My feet aren't tired!

Today was about as relaxing a day as we've ever had on a trip. We started out the day with breakfast and a trip to the grocery store to get some yogurt, fruit and meat and cheese for a snack. Coffee and a pastry just doesn't keep you going for very long, but it's delicious!

After breakfast I did a little bit of laundry while Tommy did a little bit of reading in our Rick Steves' Italy guide book. Most sights in Milan are closed on Mondays so there was literally one thing we were interested in seeing that was open today, the Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio.

There has been a church at this site since A.D. 380, when St. Ambrose built the first church on top of an early Christian martyr's cemetery. Saint Ambrose is remembered for converting and baptizing St. Augustine of Hippo. The church wasn't very large but it was very interesting and beautiful. We didn't take a picture in the crypt but there are three skeletal bodies in an enclosure, Saint Ambrose and two martyrs.

After visiting the church we went back to our apartment for a little rest before heading to Naviglio Grande for dinner. Our apartment is located in the Naviglio district, but on the other side of the train tracks from the canal. The canal looked like it was about 6 inches deep, we saw a duck standing in the water!

This was dinner:

As a side note, there are a ton of pigeons in the big squares, like at St. Mark's square in Venice and in the Duomo Square here in Milan. People pose with them and let them climb into their hands. Somebody offered us bird seed the other day, Tommy and I were like, no no no no no no. Whenever a group of pigeons start moving toward us, I think about this scene from Jurassic Park, they're flocking this way!

Tomorrow is going to be a big day, we are visiting Sforza Castle, that is now a museum, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, another museum, and the Church of San Maruizio.