ROF= Ring of fire Odyssey MEF-H = Marine Expeditionary Force- Hargus
ITL2 = Italy 2 Tuscany journey ITL2/Tuscany day2
April 11, 2018 Wednesday
Milan to Genoa, Italy
Took the train from Milan down through the Italian Countryside to Genoa Italy.
Graffiti leaving the Milan station. Urban Italy has a LOT of graffiti.
A rainy day; a good day to be riding the train to Genoa.
Most of the train ride to Genoa was following the river down the valley. Stopped at several towns for boarding.
Closer to Genoa could see Italian towns and cities, the river running right through town.
Got off the train at Genoa brignole. Still raining, couldn't find the bus to the airport so took a taxi to the airport, Christopher Columbus Airport, Rented a Fiat 500 to drive through Tuscanny.
Now in a rental car Italy gets very interesting and entertaining in Italian traffic. This is a new experience in life. The first Italy trip was all mass transit trains, buses, no driving. This is a new frontier.
It took about an hour to go four or five miles and learning OJT Italian traffic and Street signs.
We're lost only a few times and finally found the B & B. Atillo was I nice host.
Late afternoon views we're interesting but was tired and hungry and went to get a bite out.
This is right on the Mediterranean Waterfront Street.
I can't believe this, I'm walking the same streets where Columbus, Marco Polo, Magellan and many other explorers have walked. Genoa may be a modern city now but its history being a trading center of the Mediterranean, of the known world at that time when the Explorers sailed, I'm glad I got to see this.
Crashed and slept hard. Next morning sunshine and more clear could see more of the Genoa docks from the apartment balcony. It was really fascinating to think that right here where I was standing… was where the Explorers launched from to go to the New World.
You never drink twice from the same stream.
Just because you wander doesn't mean you're lost.
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