Afternoon Walk Around Milan

Above is the chapel where Da Vinci's Last Supper is located.  Dave and I had reservations to see it on Sunday, but our delay in arrival prohibited seeing it.  I walked by hoping to be able to get in without a reservation, but was unsuccessful in that endeavor.  I did listen to a couple come out and describe it to another couple with whom they were traveling. 

I wandered for a bit with Basilica Sant'Ambrogio being my goal.  I got lost for a bit on the campus of the University of the Sacred Heart. 

I found a sandwich on the most delicious bread and had a lunch in this piazza before roaming for a bit more and finding the Basilica.  As it turns out, I was at the colonne di San Lorenzo; the columns (colonne) are to my back in this picture below.  I didn't take the a picture of the columns--drat.  The columns date back to the 4th century. 

I finally found the Basilica Sant'Ambrogio, which dates back to 385, but the current structure was built begun in 1080 and completed in 1128. No photographs were allowed inside, so I have these two exterior shots.

 

After all my walking, I was tired, so I rode the subway to the piazza Il Duomo, had a gelato while I watched people.  I rode the subway back to the Milano Centrale train station, seen below, and walked the 2 blocks to the hotel.  After resting for a bit, I headed out for dinner--a delicious pizza with left overs for Dave and a yummy salad.  Dave returned from Geneva around 11 that night.  We called it a night and started packing for our trip to Florence the following day.