Astor Hotel Genoa

... so we decided it was best to settle away from the centre of town for a change and park in a residential district about 1km away... much more tranquilo!!<br><br>Splashed out on take away pizza for dinner but ate it in the shop and washed down with a bottle of beer. We became the hot topic of conversation when owners and local patrons found out we were Australian and were ...

... is either way this town is the only connector to Nice where we want to go or Milan to get to Paris. We visit the ticket counter 5 times in 2 hours each time finding out new information for our situation and having to leave to pondering our next plan of attack. It becomes comical when each time we attempt to make a decision and go back to the ticket counter there is atleast one new staff person. I will have to continue this later because a lady needs this computer. <br>

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!

... 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?

... not many cars come screaming up behind you. And if they do, you will get a flash in plenty of time. But this cruise speed offers two new and unique challenges that I noticed. The first most obvious, is that the speed differential between fast lane and slow, is much greater than we see in the states. This means that stepping out from slow to fast requires a greater mirror calculation. And in the case of a car or truck stepping out on you, may ...

so after getting through the Genova traffic because of the yearly boat show.....we arrived in the nice italian riviera.....had a really nice lunch and decided to stay here the night before heading to florence tomorrow. found a hotel and with a bit of negotiating, got quite a good rate. Jason made me do it because he thought it would help in speaking italian. i guess it did, on, he was right, but only this once lest it go to his head ...

... Arrived in Palermo, Sicily. Here, we drove around and around and around the city in the search of a sign for the autostrade, it.s as if we were the only ones coming off hte boat, an hour later we managed to find the motorway and later read in our book that driving round palermo is a death wish...oh well we.re here t tell the story! found campsite fine,saw the lava coming down etna in the dark which was amazing ad set up camp for the night, gorgeous island.

... a couple of minutes and we figured that would be ok with us. Within the next couple of minutes, 4 or 5 other groups showed up, none of them having reservations like we did and he took them all to their rooms before us. Oh, I was getting so ****** off I couldn't stand still. After all of the other groups were brought to their rooms, it was finally our turn. All of the other groups were directed to go down the hill, but instead, we went up. We were ...

... they are VERY conformable being naked) We finally ended our day in the last town of Riomaggiore. Our eight hour journey was at an end. Some of the most beautiful scenery on the face of the planet, I am sure, and one of the hardest hikes I will probably ever do. But, we came out alive and have some awesome pictures to prove it. We are currently in Ancona Italy en route to Croatia via and overnight ferry. On the agenda for this evening : Pasta. Chow! Erin and Mike