Acquario Genoa

... the Med before taking us inland and through the olive groves. <br><br>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.<br><br>Back at Scooby for lunch of bbq chicken wraps and biscotti for dessert, then onto the autopista to lovely Lucca. <br>

... moved and then as if to add one last jab she said, " Atleast we'll get away from the coughing guy", so now we are the ones who will catch sickness because we wanted out seats. We are damned if we do, damned if we don't. One way or another we can never make the people of the train happy.<br><br>We arrive in Genoa at the stop we think is ours. The weather is hot and sunny. We have a two hour lay over, so we stroll over to this beautiful town square that is within ...

This morning we woke up to get ready to go on the Historic Center walking tour of Genoa. We had a nice breakfast at the buffet and I even found a decaf cappa for breakfast too. We met in the lounge at 8:45 and got on a little boat in the harbor and had a tour of the harbor and then got off at the aquarium and started our tour. Genoa is very nice and the historic section dates back ...

Destination 404<br><br>km197'196<br><br>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!

Partiremo fra un mese circa. Oggi sto preparando il guardaroba invernale per la vita di tutti i giorni in Piemonte. La stufa è accesa dalle 6.45 e oggi non ha ancora smesso di fare freddo: il sole non l'ho ancora visto. I vestiti estivi sono pronti per essere messi in valigia ma è ancora troppo presto ...

... a lot of ground in a short period of time, but it does take its toll at times. It was a really odd experience to travel through a 13-mile long tunnel cruising at 100. Remember, this is the cruising speed. You&#8217;ll get much higher passing other cars, getting out of the way for the Ferrari coming up behind you or chasing the Ferrari that just passed. (Take a look at the speedo shot a few posts ago..) There is not a lot of room for error. Think ...

... towards more expensive options. The Italians seem to eat at least two main courses with every meal. This makes ordering even more important as you can't assume the size of any portion. What we've encountered in a few places is that their idea of a large portion isn't filling at all and we understand now why one meal consists of so many courses. Anything more than one course falls out of our budget range so we'll stick to the supermarkets and splurge now and again.

This is from my notebook -- I'm typing it down here...<br><br>I got up late, like 11ish. I actually got up at 8ish to take a shower. No hot water. I woke Ricca up to fix it. Ricca was really sick. He had nausea. At around noon, we had breakfast. It was about 1 something that we had to make other plans. We were gonna go to Venice if Ricca wasn't sick. <br><br>I checked on the computer. Venice is cloudy ...

The Cinque Terre or the 5 lands in English. Beautiful, quaint fishing villages clinging to the side of the sheer rock faces as the Mediterranean gentle laps the base of those cliffs. Over-run with American tourists but also a fave for Italians. Minimal cars are allowed and there is a walking trail and a train that links the 5 villages ...

... knee starts to give me some trouble. It doesn't like going down stairs. Fine going up, just not enjoying going down. But when you're on top of a mountain, there is nothing else to do but go down stairs!!! Needless to say by the time I got into to town, all I wanted to do was sit and eat! And thats exactly what I did, and the first tratoria I could find. After that my knee started to feel better, and I started to find the train station to head home. I couldn't find ...