Porta Nuova: Marco Polo 5
via Marco Polo
Our Home in Milan is located on Via Marco Polo. We live about two miles from the down town area, where the church building and office are located. One day, on the way home, as I turned the corner near our apartment by The Windsor Hotel, I nearly fell. I had a slight sprain. The blacktop on the sidewalk dropped rather abruptly which caused my incident. Fortunately, it was not a severe sprain. I personally know the difference. Now, about three weeks later, I am about recovered from this mishap.
outside Windsor Hotel
There are many isolated facts which I should probably mention, but for some of you these might be boring. Suffice it to say that there have been many hoops to jump through prior to coming to Milan and during our first three weeks (government paper work primarily): codice fiscale; permesso soggiorno; La Questera; apartment contract; keys; numerous official necessary documents translated into Italian; groceries; transportation passes; unusual laundry arrangements;
clothes line in bath room
stairs; address preparations; household acquisitions; Italian internet; telephones;
etc.
The reason we mention some of the above difficulties is so that when you notice on this web site some happy people—that’s us—please be aware of some of the labor behind the scenes. We will try to show some photos of our apartment and environment in Milan. But, as lovely as these may appear, we assure you that Milan poses its own wilderness.   In our next post, we will mention some rapid positive developments in the church here. Now we are getting into the reason for the passion about Milan. We hope that you are enriched by these new developments. Truly, newness and nowness (2 Corinthians 5, 6) serve to define Porta Nuova: our home away from home.