October 23, 2011: After a day of our arrival in Genova, Italy we started roaming the city together with Doreen's cousin Maricelle along with her husband and daughter. It was a sunny and windy Sunday morning and the couple were both off from their respective jobs. It was an apt time to to show us around Genova.
Genova is located in the northern part of Italy and is famous for it's huge port. The portside appears very crowded on this Sunday morning because all the people goes there to spend time with their families. The place is very accesible with a bus or a train and everything can be seen around there.
We first stopped at the Ferrari fountain, took some pictures then went to their replica of the Arch de Triomphe in Paris. We also took several pictures there and then walked back to the Ferrari fountain and roamed around the market place passing the Genova Cathedral.
We then exited towards the port and walked towards the boardwalk and took more pictures of the seaside sceneries with big ships and cruise liners. We took a ride on the lift which catapulted us slowly to the top of the pole to let us see the whole aerial view of the city in 360 degrees. We took more pictures.
We then took our lunch at their ultra modern market place with restaurants inside. We've enjoyed sme pasta and pizza dishes unique to the place. Then we went down and kept strolling the boardwalk. The couple also supplied us with information about Genova and some historical background about it.
They also brought us to Christopher Columbus' house where we took again several pictures. Eventually the walk has tired us up so we decided to go hime by taking the bus.
I was so eager to see the lighthouse built in the 1400 which was the symbol of Genova but unfortunately we didn't get the chance to see it because it was located in the other part of the city.
Our first day in Italy was quite spent recognizing Genova because this will be our home base during our one week stay here in Italy. I told Doreen to know what bus or train to take because we will be seeing a lot of laces all over Italy.
Language is the big barrier here but I wasn't too wary abut it because some younger people knows how to speak Enlish as well as the professionals. Better than France..... hehehe. In my observation people dressed in a freestyle manner compared to France's stylish garbs. This place is a cool place.
We then went home at Maricelle's apartment and Melchor cooked for our dinner. We were so lucky to have stayed with Doreen's cousin because they are very hospitable and they really catered us well. I was fortunate to have met some good people and good friends in all of the places I've been through. I was so blessed.
In general, Genova is also one of the nicest places I've visited and I was so grateful that I made an effort to see this place through my very best friend Doreen who really insisted for us to go here and dumped our plans to cruise to Greece.
We were lucky we did not pursue it or else we will be affected by the earthquake that struck Turkey a day before. I still consider my self fortunate to change our plans at the last minute. God is always good.
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