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Sadie and I left beatiful peaceful Florence to mean unhelpful Genoa. We have been so spoiled in our travels up till this point. We usually have a bit of train trouble but nothing that can't be fixed or solved within an hour. Well landing in Genoa was not the case. The train ride up the coast was breath taking, I wanted so badly to jump off the train and stay a few days in one of the coastal towns. I think for my next trip to Europe its a must. The houses are so ...

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!

... 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.<br>Mi piace questa idea di avere un diario di viaggio da condividere con gli amici<br>Mi hanno mandato a vedere questi 5 video di Antony ...

... them like that any more (thank f**k!). I can't even remember how to ask for 2 beers (which is my current minimum requirement. It's 3 when Jamie's around). The lack of lingistic skills I have would be acceptable in most circumstances, but travelling with a Yank who is fluent in 2 languages that most Americans are even aware exist?!? Now that just doesn't seem right.<br><br>

so left avignon today with thoughts to head to cinque terre, but due to traffic jam only made it as far as arenzano. found a cute pensione and jason was getting sick of driving so seemed like a good place to stop. tried a few others but was like walking through a sad run down old people town so didn't make it more than 5 mins there. well, happy hour time now, so will write more later....<br>

... place was closed and then got lost for 3 hours searching for somewhere to eat. A local bar told me to climb down the layers of roads to a pizza place which i could never find. I found the dog from Turner &amp; Hooch standing up with his head and front legs over a tiny fence staring at me. Scared the s((t out of me! I eventually found the bus to take me back up the mountain and am now full on chocolate croissants and chips from ...

... Then a stroke of genius! I took Chris&#8217;s headphones and tried to hook his headphone around the keys&#8230;.no success! But wait&#8230;Chris&#8217;s stroke of genius&#8230;Tying my earphones to his Swiss army knife and leaving the bottle opener part open we managed to hook onto the key and pull it slowly back up through the sunroof into my reach!!! 30 minutes later and disaster averted! What teamwork! Never a moment of panic! And thank god because the phone number for ...

... talking, drinking wine and sharing a glass of Limoncello. It was a perfect end to a stressful day. When we finally retired for the evening, Micki and I slept with our window open listening to the sea below gently rolling against the rocks with a full moon shining through the window. Could you ask for anything more? Or maybe you just had to be there. The next day we spent in Vernazza just hanging out and swimming at the beach. Makenna's heel was really hurting her ...

... The water was nice and our feet dangled just low enough to feel the splash when the waves came in and hit the rocks. However, just as we were about to leave, Chad noticed a big wave coming so he told me to pick my feet up. It didn't matter, the wave came fast and completely soaked us both. It was hilarious, and apparently a warning of the weather to come.... When we woke up and decided to stay another day, the sky was cloudy and the sea was rough. The waves were huge ...