Today we took a side tour and hit Switzerland for fun. But more on that in a minute. This morning we were able to get onto a tour that would see the last supper. The main thing to see in Milan other than fashion. So the tour took us into the Duoma, in there they had some dead bishops in glass graves so you could see their hands. They did have masks over their heads, but you could see their hair under the mask. Very interesting. After the Duoma we went to the theater house in Milan, this was super neat most of the seats are mini boxes and even better they were rehearsing an opera but I cant remember which one but its by the guy who did the barber of Seville. Anyway we were able to watch on song by the gentleman practicing, very cool.
After that we hopped on the bus and went to see a castle and some other sites with the last stop being the last supper. Learned some fascinating stuff, I guess monks always have two paintings in their dining hall the crucifixion and the last supper. So this particular monastery (I think that’s what it was) had the last supper by Da Vinci and then the crucifixion by someone else. Anyway when they paint on the walls it is usually wet to the hold the paint better but in this case the crucifixion was done that way but the last supper was done dry. Well I guess at around 80 years the wall started to weep away the colors. Then on top of that during WWII they put up a metal wall in front to attempt to protect the painting and they lucked out because smack in the middle of the eating room a bomb was dropped destroying the ceiling and one other wall. Anyway the painting was real neat. Viewed from this room you can really see the dimensions he put into it. Everything is so proportional and gives a great perception of depth. Real neat. Oh and the pictures from the hall way cause they wont let you take it inside.
So after all that fun we headed up north to Lake Como but on the way decided to go up to Switzerland to check out a well-known outlet mall. Well we made it and walked around but wasn’t all that impressed. Now there was a nice tiny Gucci purse but come on 160 and that’s like half off for something I’m not sure my cell phone would even fit in. I guess I’m too cheap. So not good finds for me. But scenery wise it changes drastically as you leave Milan, its like you go thru a tunnel and then all of a sudden there is a beautiful lake with mountains to the heavens. The only bad thing is it is very hazy so you can’t see real far. The trees are all starting to turn so there is yellow and some red, another week and this place would be very colorful. So we made it to our hotel we have a view of the lake and the town of Bellagio. Should be nice in the morning.
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