Locanda Di Palazzo Cicala Hotel Genoa

Flew to Milan from Dublin then took the train to Savona to board the cruise. Quaint little seaport town which I wish I had more time to explore. Forgot to take a picture of the ship! Not sure how I feel about a big cruise ship (3,800 passengers) but the price was right so thought I would experience it!

... 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 ...

... 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

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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!

... a Singapore.

Lui è un cuoco statunitense sregolato, simpaticissimo e assolutamente fuori dalle righe ho letto anche il suo "Kitchen confidential" e mi ha divertito molto.

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... Genoa we went to the aquarium, which is the biggest in Europe...although no matter how big and nice they are, aquariums can be depressing. On the plus side however, this aquarium features animals that have been injured or that were born in captivity and thus can not be rehabilitated into the wild. An intriguing thing that I learned here is that old sharks develop humps...there was an old lemon ...

... past 4 days our apartment hasn't had warm water, so we've been taking ice cold showers). It felt so amazing. So after showering and relaxing a bit, we got all dolled up for dinner and going out on the harbor. We ate at a restaurant over looking the harbor from about 8 stories in the air. The view and the food were so good. Kara ordered clams/oysters and a tuna steak; Dana got a tuna steak and salad; Erin had a meat plater with steak, sausage, and wuster (spelling?); Ash ...

... house his father built in Monterosso. He paints all day, and tinkers about his place, fixing things and cooking in his outdoor kitchen. He's spent his whole life living in this town, and remembers when the tourists hadn't discovered it yet. Cierra talks him down to 40 Euros, so we don't have to try sleeping in our car. Miguel's Shepard, Chico was extremely friendly and refused to keep his paws off Cierra. Bad Chico! Miguel directed us to a cheap pizzeria ...

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 ...