Italy - Genoa

After two short days in Nice, Bobo and I headed east towards Italy. Shortly after crossing the Franco-Italian border we hopped off in the city of Genoa. We had about a two hour wait for our connecting train. Bobo and I decided to leave our bags at the station and roam around the city..

I recalled one of my economics professors mentioning that Genoa used to be a very rich city full of merchants and traders. I was curious to see how the city looked centuries after its period of greatness.

Just outside the train station there is a monument to C. Columbus.. yes he was Genoese.



Try and count all the hotels in this picture..



We stumbled upon this somewhat free museum..







My artsy photograph of the day.



Lots of stairs!!



We were going to make up a story about this dark never ending alleyway..



I think I took the next three pics to show the different colours.







Bobo and I thought this was really cool.. A sundial on the side of a building!! Wow!



Bobo and I picked up the scent of something FREE!! We both don't like diet coke, but this lady was giving away free samples. Of course we had to get some!! I asked her if she liked diet coke... It turns out, she doesnt like coke or pepsi.. she prefers water :) Anyways, she told me that an indian family had just asked her to take a picture with them.. She told me they were totally weird for asking that. So, I said.. "I'm also weird, can I too take a picture with you?" At first she seemed confused, but then she got into it, took off her glasses and did her hair. I'm waiting for my cheque..