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By Rix
October 14th 2007

Let the Cruising Begin!

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Luggage...Again?
I guess we just love luggin´the stuff!

Wake up Little Guses! Bright and early for us. Actually, not so bright. Had to be up again before sunrise to catch our train to Savona/Genova up on the northwestern corner of Italy’s coast. Yes, we stopped at the McCafe AGAIN this morning. But in our defense, it was the ONLY place open on a Sunday morning (ahem, and we’re addicted). This is the quietest the city ever seems to be. Sunday is truly respected as a day of rest and few shops are open, especially at 7:00 am. It can be a little inconvenient, but it’s nice to know that [View Full Entry]

By rastle
August 20th 2007

Peroni and Calzone

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Genoa - Old Ship

The train ride from La Spezia to Genoa was a pretty one, winding along the coast passed a lot of seaside villages. One thing that I have noticed is that Italy’s population of 60 million is spread out across the country. The biggest city Rome only has 3 million, and where we traveled there wasn’t really any areas where you could look out and just see paddocks, there always seemed to be a group of houses within sight. The only accommodation we didn’t have trouble finding was the B&B in Genoa. But … the man running it also had a job [View Full Entry]

By Delek Delek
July 31st 2007

Forza Italia

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The Leaning Tower Of Pisa
The obligatory shot of the Leaning Tower.

The ferry over from Split to Ancona was actually fairly high-rolling. Among the amenities available on board were a restaurant, bar and casino. It was a 10 hour overnight voyage, so I decided to book a bed in a 4-bed cabin so I could get some decent sleep and in the process manage to score a 10€ discount for being under 26 - score! Also, the boat was pretty empty, so there was no-one else in my cabin which was sweet as. The only thing that sucked though was the fact that the journey ended at 6.30am so I was pretty [View Full Entry]

By Pippi and Rhino
July 23rd 2007

yep,lifes pretty tough...

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RECOVERED

Hey everyone, its been a while since our last blog..but this is what we have been up to.... after Valencia we went to pamplona for the running of the bulls festival which was insane! we were there with hattie,tim and their friends scott and tania,we stayed in an apartment/marae style place right in the centre of the city, it was basically a 3 day party..which was something pretty special when hattie and tim got engaged on the second day we were there!!! after pamps we headed to genova (italy) after a crappy 13 hour train trip across france with half [View Full Entry]

By Jurys Out in Europe
June 28th 2007

Welcome the warm weather

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We have reached the land of the euro-trunk. So many tanned men in euros and I think Sean is a little out of his league. We hired a car from Genoa airport near the border of France and Italy and drove south. We spent two nights at Levanto the town just before the Cinque Terre. Our host was young, tanned, good looking Italian. He had just spent 3 months in Australia surfing . . . LOVELY guy. We caught the train to the furthest of the Cinque Terre, Riomaggiore and hiked the 5 villages. It was hard work but well worth [View Full Entry]

By ilgiramondo
June 20th 2007

Trip to Europe, June 9 to June 15, 2007

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Trip to Europe Genova - Portofino - Nice - Grasse - Cannes Under Construction!!! [View Full Entry]

By Ailsabree
May 5th 2007

Just a short note

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The Mediaeval Gates of Genova.

To say that I still can't download any of my photos, to show you all :( But I have been in Genova since Wednesday, and I have had a great time. I met some wonderful people, Vilija has been sooo lucky to have met such nice people here. The Hen's night was a Blast, meeting all these people, and having a Turkish Hammam (not that much like the one in Morocco, I'm afraid. More Gentile. I am learning, slowly, more Italian. Just enough to get me through, I think. I have seen most of what there is to see in [View Full Entry]

By StacieWangechi
February 24th 2007

Genoa Weekend!

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Jen and I took a midnight train out of Roma Termini to head to Genoa on Thursday. The cars had really neat seats that folded out into beds, but it was really cold in our compartment and I couldnt get comfortable so I didnt get much sleep at all. There was a nice lady from Genoa in the car with us who told us about some neat places to go visit while we were there. We arrived in Genoa at 6am, but lukily my Let's Go Italy had a 24 hour Bar(cafe) listed, so we went and had cappuccini and cornettas, [View Full Entry]

By Whitney
February 9th 2007

Searching out italian roots!

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Portofino Homes
The gorgeous homes of the glamourous portside community of Portofino, where the celebrities vacation!

Returning to Madrid following Toledo was bitter sweet. Madrid was a big city...but gorgeous at night. Parting from Nic, who I was originally travelling with, at the Madrid airport, Nic leaving to London to return to his family and myself in search of my italian roots?! I hopped an easyjet flight to Milan as it was the cheapest flight into Italy, and decently close to the home of the Simonettis! Almost missing a bus into Milan, and then shortly there after sprinting to catch a train into the small town of Pavia...I was picked up by my..3rd cousins husband.. Antonio! Antonio [View Full Entry]

By i am
December 31st 2006

Vesel Bosic in Srecno Novo Leto!

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Alessandro and Claudio
I think my new favorite photo... this is on the Mediterranean in Genoa

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone! Well, it has been an exciting 8 days. I left Ljubljana early on the 23rd for Italy, to join my Zia Marlene and Zio Luigi for a wonderful Christmas is Genoa! Five uneventful hours on a train and an additional four by car, we arrived to a beatiful, sunny, 15 degree Mediterranean Coast that was absolutely refreshing after 2 months of fog in Ljubljana! Strange having palm trees and ocean spray on Christmas day, but I'm not complaining! Christmas day, I woke up early (ahem... 9am) to my mom phoning (midnight her time!) to [View Full Entry]

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