Batavia stad outlet-village, Amsterdam

We went to this outlet with train from the central-station. Mind you, all the information at this train-station is in Dutch! The train takes about 1 hour and 10 min. depending on the route, how many times you have to change train, 1 or 2.

From the train-station in Lelystad there is a bus, bus number F, which takes you to the outlet-village. The bus takes about 10 min.

The bus stops at the Mexx outlet, which is outside the village itself, but only 100 meter. The selection were good, with some very good offers and some 30% discounts.

In the outlet-village there were some nice shops (look at the link), but the offers weren't very good. Some of the shops had mainly 20-30% discounts! Seriously, I don't mind paying for clothes, but if buying clothes from last season, or even older, I demand 50%. This is what you get at the ordinary sale, so why not at an outlet-village? With regarding the discounts, this is the least exciting outlet I have ever been to.

If I would go back to the outlet? Maybe, to go to Mexx...

Bicester outlet village

I took the tube from the hotel to Marelybond and then an hour with train to Bicester North. There are always mini-buses outside the station, and it's only a 5 min. drive to the outletvillage.





My favorite shops are there, and as always I found something nice....

Furla bag. And guess what? My laptop fits! (To make a long story short, some years ago I bought a very nice laptop-bag... the only problem was that my laptop didn't fit! I refused to change it, so it has been laying in my closet until I got my new laptop some months ago. The only thing that mattered when I got the new laptop was: Will it fit the laptop-bag? :-D)

Molton Brown toiletries. The last months I have been collecting Molton Brown toiletries from the hotels I have stayed at. I thought it was on time to buy some myself!

And at last.... A pair of Ferragamo shoes. At first, I didn't like them, but now, I REALLY do. Hmm.... I have lots of shoes I have to "walk in". In shoe-language this means: Walk with the shoes until you get really bad blisters, and then the shoes, in a miraculous way, will be fine. You only have to have blisters for about 1-2 weeks. It's a process, a really painful one, trust me, I know ALL about it... I have to do it, sooner or later, my nice shoes can't be in the closet forever!