Hotel Le Tre Stazioni Genoa

... the Med before taking us inland and through the olive groves.

On arrival at Portofino we were greeted with a similar village to those in Cinque Terre but not quite as quaint. Not sure what all the fuss is about...Santa Margherita wins our vote.

Back at Scooby for lunch of bbq chicken wraps and biscotti for dessert, then onto the autopista to lovely Lucca.

... distance from the train station. Sadie and I take turns exploring the area, it is so cool that the ocean is so near. This seems like a great town to spend time in. The time comes to get on our connecting train then the bad news comes that we have gotten off at the wrong stop. Little did we know that there are two stops in Genoa. We miss our connecting train by 20 minutes and now come to find out are stuck in this town for the next 3 hours. The horrible ...

... the 11C and there aren't any Roman ruins because the Genovans needed to build somewhere so they just built on top of the old stuff! Anyways it is built on a hill and the modern part is at the top and to get there you travel over little tiny streets and even smaller alley like paths where the buildings appear to almost meet at their tops. We also saw the 16th C palaces nearing the ...

Destination 404

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A wonderful winding route via a inland section have lead me from Pisa to the coastline around Genova. But since in that part of the environment it was very hard to find a spot for bushcamping I took the toll freeway to prevent to get stuck in the chaotic traffic of Genova and headed north into the highlands of the northern region of Genova. A beatiful spot at the top of a mountain has provided perfect views to sunset and sunrise, but a bloody cold night!

... questo blog e penso già alla sensazione che proverò quando scendendo dll'aereo sentirò una ventata di aria calda (e umida a quanto si dice) a darmi il benvenuto.
Mi piace questa idea di avere un diario di viaggio da condividere con gli amici
Mi hanno mandato a vedere questi 5 video di Antony ...

... trucks, yet the trucks are prohibited from traveling in the fast lane except for passing other trucks. For the most part the trucks are restricted from traveling faster than 80 kilos per hour on the highway (about 50 mph). This creates the threshold speed that the slow lane progresses at. Less trucks on the road can mean that this lane picks up a little. Entering the highway takes a bit of courage. The onramps are short and there is no time ...

... going on.

Two hours had gone by and we still hadn’t gotten very far from Monaco, so we decided to jump onto the Autoroute and make some time up to get to Genova. While the coastline is beautiful, once you seen a coast town, they all pretty much looked the same, so no big loss. We ended up staying on the Autoroute for almost 150km passing into Italy on the way. The view from this highway that rides the side of the hills overlooking the Med were spectacular ...

... walking to find the hotel. Ashley had booked two rooms (one sleeping 2 and one sleeping 3) for a night (32 euro each) at the Mini Hotel. On the way there we started joking about maybe how the rooms would be very small as well as the beds and we'd feel like Goldilocks in Baby Bear's bed. But luckily, it was very quint and perfect for what we needed, a place to stay and a hot shower. After dropping our things off we set out to find the harbor with cameras in hand. We got a ...

... highly prized and the technique of night fishing with lamps has remained unchanged. Salting used to be the responsibility of local women, who would wait for the boats to come in, clean the anchovies and salt them in terracotta pots. Salting is a complex operation, since the fish are extremely delicate. The process of aging thus needs to be followed with considerable care. The terraces are about 10 feet wide, and the retaining walls are 3-6 ...

... with a spectacular view looking down into the town and the sea. On the first day we ambitiously thought we could hike from town Riomaggiore to Manarola. The hike from Riomaggiore to Manarola and Manarola to Corniglia were easy. But Corniglia to Vernazza was tough. Even though the villages are down by the sea, that stretch of hiking trail made you climb to the top of the mountain and then come all the way back through some tough terrain. We did not go beyond Vernazza and rewarded ...