Monday, January 2, 2012

Milano, Part II

Milan is a large city, but the public transportation of buses, metros, and cable cars is very easy to navigate. We spent our second day in Milan shopping, eating gelato, and viewing Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper at the Santa Maria delle Grazie. Based on accounts I had read, I was prepared to be underwhelmed and suspicious of the art restoration (James Beck was my Professor at Columbia), but I loved the experience. Only a small group of people are allowed into the monk's dining hall at a time, and I feel like we had the fresco all to ourselves. It was larger than I expected and beautifully lit. We had a great time in Italy, but in some ways were relieved to cross the border back into Switzerland - no more trash, graffiti, and late trains! But no more gelato...


Santa Maria delle Grazie

Castello Sforza

4 comments:

noelle regina said...

how perfect is your missoni esque print in milan! love it :)

Morgan & Geoff said...

Awesome pics, rad dress.

The Powells said...

so so beautiful. and so are you.

Jessica & Ryan said...

Awesome pics!