A fellow Backroad-ian (and Canadian!) girlfriend of mine,
My answer to the question: "What is Genova like?" would be something along the lines of: "have you been to Winnipeg?"- NOT that I am discounting Winnipeg as a lovely city for its own purposes, but it is a little... industrial? run down in places? cold? The picture above was taken at the port area (the nicest of Genova). Caitlin and I picked up a tour guide entitled "Best of Genova"... and then we did the entire '2-3 days to see Genova' in 5 1/2 hours. Awesome. Most of the city smells like rotting fish. Also awesome.
There was a little place full of pleasure crafts... I thought of my father. Sailor father! Although I can think of some other nicer places for Dad and Mom to have their future boat. Like Cannes? Much nicer M and D. Much nicer.
The girls of the weekend! We couldn't interpret some of the signs (despite my *fantastic* Italian) so it became the running joke of the weekend..."I think this is an important statue/building/street..."
I ordered cheese in Italian. Sweet. Notice the hanging meat. I love Europe.
Rice balls!
Deep fried rice and cheese in a ball? Culinary heaven on earth.
Our luggage at the train station Sunday afternoon. We were just a little bit of a gong show. The far right hand bag is my awesome new Timbuk 2 bag. I picked the (non-matching) colors and everything!
So the moral of the weekend is:
Winnipeg is a nice place to visit for a short period of time. And so is Genova. You might even discover deep fried rice balls.
The sun is coming in the window at the villa in San Giovanni. Morgan is cooking brunch and we're going to Florence (Firenze- the local lingo) for the day- today is Italian Independence Day so we are wondering what festivities we might find. We shall see.
h2 xo
Hey Holly I wish there is a way to send some of those rice balls to Canada!!they look pretty yummy.
Rice balls? Oh, heaven on earth! My dream…. what an excellent reason to visit Genova! Your sista’ will be there with hugs from M and D in less than 12 hours… enjoy your time together! Can’t wait to see pics of the two of you! Love ya!
hey! they have rice balls at Pulcinella on Kensington here in Calgary so ya don’t have to go all the way to Italy to get ’em..but it’s a good excuse. We want to see evidence of all the phone you and the other H2 will be having. xxoo.. the reigning domino champ (ask hillary)
Hey Holly!
Great blog as always. Do you think they have rice balls in Winnipeg though? Probably not eh? Good to see you are doing well. Enjoy the visit from Hillary and talk to you soon.
By the title, I’m interpolating that neither Winnipeg, nor Genova are your favorite places? =) Switzerland: Europe’s Canada… do the math…!
Hellooooo Holly and Hillary! Dad and I are having an equally stimulating time here in Toronto… OK, well maybe not quite as stimulating as you two girls. I wish I could get the rice pot on and make some of my own rice balls… tasty AND comforting when you are having a hard time finding a place to live in the concrete jungle!! Post some pictures would you!! Hugs…