Andy loves his football and has always wanted to go to Italy, in fact he has actually asked if we can live there one day for at least a year! Don't know when that will be! - So, it was only natural to think that the best birthday present would be a trip to Milan to sight-see, shop and to go and watch AC Milan play.
AC Milan is one of Andy's favourite European teams along side Real Madrid.
I took Andy for lunch at the Peach Tree restaurant in Shrewsbury to tell him about his birthday present, he had no clue and this was a day before we flew (the rhyme isn't on purpose!).
Well, of course he loved it!
We had an early morning flight, which we both agreed has to be one of the best flights we have ever had. It was a small plane (not sure of the type, answers on a postcard!), but it was quick on take off and landing was very smooth.
We both like to people watch and there was one gentleman on the flight which we both noticed, he was a bit secretive looking - so we concluded he had to be part of the Mafia!
To our surprise, he was actually arrested on arrival to Milan, whether he was part of the Mafia or not, we shall never know!
We did have a guide book and tried our hardest to get a bus to the city, but we ended up in a taxi and paying top dollar for the pleasure. Oh well.
The hotel was classed as a 4 star and certainly stood up to it's rating. It was great. The staff were friendly, the room was tidy and clean and we couldn't have asked for more.
We got our bearings and decided on a plan of action. We decided shopping and sight-seeing first. We ended up walking to the nearest metro station as we could not find anywhere to purchase the tickets for the tram. It was a bit of a trek, but we got to see a lot and it was good exercise. We had our tickets, so using the tram was possible now.
We stayed at the Hotel Mozart
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