We are but done

Today was our last full day in Milan and therefore Europe as we fly out tomorrow evening to Singapore.

Our intention for the day was to walk to an area in South Milan where there are some canals but due to a map reading error we ended up in the Castello Sforzesco area and we weren't unhappy with that.

The piazza outside the Duomo was a sea of people even at around 10.15 am as we passed by

as was Via Dante another retail strip

On this strip there were a few street artists none better than a man playing the bottles and we spent a little time listening to him before continuing on until we fronted the Castle

The Castello which dates from a rebuild in the 14th century and after restoration in the 19th century has been transformed into a museum centre and recreational venue and is regarded as one of Milan's & Lombardy's most significant monuments.

At the far end of the park behind the Castello is the Arco della Pace (above).

We returned back to the central area and ambled up the Corso Buenos Aires, supping on a water bottle to quench the thirst, back to our hotel.

We aren't sure what tomorrow will bring as we are relying on Lufthansa to get us through to Singapore via a connecting flight at Frankfurt. Our experience coming up wasn't good at Frankfurt as the stopover of 65 minutes was not enough time to get through the formalities and we missed our connection to London and our stopover tomorrow is the same length of time. So we will either get through to Singapore arriving late afternoon Tuesday Singapore time or have to spend a night in Frankfurt and get to Singapore on Wednesday afternoon. Time will tell but the fingers are crossed that it all works out.

The next blog will therefore be posted on ?????

 

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