Hotel Villa Pagoda 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.

This place is a bit larger than we are used to and Italian towns all have small car parks and narrow ...

... moved and then as if to add one last jab she said, " Atleast we'll get away from the coughing guy", so now we are the ones who will catch sickness because we wanted out seats. We are damned if we do, damned if we don't. One way or another we can never make the people of the train happy.

We arrive in Genoa at the stop we think is ours. The weather is hot and sunny. We have a two hour lay over, so we stroll over to this beautiful town square that is within ...

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

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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!

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 ...

... 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 ...

... is pretty much all I can write on Genova, as there is really nothing that special about it. Had we had more time, would have most likely taken the train to Milan, which is obviously the fashion capital of the world, but just not enough time for this ...

... cut top with humorous consequences. We should have known, on the way there we saw the worst swimsuit on the worst women we had both ever seen. HIGH cut bottoms, and I'm talking only a strip over the necessities, not very pleasant. But we have a few drinks and enjoy the sea and the sun, before heading home via the shops and heading back up the steep hill back to camp. Rob sets up his x-box and TV while I set about making dinner, a gourmet feast if I don't say so myself, along with ...

... a little in each town. We stayed on the beach in Montorosso until about 6pm, where the water a PERFECT refresh for the hike we came off. We paid the 8 Euro to take the boat back to Rio, as this was a better view than the train (but more expensive). Again, we made another fantastic meal, this one was a little more of an upgrade, and sat on our fantastic balcony for the night. We hit the bed a little early, because our next day we ...

We left you in Corte a week ago looking forwards to a few days in the mountains with lots of walking and biking. In reality, it rained constantly for two days and two nights, in the words of our German neighbours to Rebecca "this is just like your English weather ya". It even snowed in the valley in which we were camped which made the ...