Milano Pavia

Destination 404

km197'196

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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<hello. We made it just one hour ago. <<it is 1100 your time.

<jon and amy, you will come to Angela condo not the first address but her physical location. <i did not understand the location, all is great for a place to stay. Address San Giovanni Bosco number 19. When you enter it is the condo on the right just before you go up the stairs.

<jon, bring a sleeping bag ...

... pasta ever. We went all through Pavia and into Milan to see the sights. We still have almost a month to go, and we just got to Codroipo (my father's birthplace) and are staying with friends of the family. In a day, or so, we will post a big blog that will be one of the best yet. Do not lose patience with us, we are trying our best. Paul and Juliana.

... So we spent five days there.We found a very beatiful hotel close to central Station where we stayed in a very clean and pretty room. The hotel is Hotel Flora www.hotelfloramilano.com For the other cities we stayed as guests in some friend's house. Hope to come back soon to visit the South...

After a cold night I woke up to a very rainy morning and had a stale bread and jam breakfast. I'm really not liking this hostel at all. It is a mixture of prison and hospital, it is very institutional, hard and cold, there are no comfortable seats in the common room area, if you watch TV you are seated on rows of hard chairs. The lights in the rooms come on automatically at 5.30pm and then automatically go off at 11.30pm at which point the bedside lights become available about ...

I set up camp at the services, grateful to still have some croissants left, which are delicious warmed over the camp stove, I was soon joined by a convoy of Spanish doing the same thing and several of the services cats, who did profit from some old ham leftovers. I decided to leave the toll road and head for the SP1 a seemingly main road running along the coastline, I had all day to get to Genova. Half an hour of that road sent me screaming back to the Toll road ...

I can't say I really liked Italy. Being in a country where I don't speak the language was frankly terrifying, and I lived in fear of their rail system. Cassy and I mainly stayed in doors where it wasn't a ridiculous 28 degrees or more, and I had a mini break. I discovered they do quite good pizza, though I'm still a heathen and would prefer a good Hell Pandemonium. Mmm ...

... and went to town on my hair. He was doing it so fast he was scarring me. He looked like Edward Scissor Hands trimming those bushes in the movie. Hair was flying all over the place. Shortly after the cutting frenzy started on top of my head, it was over. The guy did a really good job. One of the best hair cuts I have had in a while. Now I need to find a way to get back here once a month for a trim. That night we went to eat dinner at ...

... with many types of martini. I was, however, NOT familiar with Italian martinis. They use nothing but Vermouth in their martinis. Either sweet Bianco, or extra sweet Rosso. The first time I ordered one about two days before and he asked which I wanted I unassumingly said Rosso, which nearly sent me into a diabetic coma and I am not diabetic!! So not being familiar with these types of Vermouth, the next time I ordered one I ordered it Bianco, thinking it would be of the extra dry variety ...