B&B Maniman Genoa
Via Bruno Buozzi 26/6 Genoa, Italian Riviera, 16126, Italy
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Lucca to Genoa
... and we could see what a nice place the Italian Riviera is. Sadly we'd lost too much time to stop and enjoy it. When we finally hit the hotel after trawling through Genoa we had been on the road for 7 hours, plus the hour in Massa for lunch. All through this little Sergio, bless him, just soaked it all up.
Think we need to get up earlier tomorrow and maybe accept a little bit of Autoroute - we'll see though.
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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!!!
... markets. Enjoy them. Mmmmm.
7) Wear comfy shoes. You'll do lots of walking and cobble stone streets are not the best in sandals.
6) Bring a water bottle. Metal preferably. There are lots of water fountains that you can drink from. Cold fresh water. Ahhhh......free too!!
5) Wear pants or jeans. Especially if you are not visiting in the summer months. Locals don't seem to wear shorts until then. If you ...
Train to Genoa
... I'm hoping to make a day trip to there to see the Tower of Pisa when I go to Florence. I was told its a quick trip and there is nothing really to see but the tower.
We keep going through these long tunnels with glimpses of the ocean and rocky coastline as we exit and entry the next tunnel. I'm assuming we are going through mountains.
After a maze of small streets and poor street signs I made it ...
'Merica
... all Italians. This did not come in handy when all I would yell was, "MERICA" and "Italy is awful. Let's gooo America." I slowly found out that this was not a good idea when everyone started blowing smoke to my face and a kid behind me, half my age, kicked my ankle....stupid. They were all yelling, "Stupid America" after we scored making it 1-0 in the second half, so of course I yelled back being the aggressive person that I am. Little did we know that this would be the game ...


