Mediterranee Hotel Genoa

... the Med before taking us inland and through the olive groves. <br><br>On arrival at Portofino we were greeted with a similar village to those in Cinque Terre but not quite as quaint. Not sure what all the fuss is about...Santa Margherita wins our vote.<br><br>Back at Scooby for lunch of bbq chicken wraps and biscotti for dessert, then onto the autopista to lovely Lucca. <br>

... 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.<br><br>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<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 ...

... with a massive camel hump on its back...intriguing. We also visited a Palazzo (Palace) which was formerly the home of one of Genoa's wealthy powerful families. It was stunning and massive...(I mean really who needs 10 bedrooms...) and we were also able to get in for free because we were students of 'lettere' (letters...which essentially means culture and language students)... I also had a wonderful ...

... paid) but we laughed anyways on the way there. I know you laughed at this...but it really isn't funny. Okay, it is, but it sucked. After dinner we walked to the other side of the harbor and sat down at a restaurant/bar where we ordered a 2L tap of beer for the 5 of us. It honestly looked like a coffee maker, except filled with cold beer instead. So we sat down there for two hours and just talked and laughed. I took pictures of the harbor at night, as well as some of us, of course.

... new people... The next day, Hilary and I decided it would be an amazing idea to do this hike we had heard so much about. Apparently you being at the first village, Monterosso, and walk or hike until the last, which should land you a great spot on lovers lane at sunset in Riomaggiore. Hilary and I have spent a lot of time together, and though the idea was a little creepy, it seemed like an goofy way to spend our last night! We began the hike at the very ...

... swim in the sea and eat food with lots of pesto for dinner (it was invented here!) We also by strange chance ran into our Kiwi friends that we had met in Turkey (Vicki, Dan and Bron). We'll be meeting them for dinner tonight. I'll post more pictures as soon as I get a chance.