Blogs from Genoa, Liguria, Italy, Europe - page 7

ciao. scusi the typing. punctuation hard and im too lazy to find it and want to type fast since im paying per hour here at the internet place here in genoa. having a great time. wwoofing was great. darcy and adolpho were great hosts and yes we worked our butts off. but on the flip side, we were able to eat a lot. you are asking, what did we do. well, we scooped horse and donkey poop and filled buckets and dug out trenches around fruit trees and applied the manure around the trees. we moved bales of hay from a relatives barn to their barn. i didnt get to do this growing up cause it was considered mans work. ha i say. i have now worked in the hay. we dug holes, planted trees, built ... read more

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 the workaholic attitude hasn’t completely taken over. Italians take their time off very seriously. It took us about 4 hours to get from Florence to Savona - whew! We are becoming quite the patient travelers. ... read more

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 tired as I zombied through Italian immigration. "Did you not sleep on the boat?" asked the officer. "No, not much", I laughed back. The officer though wasn't joking though, as I had held up the ... read more

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 the 4 and a bit hours. From Levanto we drove south and inland to the mountains. We stayed at a B & B in Tuscany in a small village called Bagni di Lucca. Stunning scenery, ... read more

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 Genova (Having reserved the Museums for another time), and have had Pesto Genovese, And my first (and Second, and third) caffe Italiano. I went to a wedding, Italian-Australian style: the bride and groom had to ... read more