Household cities

But we should all be tourists at home from time to time. Changing the usual route we take to work, choosing the shortest route to run an errand or wandering around the neighbourhood aimlessly. In short, to rediscover our own city with the same passion with which we visit other destinations when we travel.

How often have we heard our friends and acquaintances rave about the beauty they have seen in cities in other countries: Paris is so beautiful! Vienna is a fairytale city! How wonderful to cycle in Amsterdam! Travelling takes us out of our comfort zone, makes us alert and observant of our surroundings, and it is then that we discover beauty. What are we waiting for to do it in our own cities? Let this text be an invitation to rediscover your surroundings the next time you leave your home.

If you go out into the street and know how to look, you will find architecture of great interest along the way. Small details that go unnoticed by the naked eye. You will be surprised to see geometries and colours that you had not noticed before and that have probably always been there.

And if you dare to look even further, you will discover the untold stories of our cities where bridges can be transformed into elegant harps or windows can become gifts. It's just a question of knowing how to admire.

Our cities can be grey, drab and noisy places, but if we learn to appreciate and care for them, they can also be fun places to meet and, above all, to live in.