Alexander Hotel Genoa

... best friends by the time we left... 7 Euro well spent!!

Fri 13 Nov
Drizzle greeted us this morning so we got on our wet weather gear and headed off for a walk along the coast to Portofino which was 5km away. The wind blew away any cobwebs we may have had but it blew the rain away so we were happy. The walk followed the coast where we looked into the deep blues ...

... leaving you with a bright cheery feeling, the sun is shining and there are palm trees everywhere. Anyways back to Genoa the soon to be ground hog's day of our trip. We had checked, checked and double checked our ticket to make sure we knew of any transfers and where they happened. We made sure we were in our rightful seats even we have had to many experiences of getting in trouble for being in the wrong seat and we are tired of playing musical chairs. As we ...

... 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 ...

... Eisenhower tunnel with more curves less light and cars going less than half your speed next to you for 11 minutes solid. It gets a little weird having inches to spare on your left and traffic on your right. And inevitably, once you emerge from the tunnel, you are immediately on a bridge that spans the space between the next tunnels. So there is no more room for error on the bridge, just better light, and then into the next tunnel… Over ...

... the street. Then we walked past some luxurious shopping area and beautiful piazzas. Note that a lot of stores don't open on Sunday... but here in Genoa they opened and there were a lot of shoppers. Cathedral San Lorenzo was neat. Gothic style church like the one in Firenze. We reached the coast and got to the aquario (the largest in Europe). It's a nice aquarium but I didn't find it so big. We probably ...

... met by MSC Cruise Agents who ushered us onto buses for the 3 hr journey to Genoa Port to join our cruise. The bus seemed to take forever as we rumbled along very tired and jetlagged but enjoying the scenery of early Autumn colours, small villages on hillsides and monastries perched on hill tops. Finally we glimpsed this huge ship which seemed to be crouched at ...

... We had a picnic lunch on the beach--tuna sandwiches, brie, olives, cookies. We used an inexpensive train to get around the different areas, each with its own character. There were people everywhere since it was Easter, but we managed a relaxing and eventful day.

... get to my stop, Monterosso, the village furthest North. Get out of the train and take it all in! WOW!!! Mountains jet up from you on seemingly every side, and then the sea is just as vast from the one corner where there are no mountains. I'm in LOVE with this place! I then had to cross under the train tracks, to get a different train to take me South one village, to Vernazza, where I am staying. And again, it's just as beautiful. Vernazza has more of a harbor/cove as ...