Sunday - last day in Milan

Tomorrow we head back to Halifax. It's been a wonderful trip as you might have concluded by reading our blog. Our last day was pretty quiet. After breakfast at the hotel, we walked over to Milano Centrale to meet Kevin's train from Venice. He had a short stop in Milan to change trains before heading to Genoa.  He seemed very happy with his Italian travels to Rome and to Venice since we had seen him in Florence. Wally and I did a lot of walking around today. There wasn't much vehicle traffic on Sunday although lots of shoppers were on the sidewalks along Via Buenos Aires.  In the previous entry you will see that we took some photos of cars for vehicle-loving Johann. We also window shopped and I must admit that I weakened and bought a pair of Italian leather shoes - nothing fancy. (These weren't tango shoes, after all.) Later, we packed up and then had our last supper at a trattoria a few blocks away from our hotel.  This was a place recommended by our bar tender, Max (of opera tickets fame), so we knew we couldn't go too wrong.  They offered  complimentary bruschetta and Prosecca when we sat down which we found to be a pleasant introduction to the restaurant. Wally had pasta with baby clams and I had Risotto Milanese for our first course which we followed with sea bass served with artichoke sauce. (Artichokes are in season and seem to be featured everywhere.) At the end of the meal, our waiter plunked a bottle of limoncello and two small glasses on the table. We were to help ourselves to as much as we wanted as a gift of the house. We were a little too full for more than a small sample, but it was a nice way to celebrate the end of our trip. Walking back to our hotel, we were impressed again by the size of Milan Central Station seen at the end of the photos in the evening light. Tomorrow morning we are off by train to the airport for our flight to Toronto and then to Halifax. We have had a grand time!