Germany - Metzingen

16th Dec 2014

So I'd finished all my exams and headed to Metzingen OutletCity to shop for MK bags upon my mum's request :P It was a cold, cold day. I bought the Baden-Württemberg-Ticket and realised (after 4 months in Europe) that it didn't cover IC trains. Haha! So my plan was disrupted and I only arrived at Metzingen at 4+pm after a 3-hour long ride, when my phone was running out of batt and the sky was already turning dark. I initially wanted to visit Tübingen as well, since it was only 10 min away by train, but unfortunately there wasn't enough time :(

The outlets were not far from the train station, just a few minutes away by foot. And I walked pretty damn fast because it was freezing! I couldn't use the Google Maps as my phone was out of batt, so I just randomly walked (tried to consult a local map but couldn't really figure out the right direction) and fortunately went the correct way!

I headed straight to the Tommy Hilfiger shop to get a polo for lc as gift since he always wanted one and claims it's too expensive :P Took a while to decide which one to get, because all the colours had 50% discount (35€ only) except white and black which were 50€. White is really nice, and I was quite tempted to buy it, but 1) the material seemed to have black cloth fibres stuck on it and I was afraid that after washing it in the washing machine it'd just get ruined 2) I wasn't sure if the size would fit, so I thought it wasn't really worth the extra 15€! Anyway, after the purchase, I surprisingly realised that I could still get a 3€ tax refund :P

It took me another 10 min or so to find the Michael Kors shop. It was quite big, but didn't have many new designs. The outlet prices were in general 80-120€ cheaper than retail prices. Good deal! I think I spent 1 hr in the shop, trying to decide what bags to buy because my mum wanted me to get some as gifts for my cousins. So in the end I bought 3 wallets (all 99€ each) and 4 bags (ranging from 159€ to 279€), including 1 wallet and 1 bag for myself :D I think the shop assistants thought I was some typical China 土豪 lol. Got a tax refund of 123€ from an expenditure of almost 1100€. Not bad?

The bags were a lot heavier than expected, and it was late so I was ready to head home. On the way, I saw Triumph, so I went in to get some bras. Haha. I got 3 in the end, 27€ each. That's S$30 cheaper than in Singapore!

Finally, I grabbed my dinner at Macs and headed to the train station to wait for the train. I don't know why, but there was this chicken box at that specific Macs which was super awesome. I think it had 10 pieces of nuggets and 6 wings, and you can choose 3 different types of sauces to go with it, and it only cost 7 or 8€! Best deal ever. And I greedily devoured everything because I didn't have lunch haha!

I got home at 11+pm and I just trembled the whole way T.T I almost didn't get off at Heidelberg to change train because I fell asleep. There was this woman on the train who was talking so loudly on the phone and I was extremely annoyed by her because I was trying so hard to sleep, but eventually she woke me up with her volume at the exact moment when the train stopped at the Heidelberg station. So... I guess I had to thank her instead lol.

I think the outlets at Metzingen were okay, but a lot of people told me they couldn't find anything nice there. I guess if you're just going there to get some basic or classic designs then you'll be fine, but don't expect to find new designs there!