Day 60 - Au revoir Nice - Ciao Genova
Thursday Agust 30, 2018.
We took an Uber to the bus station which is at the airport. We have had very nice experiences with Uber. The drivers are nice, clean, polite and normally have good conversations. Our driver had lived in the Dominican Republic and spoke perfect Spanish. We took the 1:00pm bus to Genoa. Believe it or not, it was on time! Gregory and I lived in Italy for a year and had gotten used to the Italian schedule of 15 to 30 minutes late. At least I did, like in Mexico.
We are starting to enjoy travel days because it means we have time to ourselves to do whatever we want. I was caught up on the blog (for a change) so I got to read my book which I recommend. It's called Walden on Wheels. It's making me realize how little we need and how much money we spend on things that we don't really need. I guess it's a combination of the book and the traveling together.
The bus stopped for lunch, of course -- very important for the Italian culture. We immediately noticed many differences between France and Italy. No more jambon et fromage baguettes but panini and focaccia, a variety of coffees, even cold coffee. The kids were thrilled to finally get a cold cappuccino and decent prices. It seemed so far that everything is about a euro less than in France. We'll see. We also noticed people being louder and more emotional.
After the 20-minute pit stop, we left and made it to Genova within 4 hours. It took almost an hour longer because of traffic due to the collapsed bridge. There is no Uber in Genova so we took a taxi to our destination (meaning, the driver had to ask another driver how to get where we were going -- Uber just uses their app's GPS directions.
Our host Monica was waiting for us. She was super nice and took her time showing us the apartment and writing down what to do in Genova. She even told walked us to the corner to show us the "best gelato in the city," the "best coffee in the city" (conveniently downstairs from the apartment) and the grocery store.
We settled in, then went to get food and had dinner. Around 9:00pm, the kids wanted to stay home which I kind of like but at the same time it's frustrating that they just want to spend time playing with their electronics instead of coming to see the city at night.
Gregory and I walked in the old town for a while. The old town is made up of medieval alleyways and piazzas. We made it to the old port, where Christopher Columbus must have started his sailor career. It is an amazing city, not yet discovered by tourism and we hope that stays that way. The view at night was beautiful. We stopped at a bar by the water to have a drink. I guess I didn't learn to drink in France, I still preferred a coffee with a vanilla ice cream ball, ha, ha. Gregorio had his beer and was happy with the affordable prices.
We had a wonderful time walking with the almost full moon, holding hands and talking about how hard it will be to go back to our working routines. Gregory is sure that he will do something different. Me, I don't know because I love teaching but we will need the money to send kiddos to college. We'll see... right now, we are just enjoying our travels!
We took an Uber to the bus station which is at the airport. We have had very nice experiences with Uber. The drivers are nice, clean, polite and normally have good conversations. Our driver had lived in the Dominican Republic and spoke perfect Spanish. We took the 1:00pm bus to Genoa. Believe it or not, it was on time! Gregory and I lived in Italy for a year and had gotten used to the Italian schedule of 15 to 30 minutes late. At least I did, like in Mexico.
We are starting to enjoy travel days because it means we have time to ourselves to do whatever we want. I was caught up on the blog (for a change) so I got to read my book which I recommend. It's called Walden on Wheels. It's making me realize how little we need and how much money we spend on things that we don't really need. I guess it's a combination of the book and the traveling together.
The bus stopped for lunch, of course -- very important for the Italian culture. We immediately noticed many differences between France and Italy. No more jambon et fromage baguettes but panini and focaccia, a variety of coffees, even cold coffee. The kids were thrilled to finally get a cold cappuccino and decent prices. It seemed so far that everything is about a euro less than in France. We'll see. We also noticed people being louder and more emotional.
After the 20-minute pit stop, we left and made it to Genova within 4 hours. It took almost an hour longer because of traffic due to the collapsed bridge. There is no Uber in Genova so we took a taxi to our destination (meaning, the driver had to ask another driver how to get where we were going -- Uber just uses their app's GPS directions.
Our host Monica was waiting for us. She was super nice and took her time showing us the apartment and writing down what to do in Genova. She even told walked us to the corner to show us the "best gelato in the city," the "best coffee in the city" (conveniently downstairs from the apartment) and the grocery store.
We settled in, then went to get food and had dinner. Around 9:00pm, the kids wanted to stay home which I kind of like but at the same time it's frustrating that they just want to spend time playing with their electronics instead of coming to see the city at night.
Gregory and I walked in the old town for a while. The old town is made up of medieval alleyways and piazzas. We made it to the old port, where Christopher Columbus must have started his sailor career. It is an amazing city, not yet discovered by tourism and we hope that stays that way. The view at night was beautiful. We stopped at a bar by the water to have a drink. I guess I didn't learn to drink in France, I still preferred a coffee with a vanilla ice cream ball, ha, ha. Gregorio had his beer and was happy with the affordable prices.
We had a wonderful time walking with the almost full moon, holding hands and talking about how hard it will be to go back to our working routines. Gregory is sure that he will do something different. Me, I don't know because I love teaching but we will need the money to send kiddos to college. We'll see... right now, we are just enjoying our travels!
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| Ready for the next country! |
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| Villa Lylania, where we stayed in Nice. |
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