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