature”
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“We, displaced from Milan before the lockdown, in search of nature”
Accomplices the second homes and the slightly lower Airbnb prices, those who succeed (and want to) organize themselves: «We have left our families and in the lockdown we will live like sisters. We will follow the lessons together, each with their own computer, but we can’t wait to go back to the university “, they confirm Giulia Grazzini, Esmeralda Vita and Sofia Stella of the Statale, who have temporarily moved to Valdigne (Valle d’Aosta). With few scruples for the metropolis that empties at least a little, people run away: «It’s hard to stay closed in small apartments, in Milan you can no longer do anything. We will not return unless Lombardy becomes the yellow zone and Liguria becomes red », he tries to play down Aldo Baldocchi, 63, left by motorbike for Sanremo with his daughter Gaia “Condemned to distance learning”.
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Fabio Marra, co-founder of the real estate start-up Homepal, filled his old convertible with luggage and groceries, headed with his 16 and 17 year old children to Pesaro: “The kids associate this place with holidays. The air in the car was certainly not festive but in order to live a little more free they came willingly, so we are close to grandmother which otherwise would remain just alone. ” Among mushrooms, truffles and chestnuts they prepare to experience this strange autumn Alessandra and Filippo Baldazzi, “expatriates in Oltrepò Pavese” with their two daughters, Vittoria and Elisabetta, second grade and second high school. Last night they lit the fireplace with freshly collected wood. «Today, after school and work, a tractor trip to the fields. It’s like stepping back in time. The sound of ambulances we hear in Milan here seems very far away ».
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The voice of Ilaria Mostardini comes from the heart of a forest, the one near Verzimo, in Piedmont. She, her husband Giorgio and their two children fell in love with this village years ago. “It has less than forty houses, half of them abandoned. There is also a beautiful fresco to be restored at the beginning of the village. We are activating the Amici di Verzimo association. Our dream is to help repopulate it. Maybe with the help of other Milanese, away like us ».
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November 6, 2020 | 08:07
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