Bristol Palace Hotel 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 ...

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!

Partiremo fra un mese circa. Oggi sto preparando il guardaroba invernale per la vita di tutti i giorni in Piemonte. La stufa è accesa dalle 6.45 e oggi non ha ancora smesso di fare freddo: il sole non l'ho ancora visto. I vestiti estivi sono pronti per essere messi in valigia ma è ancora troppo presto ...

... trucks, yet the trucks are prohibited from traveling in the fast lane except for passing other trucks. For the most part the trucks are restricted from traveling faster than 80 kilos per hour on the highway (about 50 mph). This creates the threshold speed that the slow lane progresses at. Less trucks on the road can mean that this lane picks up a little. Entering the highway takes a bit of courage. The onramps are short and there is no time ...

... lang, bis wir endlich an Deck dürfen. <br>Aber auch das zieht sich noch ein wenig und wir warten in der luxeriösen Wartehalle, die einem das Gefühl gibt, eine kleine Zeitreise zu machen. Fast so als würden wir demnächst an Bord der Titanic zu gehen.<br><br>Dann werden wir endlich persönlich zu unserer Kabine begleitet, allein hätten wir sie sicher nicht so schnell gefunden ;) Kurz das Gepäck abgestellt und dann gehts los - zum ...

Our overnight train from Nice to Rome. As interrailers we automatically get assigned to sitting second class accomodation and not any of the sleeper car, so we were hoping to have a compartment to ourselves. Imagine our distress when an italian couple got onto the train at Nice just before the train was due to depart. It wasnt too bad, except for the fact that they argued from the minute they got onto the train untill they eventually fell asleep. It was especially funny ...

... Cinque Terre, Monterosso al Mare. It's our plan to drive through this town and on to several of the others before nightfall, seeing where we can find a lodging deal. This is around the time that I notice that our guidebook says that all the other towns are inaccessible by car. That's just great. We've just spent all day driving to a place that we can't get to by car. Making the best of it, we decided to stay in Monterosso for the night and have that be our ...

... not really my scene. It's basically a American pick up joint for drunk college kids. To quote Cole Porter, "Why do the wrong people Travel, Travel, Travel... When the right people stay back home???" I stick it out, and find a table outside, and these 2 American College girls approach and we have a bit of a chat. They are super sweet girls from Hershey and Minneapolis. But VERY American. They are studying out here in a local college. But I think they are sorta missing the ...