alexander supertramp and richard

has any of you seen the movies 'the beach' and 'into the wild?'
the beach, i've seen TOO many times, i've memorized some parts of it. into the wild, i've seen twice. once in batanes and the other one in roby's flat here in padova.
both are amazing stories and somehow i felt like supertramp and richard during my trip to Milan. as i got off the train and was walking to antonio's car, i saw the bums, trash, unkempt patches of land and saw more as we drove to his house. i was hoping for it to be better but it didn't. the metro was just icky. i'm no clean freak but their metro just can't be described any other way. the factories jutting out to the sky instead of skyscrapers and buildings which are a way better sight than steel pipes, chimneys spewing out smoke. i kept telling my host that there was some new york vibe but unusually, as with the case with new york, milan didn't charm me.

anyway, going back to feeling like supertramp and richard.
for into the wild, remember that scene when he went into the city after having been on the road for quite a while? that scene when he was looking into the restaurant and he saw himself in a suit with clean cut hair and a pretentious, superficial smile plastered on his face, obviously used to woo clients as a corporate sellout usually does. then he woke up from the nightmare of going back to the city and decided he couldn't spend another minute there.
for the beach, it was the scene when richard and sal went to get supplies. when he saw all the drunk twenty-somethings, partying like there is no tomorrow. it was executed so well. the distinction of the city to the beach they were living in.

at some points in milan, i would feel that way. it was growing on me though and that is why i was better off leaving. it's good maybe for a short stay but the place is not for me. to some extent, it's exhausting. all the stress of city living.

i guess im in the right place after all. quaint little university town. not too far and not too close to the city.

goes and wanders