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July 18 Milan
33 degrees
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the Duomo plaza |
The highlight of today was seeing Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. It was all that I had hoped
for. We had to get tickets months ago and I am so glad we did. It was painted
on the wall of the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent. It
was painted at the end of the 1400s and covers an entire wall – about 15 feet
high and 30 feet wide. Our tickets included a tour and visit. Our tour was
titled ‘the Last Supper, After Hours’ and that is what it was - a group of 25
people and a guide. Our guide was great, she described a bit outside the
building and then gave a detailed description of the painting, including the
depiction of the crucifixion which is on the wall opposite the Last Supper. There are no pics as none were allowed, I'm pretty sure you are all familiar with the Last Supper. Here's Wikipedia's depiction.
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Last Supper |
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Duomo facade |
We also visited the Duomo today. This Gothic cathedral is
huge and is Milan’s main attraction. Construction started in the 1300s and
finished in 1965.
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Church of the Last Supper |
Lunch was pasta and a giant beer for Chris; a Caprese salad
and wine for me. Dinner – pasta for me and wiener schnitzel for him – oh and
wine, do I have to mention that? To be fair, wiener schnitzel is actually veal
Milanese so he is arguably eating more local dishes than I am.
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Duomo facade |
We asked at our hotel about a taxi to the train station
tomorrow for our voyage to Venice and we told ‘yesterday a problem – tomorrow,
likely no problem’ When we asked further, we were told yesterday there was a
strike, but not today and not LIKELY tomorrow.
We had a night cap at our hotel bar, which is a tiny
street side spot outside of the hotel which seems more popular with locals than
hotel guests. This is a self-serve bar (which most seem) and we sit outside on
a low ledge – most people stand in the road.
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Duomo facade |
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night cap |
Our alternate ports to Jerusalem are Antalya, Turkey;
Alanya, Turkey; Mikonos, Greece. We’ve been to Mikonos before, but not the
ports in Turkey.
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street of Milan |
Lori – I forgot about Michael’s interest in cemeteries,
as far as cemeteries go (and I am FAR from an expert) I think it is pretty spectacular.
Heather – we haven’t done a lot of shopping, so I can’t
say about leather
3 comments:
Thanks Lisa, have a fun travel day tomorrow! Enjoy the cruise
Thanks Lisa, have a fun travel day tomorrow! Enjoy the cruise
I'll try this again as last commments didn't post. Milan sounds amazing..will be following this trip closely as we are starting to plan our family Europe trip next year!
Enjoy!
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