The Italian Blog - Part V

Thoughts on Genova. Some may think that this is a very English thing to think, but we`re we happy to find a town that liked a drink! There are bars a plenty in Genoa, as opposed to stuggling to find something to drink, and even eat in Florence. No such problems here! Whats even better, is they love tapas here more then what we experienced in Spain. When we`ve ordered a few drinks we`ve always been greeted with peanuts and a plate full of bread, cheese and meat! Wonderful.

Genova itself is a strange town. All the streets are narrow and the nice parts are indistugable from the run down parts, the only telling part is the smell! On the whole, its a fairly run down town, but it has some charming characteristics. Its definitely a walkable city, although the streets are like a labrynith!

We met a nice guy today whilst shopping. An older guy who regaled us of stories of when he, from a strict Catholic family, came to London in the swinging sixties, following a girl and how now his son and his friends some to London for the night to visit the 100 Club on Oxford Street. I didnt even buy the t-shirt, too small, although it was bloody nice.

Something I just remembered was when in Florence, a few girls as part of a school group had to wear paper dresses to cover themselves as they were deemed to be not sufficiently dressed to enter the church. I found this most ammusing!

tomorrow we`re going to walk the chique terre, more to follow...