Hotel Roma Imperiale - Acqui Terme

... our seats there was a couple who was seated in them and it was funny because there was barely anyone on the train but we did not want to take the chance of sitting somewhere else and taking someone else's seat. Well this lady gave us an earful of how she thought it was ridiculous that they had to move considering there were about 50 other open seats in our cabin, but she's like if these are your seats you better take them. She went on for about 2 minutes while ...

... of the city and had the BEST focaccia bread ever! After we left the group we had lunch at a little place with outside cafe seats and it was terrific. Rachel had a spicy pizza, Il Diablo and I had a zucchini tart. Then we wandered back to the ship and now Rachel is at the gym and I am updating my blog! We are a lucky group here! Tonight is casual night thank goodness. More to come!

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 ...

... them like that any more (thank f**k!). I can't even remember how to ask for 2 beers (which is my current minimum requirement. It's 3 when Jamie's around). The lack of lingistic skills I have would be acceptable in most circumstances, but travelling with a Yank who is fluent in 2 languages that most Americans are even aware exist?!? Now that just doesn't seem right.<br><br>

so left avignon today with thoughts to head to cinque terre, but due to traffic jam only made it as far as arenzano. found a cute pensione and jason was getting sick of driving so seemed like a good place to stop. tried a few others but was like walking through a sad run down old people town so didn't make it more than 5 mins there. well, happy hour time now, so will write more later....<br>

Went to Genoa for a coupe of days. Mainly to visit the famous holiday town of Portofino which the Hollywood celebrities used to go to in the 50's and 60's.<br><br>Had to change trains 5 times to get here. The swiss trains were perfectly on time, then the almost stereotypical Italian trains were about 30 minutes behind. Thus making me run to my connecting trains with big backpack, tennis racquet, tennis shoes hitting me in the ...

Hello everyone! <br><br>Sorry it's been a few days since my last entry but both me and Chris have had a really bad cold! Chris thinks he caught it from the air conditioning at the hostel and I know I caught it from him! Although we have been sick we have had quite an exciting last few days and we are trying to enjoy every moment of it! As Chris said "I&#8217;d rather be sick and in Italy then taking a sick day at work"!!<br><br>Lets start by mentioning we are now in possession of ...

... Cinque Terre white wine. We ate out on our private terrace. Again, another perfect evening. We may not come home! The following day the weather starting to turn a bit stormy and the sea picked up. Micki and I got up semi-early and hiked to Monterosso, while the kids slept. The hike was a bit strenuous but beautiful. We took a bunch of pictures for the kids and toured Monterosso. Monterosso is much more touristy, but has beautiful beaches. We were glad we had not ...

... for missing that damn penalty kick. I didn't want Italy to win because it seems they love to screw you on the train fares. We just missed our connection to the Cinque Terre because a drunken Sir and Madam from the UK monopolized the ticket booth, so I suggested we hop onto the next train, twenty minutes later, which also went into Cinque Terre, but not quite as far in. A SHORTER distance. It's strange, because in the time we spent in southern France, Alli and I ...