Veronese Genoa

... so we decided it was best to settle away from the centre of town for a change and park in a residential district about 1km away... much more tranquilo!!<br><br>Splashed out on take away pizza for dinner but ate it in the shop and washed down with a bottle of beer. We became the hot topic of conversation when owners and local patrons found out we were Australian and were ...

... is either way this town is the only connector to Nice where we want to go or Milan to get to Paris. We visit the ticket counter 5 times in 2 hours each time finding out new information for our situation and having to leave to pondering our next plan of attack. It becomes comical when each time we attempt to make a decision and go back to the ticket counter there is atleast one new staff person. I will have to continue this later because a lady needs this computer. <br>

... of the city and had the BEST focaccia bread ever! After we left the group we had lunch at a little place with outside cafe seats and it was terrific. Rachel had a spicy pizza, Il Diablo and I had a zucchini tart. Then we wandered back to the ship and now Rachel is at the gym and I am updating my blog! We are a lucky group here! Tonight is casual night thank goodness. More to come!

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 ...

... a lot of ground in a short period of time, but it does take its toll at times. It was a really odd experience to travel through a 13-mile long tunnel cruising at 100. Remember, this is the cruising speed. You&#8217;ll get much higher passing other cars, getting out of the way for the Ferrari coming up behind you or chasing the Ferrari that just passed. (Take a look at the speedo shot a few posts ago..) There is not a lot of room for error. Think ...

... we weaved in and out of tunnels on the way, however there wasn&#8217;t much time for sightseeing while travelling at 140kph and being passed by crazy Italian drivers doing 200kph. One thing for sure, the Italians are anything but pokey. I would have loved to give them a run for their money, but the bags would probably have blown off and sent our clothes flying all over the Italian Riviera. The long tour on the Autoroute ended up costing us a whopping 31 Euros, but ...

... lost but managed to find the main road to the harbor; however on the way we found several open doors that lead to an amazing fountain and beautiful courtyards (so obviously we had to take some pictures of those). Once we got down to the harbor you could immediately tell that Renzo Piano had designed it. As I mentioned in the last blog (but for those who I just added to the mailing list), the City of Genova commissioned Renzo Piano (very famous architect) to redesign ...

... high, while the vines are grown on trellises about three feet above the rocky ground to allow the grapes to absorb all the heat reflected from the soil (most of what passes for soil between the retaining walls is actually rock fragments from the terraces above). Picking and pruning are done on hands and knees, and the trails are so steep that during the harvest the pickers used to negotiate them on their knees with baskets of grapes on their backs."

... to some pizza at a place popular with the locals and a big bottle of ice cold Italian beer. On the second day, Anchit and I did our own thing. I took it easy and went to chill by the docks at Manarola, had a drink, had lunch, watched Children play in the water and even went for a swim. Basically what normal people do. Anchit on the other hand decided to go to the Genovi nudist beach to be in one with nature. I was told later that he was disappointed because the place consisted of mainly ...