Monday, July 13

Day 17 (Genoa - Sarzana)

Oggi abbiamo fatto 142 chilometri e siamo arrivati a Sarzana. Ci è voluto tanto tempo per uscire da Genova sta mattina perché è una grande cittâ e c'era tanto traffico. Pioveva fino a mezzogiorno e poi c'era il sole per il resto del giorno.

Today we covered 90 miles and have reached a place called Sarzana.

The day started off quite slowly as we immediately got a puncture and had to cross Genoa with it's busy traffic and chaotic street plan.

However once we got out of Genoa we saw some really stunning coastal scenery. In particular the town of Rapallo was very picturesque.

The coast was a lot hillier than we expected and although it made for some interesting cycling it also slowed us down.

Today has not been very eventful though. Probably the funniest thing happened when we got to our hotel room tonight: Gianluca took a bite out of a bar of soap because he thought it was a complimentary chocolate.

Tomorrow we will be passing by Pisa to take a photo in front of the tower.

(posted 14/07/09 at 01:03)

4 comments:

Giovanni Carpico said...

Gianluca when your dad says "wash your mouth out", he doesn't mean it literally.

Well Done, Good Luck for the rest of the journey.

McRoberts family said...

We are just about to set out on our cycle trip!! We are stocked up on Marmite juice so we should make it!! Good luck with the rest of the journey and don't drink all the champagne when you get there - save some for us. See you on Sunday.

Donald said...

classic janice

Anonymous said...

Like the white bits Lorenzo!!!! lol ....

Keep up the good work :)

Doug McKinnon and the Dalry girls