Europa Hotel Genoa

... best friends by the time we left... 7 Euro well spent!!

Fri 13 Nov
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 ...

... leaving you with a bright cheery feeling, the sun is shining and there are palm trees everywhere. Anyways back to Genoa the soon to be ground hog's day of our trip. We had checked, checked and double checked our ticket to make sure we knew of any transfers and where they happened. We made sure we were in our rightful seats even we have had to many experiences of getting in trouble for being in the wrong seat and we are tired of playing musical chairs. As we ...

... 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

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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.
Mi piace questa idea di avere un diario di viaggio da condividere con gli amici
Mi hanno mandato a vedere questi 5 video di Antony ...

... a lot of ground in a short period of time, but it does take its toll at times. It was a really odd experience to travel through a 13-mile long tunnel cruising at 100. Remember, this is the cruising speed. You’ll get much higher passing other cars, getting out of the way for the Ferrari coming up behind you or chasing the Ferrari that just passed. (Take a look at the speedo shot a few posts ago..) There is not a lot of room for error. Think ...

... antics of Jyles and Richard. They feed off eachother, making my life a littlemore hectic then I would prefer.

First - can Richard make it off the train and to a vending machine to buy food and water in under two minurtes? I sure hoped so, because the train wouldleave with out himif he could not. He was successfull, our wholecompartment was laughing. Imnot sure if they weer more amused by mineand Jyles comments as we watched Richard try to figure out teh machine, or by the way ...

... awesome. There were tons of birds hanging out but not too many actually flying around. After the museum we booked it back to the train station to catch our train for Pisa! Next weekend we will get to see more of Genova on our group Italian Rivera trip and I can't wait to see more of the city and the coast.

... dinner, and we set out to explore Monterosso by lamplight. What a beautiful little place! As we climbed up to a convent on the hillside for a better view, it occurred to me that it looked exactly like a model train set. Even good train sets are always unrealistic in presenting a denser town in terms of bigger buildings than makes sense for the size of the town. But here, with so little space on the valley floor, every building is built up, with tiny ...

Arrived today in the northernmost city of the Cinque Terre. The town was packed with people and I didnt have a reservation (for a saturday night in August, good thinking). Walked around for a bit and tried to find a room, finally got tired and hungry so I went for some dinner. I had the catch of the day Ravioli di Pesce at a great restaurant. it was delicious. Only problem was there was a cover charge! 2&euro ...