We had to pack for the airport, so Michael posted our latest parcels back to Australia - Le Poste is going to make a profit this year for sure.
Easyjet (cheap like Jetstar) is very strict on luggage and allows you to only take 1 piece of hand luggage (that includes a handbag) and pre-booked 23kg of hold luggage each.
The French think very different to us. You can take one piece of hand luggage but with no weight restrictions – work that one out.
Also with Easyjet its first in best seat, we had booked a speed boarding pass and were one of the first to baord the jet. When it came time to get off you wouldn’t believe it but we had to go via the back of the jet – a problem with the stairs. Anyway Milan was very easy to exit with no customs.
We arrived at our hotel about 100mtrs from Centrale Station. Coming from a quaint but old apartment in Paris to a hotel room was great. We went to the Duomo and Galleria. The Duomo is massive, but unfortunately closed by the time we got there.
We have both been coughing for the past week or so and visited the doctor in the farmacia. We found out later that anyone with a degree, is called Dr. Lawyers, teachers, engineers etc can all call themselves doctors. We had actually seen a chemist, he gave us some great natural herb cough medicine which seems to be helping.
We caught the metro to and from the Duomo which we were told would be very safe. We walked into the Galleria and Colene's eyes nearly popped out of her head. Prada, Louis V, Swarovski and lots more. The shops close at 7:30 so we didn’t have time to do too much damage.
On our way back from the Centrale station Michael realised that they were being followed and they had to duck and weave through the station to lose the culprit. Maybe it was the bright shopping bags or Michael getting junior out to take some photos of one of the most impressive railway stations in the world, which brought his attention. It was a bit scary and the next day on the shopping tour, junior stayed home and we were on our guard.
We went to biggest shopping outlet in Europe. OMG Colene loved every minute of it.
At 5pm the bus brought us back. Colene did say we had saved a fortune, yet Michael couldn’t quite understand her logic.
Tomorrow we are up again bright and early for a day trip to Lake Como.
Ciao.
A smile as big as Cheshire cat.
Look we saved a fortune...Huh?
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