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Lucca to Genoa
Today's journey turned out to be a little longer than we had imagined though we are typing this from hotel number 3 in Genoa, so we clearly made it in one piece.
It started off wet and yukky in Lucca and we got the chance to find out that the windscreen wipers worked rather well - and that Sergio is surprisingly refined with the top closed. Bob even fits - just.
The first hour was refreshingly hassle free and quite a fun ...
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!!!
... the bright red shirt that says Canada on it and wave a map in your hand. Hahaha. As hard as it was to do I tried to fit in with the locals.
These are some of the places that I visited today:
- Mercato Originale
- Ponte Monumentale
- Piazza de Ferrari
- Porta Soprana (must see!)
- Casa Di Colombo
- Mura Di Malapaga
- Mura del Molo
- Porta de Molo
- Mura dela Marinetta
- Albergo ...
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
... us, we would be going to the USA vs. Italy soccer game the next night in Genoa!!! The only problem that I had was the class I would have to skip was Italian and I had already used one of my three skips the week before. But I figured Antonio(my teacher) would understand considering this was a huge deal. Before my night class my room mates, Marcus, Max, and I headed to pick up our tickets for the huge game!
Wednesday, or what would soon to be known as game day, was ...


