[LAD] [LAU] Travel from Milan Malpensa to Parma on wednesday evening

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 07:17:08PM +0200, Pieter Palmers wrote:


> I seem to have put myself in a brilliant position... My flight lands at 
> 22:30 in Milan Malpensa airport, meaning that I can't make the last 
> train from Milan to Parma.
> 
> I have two possibilities: either stay a night in Milan and take the 
> morning train, or rent a car in Malpensa, drive it to Parma and drop of 
> it there the next morning. I've done the accounting for both scenario's, 
> and the first one would come down to 100eur, while the car rental would 
> set me back about 120 eur. Therefore I'm probably going to rent the car 
> as it saves me a lot of hassle.
> 
> But before booking it, I'm wondering if there are other people that 
> might have the same issue. If so, a split fee would make things even 
> more interesting (at least for me ;).

I wouldn't really advise anyone to travel Malpensa-Parma by
car, certainly not during the night unless you have already
done it and know what to expect. Or you have a GPS navigator
in the car - using just visual roadsigns could make you end
up in a completely different place.

I found myself in the same position returning from Belgium 
in the first week of January. I'd take the Malpensa-Milano
central station bus, stay at one the several affordable
hotels near the station, and take the first morning train.

Ciao,

-- 
FA

Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia è troppo stretta e lunga.