Xanadu

No, not the film – today’s company visit was to Xanadu mall, which is slightly south of Madrid, and is Spain’s largest shopping centre. It comprises both leisure and retail areas, with anchor tenants including Snow Zone, an indoor ski slope which the one in Dubai was based on, and El Corte Ingles, Zara, H&M and others – in all it has 20 anchor tenants. We received a presentation from the property manager then had three hours to check out the centre ourselves, which wasn’t long enough!


Have now arrived in Milan after a VERY hairy landing thanks to more fog – how the hell they let us land without diverting I don’t know, but it was the first time I’d heard a captain ask everyone to make sure they turned off all electronic devices as we were doing a precision approach due to “meteorological conditions” and it was important not to have any electronic interference. At that point we didn’t know it was fog so a few people got a bit freaked out, and it would seem that some people down the back pulled their lifejackets out just in case – not sure what good that would have done as Milan is fairly landlocked I would have thought....

Anyway, we are here safely so it’s off to bed before another busy day tomorrow. I believe the Monash website (http://www.mimsp.com) is being updated with more pics as I write so check them out too. I will try and put more up soon but internet access and free time have both been very limited!!