Before leaving Lugano we spent our last morning walking along the lake. We had planned to stop at the shops to get some swiss chocolate, but found everything was closed for Ascension Day.
Our next stop was Milan. The Duomo there is spectacular.
Preston didn't care about the cathedral. He was just excited about feeding the pigeons. There are a lot of locals that walk around selling bird feed, but we had some nuts in our backpack that worked well.
We had a little hiccup when we tried to go through security. James was carrying his drone (didn't feel comfortable leaving it in the car for the day), and it was not allowed. Luckily Ian has a friend that works for security at the Duomo museum that was willing to hold on to it so we could explore.
The detailed carving was incredible.
St. Bartholomew with stained glass in background
We then went to San Bernardino alle Ossa known as the "bone church." Apparently the cemetery ran out of room for burial during the plague, so a chapel in the church was used to hold the skeletons. It was very cool, and creepy.
Santa Maria delle Grazie is the church where the Last Supper was painted.
We went through a series of rooms to dehumidify before we were allowed in the room to see the painting, and once we were in the room we had exactly 15 minutes. The history displayed along the walls walking in is also fascinating to see how most of the building was destroyed during World War 2 but the Last Supper was protected by sandbags.
Europe has many interesting vehicles, a lot smaller than we're used to in America, but these 1 person cars were our favorites. James was trying to figure out if he could fit in one.
After more the 20,000 steps our family was more than willing to have gelato as an appetizer.
Which gave them extra energy to play on the playground of the park outside the pizza place we found for dinner in Parma that night.
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