Parco Monza
Via Confalonieri, 133, Villasanta Monza, Lombardy, 20058, Italy
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Day 12
... so we eventually turned it off!
Westpac is causing us some grief with our credit cards and they gave us a 24hr number to call reversing the charges through the international operator - Italy doesn't have any operators! So, we went to the Tabaccaio buy a phone card - which one?- who knows! It didn't work anyway - each time we tried, the message came back that no such number existed. We have sent emails to everyone ...
Milan, My First Stop in Italy
... and got up in time to go out for a late dinner and drinks.
I asked the hotel where to go and I ended up in the Navigli District. It’s a cute strip of restaurants and bars with apperativos along a canal. I found a crowded bar with loads of apperativos on the bar. I bellied up to the bar and took in the atmosphere.
The bartenders ...
Paris To Milano
... telephone. They couldn't get the bloody thing to work now. Who's the fool now Mario Brothers???? One of them stuck his finger up the return slot to discover a little plate blocking the coins from being returned. He pulled the plate out and about 6 coins dropped down. We'd been scammed. Eden told me a little kid was watching me trying to make the calls and he looked shifty. When I called the Mario Brothers over he took off. Imaging how much he would make each day? Imagine if he ...
Monza F1
... he was relieved when Sunday rolled around and he and Stu could head off to Monza. Thereafter this blog cannot report much other than the noise was phenomenal, the Porsche race prior to the F1 race was "**** in comparison" and Barichello got emotional as usual on the podium.
Martin went home with a slight tan and a Ferrari hat than makes him look uncannily like Boy ...
Twisty roads, heaven is found
WOW, wow, wow. Leaving Switzerland, as lovely as it was, was an absolute pleasure both Chris and I stated that the scenery was better than going fast. Looking at the vineyards cut into the mountain and the surrounding mountains was spectacular. Then we left and got into Italy, again WOW. The way we approached was up through the mountains, the weather was fantastic, the road smooth and hole free and ...


