Bentley Hotel Genoa

... best friends by the time we left... 7 Euro well spent!!<br><br>Fri 13 Nov<br>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 ...

... distance from the train station. Sadie and I take turns exploring the area, it is so cool that the ocean is so near. This seems like a great town to spend time in. The time comes to get on our connecting train then the bad news comes that we have gotten off at the wrong stop. Little did we know that there are two stops in Genoa. We miss our connecting train by 20 minutes and now come to find out are stuck in this town for the next 3 hours. The horrible ...

... 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<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 ...

... kind of a staging system for the people waiting at the red. Kinda like the start of an F1 race. <br><br>Autobahn/Autostrada: This is an event that must be experienced. This super highway is merely a 4 lane divided freeway much like I-70 heading up into the mountains. The main difference comes from the terrain. Southern Germany, Switzerland and most of western Italy are all heavy mountainous regions. The difference is the ruggedness of the ...

... hier noch ein paar Bilder vom Schiff und vom Mitternachtsbuffet.<br><br>Sicher kann man in den wenigen Stunden die man in den einzelnen Städten ist eine Stadt nicht richtig kennen lernen. Man kann nicht jedes berühmte Gebäude anschauen oder alle Museen besuchen. Aber man bekommt doch einen Eindruck von der Stimmung, den Leuten, deren Mentalität. Und es macht Lust auf mehr :) Mehr Städte mit mehr Zeit und vielleicht ein bisschen mehr Sonnenschein, in den nächsten Ferien vielleicht...<br>

This train journey has been quite an experience. Claudia and I boarded the sleeper train at Nice and had hoped for an individual cabin ( 6 seater) by ourselves....unfortunately this was not to be. We ended up having to share with an old Italian couple that couldn't speak English......and we cant speak Italian. Anyway all was fine and good, for the first 30 minutes during which time we had gotten used to their extreme body odour as well as the constant moaning of the ...

... we thought from looking on the map, because our little car had to chug over so many mountains that dwarfed the ones we'd driven over previously. On the way, we passed a quarry where the most beautiful black marble jutted out of the earth in huge blocks. Marble is so plentiful around here, there are huge pieces just sitting in the surf, and no one cares to take them back from the sea. After a whole lot of up and down, we finally pull up to the first town ...

... Found a cliff-top restaurant, and got some seafood. Again, I forgot my dictionary so I wasn't really sure what was on the menu. I ordered a Scampi Lasagna. It was these giant prawns in noodles, not a typical lasagna at all, but soooo freakin' good. After dinner I explored the small village some more, went up to my room and digested a bit, and at 11:30 went back to the same restaurant that advertised they were having a "party". Get up there, and get a beer and realize this ...