Ricci 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!

... the Med before taking us inland and through the olive groves.

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.

Back at Scooby for lunch of bbq chicken wraps and biscotti for dessert, then onto the autopista to lovely Lucca.

... leaving you with a bright cheery feeling, the sun is shining and there are palm trees everywhere. Anyways back to Genoa the soon to be ground hog's day of our trip. We had checked, checked and double checked our ticket to make sure we knew of any transfers and where they happened. We made sure we were in our rightful seats even we have had to many experiences of getting in trouble for being in the wrong seat and we are tired of playing musical chairs. As we ...

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 ...

... them to stay inside the train. I didnt want themlosing a limb and wrecking my holiday. Being dark, Richard could not see the pole that was wuickly approaching from. I dont know how, but he literally turned around the second the pole was about two feet fromhis head, it happened so fast that allJyles could dowas gasp. Split second, Richard brought his body in. He was lucky. We all agreed on that. So they did it again. In addition they were doing excercises and running around. At one point ...

Today I travelled across to Italy from Nice, not far, only a 3 hour train ride. The coastline is amazing, even if the sand isn't all that nice or the beaches are rocks. My cough did get the better of me last night and this evening, I needed to ...

... monterrosso and vernazza selling whole lemons by the side of the trail. he would slice them for you and you were supposed to eat it by itself. I tried a piece and the lemons there taste different from back in the states. they are sweeter almost, not sweet, they still made me pucker, but slightly sweet. We stopped in Vernazza for lunch. the Cinque Terre region is famous for its pesto so we of course had to try that. I got pesto with spaghetti and the other girls got a pesto pizza. ooooh ...

Beck: Uh oh, small towns mean expensive internet. Since our last entry we've left Rome, spent 2 full days in Florence, 2 full hours in Pisa (honestly, I was expecting worse from what I'd heard from Andrew), and now we're in Riomaggiore, the first of 5 villages known as La Cinque Terre. It's pretty similar to the Amalfi coast.... gorgeous! Anyway, I'm sorry but I promise we'll do a good update sooner or later!