A free day before the evening flight. Again an excuse to catch the old number 19 tram, this time to visit the Science Museum, where they have an even older tram.
Science Museum tram
There are several boats and jet fighters, and even an autogyro. There are lots of models of Da Vinci’s machines, but the star exhibit is an entire submarine.
Submarine Toti
Alas, no time to go to see Da Vinci’s Last Supper in nearby Santa Maria delle Grazie– it’s booked for weeks ahead – but a chance to return to the Sforza and visit the galleries there. Apart from the art gallery there are galleries for ceramics, musical instruments, prehistory, Egyptology and ancient art. The last is in the main Sforza halls with magnificent painted ceilings including one by Da Vinci consisting of intertwined willow branches. Sadly, it’s been much over-restored despite efforts to return it to more like its original state.
Da Vinci ceiling
A last tram ride back to the hotel to collect the luggage, and a journey to Malpensa airport, with its grand views of the foothills of the Alps. You don’t want to know about delays at airports, but what’s the point of a self-check-in facility that requires airport staff to stand by it to help passengers, and where they open up an old-fashioned check-in desk to speed up the process?
And here endeth this blog.
