Serafino 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 ...

Sadie and I left beatiful peaceful Florence to mean unhelpful Genoa. We have been so spoiled in our travels up till this point. We usually have a bit of train trouble but nothing that can't be fixed or solved within an hour. Well landing in Genoa was not the case. The train ride up the coast was breath taking, I wanted so badly to jump off the train and stay a few days in one of the coastal towns. I think for my next trip to Europe its a must. The houses are so ...

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!

... 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?

... Very steep hills and very deep valleys. This necessitates the use of many, many tunnels and bridges. Some as short as 300 meters and some as long as 13 miles. We know this for sure as the Italians name all their tunnels and bridges with the length of each clearly marked in meters too. I&#8217;ll bet there were over 100 tunnels in the 1600 miles we have gone thus far.<br><br>The highway is access controlled. You share it with all sorts of cars ...

... woke up to see Richard looking down at me fromthe luggage shelves above the seats. They also through the hamburger they bought me at a train. <br><br>We got into Genoa around 1 AM. Our next train was at 5 in the morning, so weslept on the concrete floor in the train station. We were next to a homeless man who was using a lighter to cover his eyes. It was sketchy,and loud and cold,but I found it easy to sleep because the boys were beside me and I didnt have to worry about them hurting themselves.

... so I haven't done much, tomorrow will be better, catching up with Mel tomorrow which will be great. It will be nice to see a familiar face! That's about it for today, internet is expensive here at this hostel so i am going to log off. Katharine

... 729 kilometres of dry stonewalls. In the Cinque Terre National Park, the encounter between man and nature has led to positive territory exploitation. During the course of a thousand years man has struggled to survive in a landscape covered by thick woodland, transforming this inhospitable territory into a cultivated area. Given the steep nature of the rugged mountain terrain, the challenge was very hard to win, yet essential, otherwise ...

... away. I ended up going to all the hotels I could find in downtown La Spezia (this is of course at 1130 at night in a town that doesnt speak english) but every room was full. I went to the main square and sat and read for a while then found a ************ the ground that was sheltered somewhat. I walked around the whole downtown that night and there was one homeless guy and me sleeping on the streets. after a ...