Hotel Viale Sauli 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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!

... 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 ...

... hesitation. You must pick a gap in between the trucks and/or traffic in the slow lane to weave in with. This is not that difficult, as I have said the truck traffic in this lane is moving around 50mph. <br><br>Stepping Out: As we all have heard you must be cautious when you step out into the fast lane. Most of the time this is not a problem. But here&#8217;s the catch. The cruise speed of the fast lane is between 95 &#8211; 105 mph. At this ...

... br>so the woman behind the desk in the hotel last night seemed to have a fascination with everything american. but the strangest things at that.....<br>she kept going on about american cleaning products (specifically floor cleaner) and deodorant. and then her mom came by and couldn't stop raving about penny loafers. very odd. but they were nice and since she thinks i am now her new best friend we got a discount on the hotel.<br><br>

... get to it for the life of us, the italians do not like road signs, we felt like we were on the italian job and went round in so many circles (the griswalds basically), anyway we finally got to the ship which was absolulety brilliant and huge, we had a seat each and spent the eveing exploring th eship which was like a cruise boat! 20-08-2008 today was spent sunning it up on top deck with the ttally unexpected hot tubs and swimming pool, really lovely ...

... walk into a lobby and request one from the bellboy. No in the Cinque Terra you push a button to buzz up to a person above, tilt your head back and wait for a person to pop out and shout down to you. The first couple attempts doing this felt a bit awkward, but after the 5,6,7, and so on it became a game. Kind of like whack-a-mole guess which window the person is going to pop out of. Finally part way down the street we started to find some places ...

... Hey, when in Rome. We stripped down and took the most amazing swim in the warm waters, sunned ourselves on the beach for a while and reveled in the fact that nudity in Europe is not as big of a deal as it is back home. Thank goodness, I did not burn. Ha! Life Lesson 4 : Sometimes it is healthy to let your inhibitions go. You never know what you will discover. (However when the beach is filled with naked Italian men, its best not to look too far one way or the ...