Assarotti Genoa

As the traffic had been horrendous yesterday we decided to hit the autostrada and pay the tolls to save our sanity and hightail it to our next destination. 130kms and 10 Euro later we arrived in Santa Margherita Ligure, which is just up the road from Portofino. <br><br>This place is a bit larger than we are used to and Italian towns all have small car parks and narrow ...

... our seats there was a couple who was seated in them and it was funny because there was barely anyone on the train but we did not want to take the chance of sitting somewhere else and taking someone else's seat. Well this lady gave us an earful of how she thought it was ridiculous that they had to move considering there were about 50 other open seats in our cabin, but she's like if these are your seats you better take them. She went on for about 2 minutes while ...

... of the city and had the BEST focaccia bread ever! After we left the group we had lunch at a little place with outside cafe seats and it was terrific. Rachel had a spicy pizza, Il Diablo and I had a zucchini tart. Then we wandered back to the ship and now Rachel is at the gym and I am updating my blog! We are a lucky group here! Tonight is casual night thank goodness. More to come!

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!

... a Singapore. <br><br>Lui è un cuoco statunitense sregolato, simpaticissimo e assolutamente fuori dalle righe ho letto anche il suo "Kitchen confidential" e mi ha divertito molto.<br><br>http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=7vEtfakmiik<br><br>Non verrebbe voglia anche a voi di provere tutti questi posti?

... you share the road with the train. <br><br>Departing Munchen was actually quite simple thanks to the BMW Navigation System Dawn ordered with her car. The BMW system is now all contained on a hard drive so there is no need to insert various DVD's of regions that you may be traveling in. BMW programmed in the map system for all of Europe prior to our arrival and will reprogram the car for the US before they ship it over. It is a lovely system ...

... We passed some scary area with blacks and Chinese imports shops and returned to Via Balbi (the main street to the train station). We went to a cheap restaurant. The food came quickly but wasn't so great. I had the gnocchi alla Bolognese. Mom had some pork and Janet took a carbonara again. The bill was 37.50 euros (6 euros for bread!??!!). <br><br>I wrote this on the train... Jan 6th, 2008 at 21:30. <br>

As Rome was such a full day we were glad to take it easy the next day when we arrived in Genoa, Italy. As the port was near the city centre it was only a 5 min boat ride away where we were able to walk around the old town full of old churches, museums, palaces and fountains. We then headed up the fenicular railway (not really part of the tourist trail) to the top of Genoa where we were able to have a spectacular ...

... get into my hotel, but no one is answering. ****! I realize that the check-in must be downstairs near the piazza!! So I take the risk and leave my bag in a discreet spot near the hotel, and rush down to try and get into the hotel. I was right, the check-in was downstairs in the restaurant owned by the hotel. They lead me back up the stairs with a key to a 3rd floor room, 31. I get in. WOW!!! My room is small, but dripping with charm. A wooden slanted roof, with log beams ...