Awesome Adventure 2016: Milan - Opera at La Scala

Saturday was our last true day of 'holiday'. We had some packing to do and then caught the metro to a children's opera at La Scala. Duomo square was decorated in hundreds of balloons, fundraising for poorer nations. We weren't sure if the performance, Il Ratto Serraglio Per I Bambini, would go ahead as someone had hung political banners from the building and were threatening to jump. The police had even installed an inflatable jump mat below and brought in a truck with a fire ladder to get them down. As far as we could tell, the protest ended safely. Sophie, Will and I had McDonalds (again) before we left Duomo. That night we went to our favourite local restaurant with both Japanese sushi and Italian food. As a Saturday night, it was packed with locals. John has been very impressed with the combo meal options that allow a choice of sushi plus an Italian dish and I'm hooked on the vegies after too many unhealthy meals in a row. We also had our 'included' drink at the Novotel before going out to dinner. Then, back to our room for some last minute packing before catching a cab to the airport the following morning. I'm back at work on Monday, with some meetings planned at Surrey Uni.