Columbus Sea Genoa

... the Med before taking us inland and through the olive groves. <br><br>On arrival at Portofino we were greeted with a similar village to those in Cinque Terre but not quite as quaint. Not sure what all the fuss is about...Santa Margherita wins our vote.<br><br>Back at Scooby for lunch of bbq chicken wraps and biscotti for dessert, then onto the autopista to lovely Lucca. <br>

... 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 ...

... over and over.<br><br>But the best thing is that it all works. The fellow motorists all get it. They pay attention; they move over, they do not have any issues being overtaken. It just all moves down the road in an awesome efficiency. I love it. We covered ground from Venice to the Ferrari Factory, from Florence to Rome and Rome to Portofino in times unheard of for United States motoring. Anyone that loves to drive must give it a go sometime. <br>

... my hands on it! When I got on the roof I had to slowly pry the inside of the sunroof open through that little crack I could stick my fingers through (Thank god I have small hands) I got it open a little bit but then it stuck&#8230;.so Chris found a branch and I used that to pull the rest of the cover open! Now we have a great view of the keys on the front driver&#8217;s seat but still no way of getting them! Our initial attempts to open the door using a stick through the sunroof ...

... honored to play in such an amazing setting. All the students are doing very well -they are all getting along and enjoying their time with each other, but they are starting to get tired with our busy schedule of concerts and sight seeing. So tonight I sent them all to bed to get some rest, pack and sleep in a bit before we head to Pisa and to Monticatini - just on the outside of Florence. Hugs and love to everyone! Kathy and Craig

... will get across how psycho these bells were. They sometimes - but not always - rang the appropriate number of times on the hour, but then sometimes they'd ring again only two minutes later. Sometimes they struck more or less times than the actual hour. And sometimes they'd just go off with another melody altogether, like wedding bells (without the wedding). Very odd. And at all times of night. Not annoying, just... quirky. The place we stayed was a B&amp;B and charming in a ramshackle ...

... Riomaggiore. Cinque Terre mean 5 lands in Italian, so its just 5 small fishing villages that are very close together, connected by a trail and now a train. Riomaggiore has a single major road that just goes straight up the hill and almost all of the major business are located on this road. Monterosso is a little larger, with a couple of major roads and actually having cars. We decided to go there because unlike our beach, it has sand that we can lay on ...