OK, end of hols and the arranging started today.
Our match will be Monday March 10th KO 9pm, then off to a pub (which serves food) with the Inter boys afterwards. Too early to talk about location of pitch but of course it's likely to be on the edge of town like last time so don't take that into account when thinking about accomodation. We'll meet up about 7.30pm in the centre to travel together. With any luck some or all of us will get lifts again there and back (to the pub after) cos the distances by taxi will be considerable.
And for those asking about what to do at midnight after the proper match on Tuesday, when Milano will be basically closed, Luca says his mates' pub will stay open for us ... the owner is a Milanista* too so he'll be extra grateful if we win ;-) He was open till 5am for the Mancs after the semi in May. Basically it's the owner of that place we went last time and he's gone a bit more up-market sports-pubby, just been on his website but I'm not putting the name, address or link here yet for obvious reasons.
That's the good news then. the only slight downer is that these boys will only be in L'pool on a very brief day trip, so no home leg with this lot, though I am still hopeful of getting together with another group of Interistas on Feb 18th/19th
So, about the
hotel. Not thought about it at all yet. Who wants to go in together like last time in a cheap hotel then ? Need to get booked up early 'cos once again it's trade fair season ...I'll look for a similar place to last time ... last time we had about 2 or 3 doubles, couple of trebles and one quadruple I think .... As always, cheapness is my over-riding criterion, followed by centrality ....prices to follow shortly !
*just noticed on the pub's website he proudly and obsessively lists over100 clubs whose scarves are on his wall, the majority English & scottish ... ... Liverpool very pointedly is not amongst them...dunno if that's cos of Istanbul '05, or our visit in '06 (hope not) or the fact that the Mancs spent about 4000 Euros in his bar in May '07