Have Backpacks, are Travelling ...: Shopping paradise!

If you enjoy shopping like me, Milan is definitely somewhere you want to head with a purse full of money ... if, like Allan, shopping isn't your thing ... personally I wouldn't waste my time or money with a trip to Milan.

We only booked a couple of nights in Milan, because the cheapest place we could find to stay was double our nightly budget. Milan doesn't do backpackers or hostels, I don't think they want backpackers there wasting space. Or maybe it's just that back packers simply can't afford to go to Milan ... either way, we almost spent our weeks budget in the 2 days we were there!

There weren't too many sights to see in Milan, there is the big church with its 5000 spires and something like 7000 statues. We paparazzied the church and then moved on to shopping. While we were shopping, we found a few statues that looked like they were made out of chocolate and I think are characters from a cartoon or something, they kept Al amused while I darted in and out of the shops!!

Personally I didn't mind our time in Milan, I was well overdue for some shopping, even if it was mainly window shopping. I window shopped in all of the big designer stores ... more because I simply can not understand how anyone could waste so much money on clothing and accessories. I think they should go to Africa for a holiday and see if they can work out where their money is better spent .. anyhow, not going to do an Allan rant, just thought it was worth mentioning. I did however do some shopping in what is known as the "golden quarter", which is mainly big designers and a few chain stores ... I found a store that just sold ladies shirts ... Literally there were maybe 15 different types of shirts, I went in and pointed out the two that I liked, they bought back the size and colour that they thought and I thought I was in paradise :) Not only was someone fussing over me to find me what I wanted, but I was also in a shop that only sold business shirts for ladies ... I have been saying for a very long time that stores like this should exist, would make shopping for work clothes so much easier .. and it turns out that they do!! Now all I need to do is find a store that only sells women's suits and i'll be a happy chappy!! At the time of purchasing my shirts right next to the Luis Vuton, Gucci and Prada stores I thought I'd walked into a designer store, but as we walked down the block and past 3 more of these stores, I'm pretty certain that it was more than likely a chain store across Europe, but hey, it made me feel good at the time!!