21st -23rd July 2011
Arenzano, Italy, our next couch surfing experience. As it was only going to take about 2-3 hours we took our time driving there, it was an incredibly hot day so thankfully we found a great little bay on our way to have lunch and a dip.
On our way we decided to drive through Monaco just for a noisy. An ice cream would have been on the cards but finding a park was not so we drove around and around and out again. Yay!!!!
We arrived in Arenzano after going through about 100 tunnels. Wow!!! We met our couch surfing host Stuart and his two daughter's Rebecca and Melissa.
Arenzano is a quaint seaside village about 1/2 an hour from Genova.
We spent the next day or so just relaxing, having some down time from all the driving. I learnt how to gut fresh anchovies and yum deep fried in egg and breadcrumbs, the best!!! There is a bakery that makes amazing focaccia it is made from polenta, melts in your mouth. The parmesan is amazing, the mozzarella is great, the coffee... aaaaahhh I just love Italian food in Italy!!!
Thank you so much Stuart, Rebecca and Melissa we had such a relaxing enjoyable time, thank you for your generosity and laughs!!!
23rd - 25th July 2011
Venice here we come!!!! Very excited to see this city. We left Arenzano late after a scrumptious feast put on by Stuart and made our way to Venice deciding to take the motorway. I've had enough of long long drives trying to navigate via google maps.
Camping Fusina was our accommodation for the next two nights. It was across from Venice so we caught a ferry the next day to explore the city.
What can I say it was wonderful. Only having one day again to explore a great city we just walked and walked and walked our little legs off. Even after 9 hours of walking we didn't even see half of the city but at least we got a small sense of the magic that is Venice. It truly is a labyrinth of canals and tiny alleyways and yes we got lost but I think everyone does at some stage.
We saw some amazing art along the way the city is full of artizans and masquerade costume shops.
Arenzano, Italy, our next couch surfing experience. As it was only going to take about 2-3 hours we took our time driving there, it was an incredibly hot day so thankfully we found a great little bay on our way to have lunch and a dip.
On our way we decided to drive through Monaco just for a noisy. An ice cream would have been on the cards but finding a park was not so we drove around and around and out again. Yay!!!!
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| Monaco |
We arrived in Arenzano after going through about 100 tunnels. Wow!!! We met our couch surfing host Stuart and his two daughter's Rebecca and Melissa.
Arenzano is a quaint seaside village about 1/2 an hour from Genova.
We spent the next day or so just relaxing, having some down time from all the driving. I learnt how to gut fresh anchovies and yum deep fried in egg and breadcrumbs, the best!!! There is a bakery that makes amazing focaccia it is made from polenta, melts in your mouth. The parmesan is amazing, the mozzarella is great, the coffee... aaaaahhh I just love Italian food in Italy!!!
Thank you so much Stuart, Rebecca and Melissa we had such a relaxing enjoyable time, thank you for your generosity and laughs!!!
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| The Family |
23rd - 25th July 2011
Venice here we come!!!! Very excited to see this city. We left Arenzano late after a scrumptious feast put on by Stuart and made our way to Venice deciding to take the motorway. I've had enough of long long drives trying to navigate via google maps.
Camping Fusina was our accommodation for the next two nights. It was across from Venice so we caught a ferry the next day to explore the city.
What can I say it was wonderful. Only having one day again to explore a great city we just walked and walked and walked our little legs off. Even after 9 hours of walking we didn't even see half of the city but at least we got a small sense of the magic that is Venice. It truly is a labyrinth of canals and tiny alleyways and yes we got lost but I think everyone does at some stage.
We saw some amazing art along the way the city is full of artizans and masquerade costume shops.
Chris - the photos are so incredible and you and Eden are having such an adventure. I love it! Don't forget to post the couch surfing link that you used...may have to check that out one day. Happy travels!
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