Saturday, April 3, 2010

New Mall


The New Mall (as we call it) opened. It's very close to Sigonella--as if you going to the Catania Airport. We took one for the team and headed there opening weekend, and it was super packed and impossible to park. Avoid Sundays unless you like crowds. When we went back on Friday (9:30am) it was way less crowded and parking was easy. We suggest going on a week day early or during riposo to avoid the crowds.
Here what we liked:
1) Clean bathrooms with a separate changing table room/nursing area (across from RossoPomodoro). (This is incredible since you usually need to change the baby in our lap at other malls, on the floor, or in the car)!
2) Security guards in suits on Segways swooshing through the mall.
3) Decent food court choices (Wild West, Burger King (if you like that), and our favorite L'Etoile D'or (which they have also in Catania right by the fish market).
4) Amazing Lindt gelato:
5) 2-level Auchan--nice and clean. We were able to get all our Italian goodies: due vittorie balasmic, panna, Italian nutella, Italian cokes, and all the chocolaty variations of Kinder.
6) Decathlon store, Coincasa, and Prenatal (super expensive baby store--like 50 Euro for a Boppy--stick to Babies R US.
7) H&M-amazing kids section, maternity section, and overall better selection than the one in Katane.

On Monday, it opens late (like 12 or 1). Can't wait to July for Sconti Season! It can use a few more bathrooms and some more restaurants, but overall we give it two manicured thumbs up!

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