Tales from The Last Supper

While Milan will not go down as one of my favorite cities in Italy, there are some very noteworthy things to do and see there.  For the rest of the week I will be sharing my tips for Milan with you.


When you think of Milan, one of the things that probably pops into your head is Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper.  

If you are like me you were probably thinking, we will see the last supper, maybe have to wait in line and then we will hop over to La Scala.  Sadly, if you were like me, you were wrong!  Apparently you need to make reservations 3 to 4 months in advance.  I know that some of you are skeptically reading this thinking:  “that is crazy!  No way!”  Let’s put it this way:  we walked in and there was a young man in a wheel chair trying to explain that this may be the last time he would ever be in Italy, could they please make an exception, it took him a lot to be able to get here in the wheel chair and have someone with him.  They were having none of it.  No budging, no sympathy.  Not a chance of him getting in.  They told him that reservations were required 3 to 4 months in advance and that was the only way that he could gain entrance.  So the moral of this story is:  if you are going to be in Milan and you wish to see The Last Supper, make sure that the first thing you do is make a reservation because not even the handicapped get in without one.