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Genoa: Romance and revolution | 24 comments (24 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Genoa: Romance and revolution (4.00 / 2)
Thanks a fookin lot Ted.  Now look what you've done.  some photos and historical background, and i'm forced to add another spot in Europe to the wish list.  Why don't you stay in Nice where it's nice?  they have nice light there, n'est pas?

(this diary makes me place Genoa high on the list)

Two Stars taken off for quoting the governator of Californication at the end.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 01:57:22 PM EST
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But then again there are people all over her who only need to provide a picture for most of us to want to add yet another place to our list of the unvisited.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 02:07:54 PM EST
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the Buddha can stay home and visit everywhere, everytime, according to no research.  not being the buddha, i keep a wish list also.

But i'm so thrilled with Brrremen, where everything is new for me, i don't really need to travel.  almost every trip out is a voyage.  i'm just pissed at Ted for making me think of leaving here for a burst.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 04:01:31 PM EST
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Yeah, well, I can live with that - Howard and I are glad we've infected you with our enthusiasm.

Nice is nice - wait till you see my latest carnaval pics ! :-) - but it would be stupid to pass up the chance to visit Genoa and environs when it's just a two hour drive or train ride away. Enjoy the Germanic delights of Bremen, but when you feel the need for la dolce vita on the Med - try Genoa. But remember: "Paesi che vai, usanze che trovi."  Ask de Gondi :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 04:30:00 PM EST
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That wasn't the Gov of Calif - it was a fictional character - you must get these things straight - I want my two stars back :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sat Feb 21st, 2009 at 04:34:12 PM EST
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Well, here's a 4 from me. That was, as usual, a fabulous diary Ted. And as always, an inspiration.

Genoa has usually been only an ugly trainstop on the way to Milano for me...and always associated with a sense of panic. It is one of those stations where you pull in and exit from the same port. Not understanding the announcement, I always think I am going the wrong direction after the stop.

And the expressways are a horror as well. Glad to see that the city redeems itself so well.           Ciao.

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Sun Feb 22nd, 2009 at 08:41:32 AM EST
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Yes; it's unfortunate that it has that sort of image for a lot of people, but good for people like me who prefer the place as it is and not full of tourist hordes. Of course Eurotribbers are, like me, "travellers", an altogether different category :-)


A traveller enters a new place with an open mind and a hunger to experience.

I know when I say this my geek will be showing, but nothing says it better than the Monty Python Tourist Sketch:

What's the point of going abroad if you're just another tourist carted around in buses surrounded by sweaty mindless oafs from Kettering and Coventry... complaining about the tea - "Oh they don't make it properly here, do they, not like at home"... squirting Timothy White's suncream all over their puffy raw swollen purulent flesh `cos they "overdid it on the first day"...

And sending tinted postcards of places they don't realise they haven't even visited to "All at number 22, weather wonderful, our room is marked with an `X'. Food very greasy but we've found a charming little local place hidden away in the back streets...where they serve Watney's Red Barrel and cheese and onion..."

Expressed more pithily and earthily :-)


Tourists expect toilet paper -- travelers carry their own (with the carton roll removed and pressed flat).

http://www.travelblogs.com/articles/the-difference-between-tourists-and-travellers



Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sun Feb 22nd, 2009 at 02:50:51 PM EST
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