Mini Hotel 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 ...

... the 11C and there aren't any Roman ruins because the Genovans needed to build somewhere so they just built on top of the old stuff! Anyways it is built on a hill and the modern part is at the top and to get there you travel over little tiny streets and even smaller alley like paths where the buildings appear to almost meet at their tops. We also saw the 16th C palaces nearing the ...

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!

... a Singapore. <br><br>Lui è un cuoco statunitense sregolato, simpaticissimo e assolutamente fuori dalle righe ho letto anche il suo "Kitchen confidential" e mi ha divertito molto.<br><br>http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=7vEtfakmiik<br><br>Non verrebbe voglia anche a voi di provere tutti questi posti?

... not many cars come screaming up behind you. And if they do, you will get a flash in plenty of time. But this cruise speed offers two new and unique challenges that I noticed. The first most obvious, is that the speed differential between fast lane and slow, is much greater than we see in the states. This means that stepping out from slow to fast requires a greater mirror calculation. And in the case of a car or truck stepping out on you, may ...

... to practice my Arabic at a shop which netted Jacki and I a small discount on our purchases... And then it was back to La Spezia for an evening of festing with my 'brothers' On sunday morning, I met the new addition to the Ruffino family, a puppy who they named...(drumroll) Alisha (and no she is not named after the singer...)...who is adorable and pees whenever she's sees you due to excitement

Today was a great day. It was wonderful to see Mel and co in Genoa. We went to the Aquarium and a museum before heading into the shopping area for coffee and Gelati... mmmm Gelati... It was soooo good! Tomorrow I head off to Florence which is a few hours train ride from ...

... It actually worked well as it finally got me on Italy time - finally! Every night I'd toss and turn trying to fall asleep, tired as I was but still on Calgary time... meanwhile John's head would literally hit the pillow and he'd be out... not fair!!! So once we got here, the weather was hot and sunny - quite different from the climate up north. Not that it was cold up there, but it is by far much warmer down here - and you guys know me and ...