Today, we went to the Duomo in Milan.  A gorgeous building with hundreds of spires reaching toward heaven.  Inside are about 36 huge columns and it is massive.  The stained glass windows are amazing.  Huge bronze doors with the lives of Christ and the saints depicted.  We got a ticket to go to the roof and walk around.  Fantastic views and photo opportunities.  The spires are carved with saints, angels, fruit, animals.  There are gargoyles that are water spouts.  Workmen are in the process of cleaning the marble of the spites and outside.  There are some modern art statues on the roof that look like giant blobs…and to me look very out of place among the delicate, lace-like spires.  After touring the Duomo, we walked to the church where we thought we were to start our Last Supper tour.  Our confirmation voucher didn’t print well, and my phone wouldn’t show it due to lack of wifi.  The ticket people at the Last Supper were the rudest and least interested and least helpful of any people we have encountered in Italy.  We finally went across the street to a bar to get wifi.  We called the tour people and found out we should have met in the Duomo Square.  We missed about an hour and a half of the tour.  The guide did call us and we met when the group got to the Last Supper church.  We had a short tour and got to see Leonardo’s Masterpiece.  I saw it in 1996 and the restoration was still underway at that time.  Then the tour was over, but the guide was kind enough to give us a map and mark places we should see when we come back next month.  We returned to the hostel and picked up Suzanne and went to lunch.  I had a risotto with saffron and was a bit disappointed as it wasn’t as strong as I was expecting.  Andy had a Gorgonzola pizza and it was great as was Suzanne’s four cheese pizza.  Then we went to the design district.  We had seen a cute coat on a lady on the train and Andy was interested in it…until she saw the 1400 euro price tag.  There was a small beaded jacket for 15,000 euros with matching knee high, stiletto heeled boots for 6,000 euros.  The beaded jacket must have weighed 30 pounds and anyone small enough to wear it couldn’t have moved….very far!  Came back from the fantasy clothing stores to the reality of our hostel and rested before a short walk and back to read and go to bed.  Busy day tomorrow.  We take a tour of the Dolomites and return to Milan and change to a convent hotel for the rest of our stay in the Milan area.  Good night!  Oh, after all of the excitement about screens on our window…we had at least one mosquito in the room last night.  Nasty little creatures!