B&B Chincamea Casarza Ligure
Via Bruschi 7c Casarza Ligure, Province of Genoa, Liguria, 16030, Italy
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Lucca to Genoa
... this one the wipers, this is the ignition key - you have to turn it to get the electrics on then pull up the starter. Wait a minute... tell me the starter doesn't whirr if the ignition is off? Yep - turn switch then pull starter - it starts. Straight away. Bugger.
As Paddy McGuiness would say "no sparky - no starty". Feeling foolish at this point we head off to Massa without any more hassle, navigational errors etc. and luck into ...
Overbooked
Flight on time to Genoa...bumpy landing with Ryanair and a woman shouting like we were going to crash....
Arrived at Melia Genoa, and overbooked so they sent me to 5 star Grand Hotel Savoia (lots of history).
No pool here, but gym and jacuzzi in the terrace upstairs. But they upgraded me to the Suite which is fantastic and its downtown so I walk straight to the port in 2 mins.
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Get Lost!!!
... had a good night sleep and woke up around 7:00.
I decided to just walk around and see if I could 'Get Lost'. I know that its not really something you want to try doing. Armed with a map I had breakfast and went on my way.
I didn't take too many DSLR pictures. I did have it with me but there are few tourists here and I would stick out like a sore thumb. I feel like I already do though! I know what your thinking. Then ...
Train to Genoa
Phew!! I'm here on the train now!
I arrived at the station early to avoid any line ups. I had to validate my train pass before I could use any of my train tickets.
A man from England asked me a question about the train number. Thankfully he did because he told me to validate my ticket in one of the yellow machines. He said one of his friends had a fine of over 100 euro!!! The yellow machines were ...
When in Rome, Venice, Florence, etc...
... 2 1/2 hours, the masterpieces were in front of us. It was wonderful to be in there but that line had depleted any recovered energy levels.
Lots of sangiovese, pizza, pasta and nutella gelato.
People in at work, especially Mike, had been talking about Lucca for a long time. We discovered that there is a reason why. On a glorious spring day we explored this gorgeous old town and decided that we'd love to return to Puccini's home. The old city walls were a great ...


