B&B L'oasi Genoa

Travelling alone has great joys and a few downsides. Sharing memorable sights are communicated to my trusty camera and will soon be stored on the laptop and backed up on a memory stick. But what about experiences that defy the storage on digital media?

Well as kit and caboodle was being packed, somebody stowed away buried in the depths ...

Just how brilliant is the Internet? Sitting in my hotel room on a cold, wet and windy day in Genoa I have been to Spain, Canada, the States and sunny warm Jamaica. I have intended for ages to research the places I am visiting because I cannot guarantee that I will have Internet access in the ports I visit. Contrary to popular belief, there is no...

Arrived in Genoa last Monday 8th Feb as the ship (Zim Ontario) was originally due in today (10th Feb) and it is expected you are in the port ready to roll so to speak just in case the ship is early. This is a containership that carries passengers, so the priority is containers, not pax! Still, flight booked and hotel sorted to find that the ship...

MSC Kreuzfahrt - MSC Fantasia westl. Mittelmeer!
Datum: 9. Jänner 2010
Uhrzeit: 00:19
Teilnehmer: Julia und Thomas Niederer
Tag: 3
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8:00 Uhr und der Wecker klinglete - morgentlicher Gang ins Badezimmer und dann Anziehen
und ab...

So, I got up at 6:00 am., took advantage of the hotel breakfast, and made my way to the airport. I basically took a cab from my hotel to the train station because it was just too early to forge through the mess of snow and cold and for the 13e, it was just better.

I took the shuttle from the central station to the Malpensea airport. Ther...

We made our way past Genoa (we didn't want to relive Genoa since the last time we were there, we were sick as dogs) into the valley and the city of Rapallo. Rapallo is a big tourist town since although it is right between 2 mountains, the Mediterranean comes right up to it in a small bay. Beautiful but freezing. It had snowed here and since it i...

Flew to Milan from Dublin then took the train to Savona to board the cruise. Quaint little seaport town which I wish I had more time to explore. Forgot to take a picture of the ship! Not sure how I feel about a big cruise ship (3,800 passengers) but the price was right so thought I would experience it!

Day 3 - Been There, Done That, So Let's Eat! We slept in. Not just a little bit, but we slept until noon, meaning we slept 14 hours! Carol, even on her sleepy days, doesn't sleep more than 10 hours at once. Ben rarely sleeps 14 hours over two nights. Attilio waited the entire morning for us to wake up and to ensure we were o.k. As such, we made ...

Another new Italian destination and another pleasant surprise. I got up bright and early this morning to catch a train out for the old port city of Genoa in neighboring Liguria. Since it only lies about two hours away from Turin, it's an ideal spot for a day out. Well, ideally two days would probably be better - there's quite a lot to see - but ...

Hiking the last 2 days has consumed most of our time and pratically all of our efferts. Our first day we traied back to Cornigula. Having already hiked the there from the first town, which were just strolls, we decided to tackle the harder hikes. The signs posted that from Cornigula to Vernazza was 2 hours, and Vernazza to Monterosso was another...