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Rosa Handschuh mit Palme am Meer
Der Mann im Hintergrund geht gleich zu den Bildern rechts und ich erkenne ihn sofort auf einem Foto wieder und frage ihn. Ein Foto in einem Foto mit einer Geschichte zu einem Foto. Wow.

Capodanno in Liguria

Sunday we decided spontaneously to make a trip for new years. We thought that Ginna Nanina was at Milano for San Silvestro but instead she went to Genova. Therefore we decided to go down to Genova. It's only 2 to 3 hours from here, depending on the traffic. In fact, it is much closer than Amsterdam is to Münster, which was a strange thought for me somehow.

Well, we fed the cat and left him all by himself in the apartment- which isn't much of a problem as in Ticino at midnight there are no fireworks. We went to Como then took the A7 Milano-Genova, which crosses all of the Pianura Padana, the industrial North of Italy which in winter seems so much like Germany!!! After Milano we got the thickest of fog, you could only see a couple of trees and that was that.

Then we reached the mountains near Genova. The landscape changed and there were more and more olive trees and palms. (Here we got a lot of them but around Milano the vegetation is a lot more like it is in Germany.) After about a gazillion of tunnels we finally reached the Mediterranean Sea! It was soooooo beautiful! We went down on the beach at Recco S. to watch the sunset and take a couple of fotos (they are all in the album).

Then we went down along the coast until we reached Rapallo where we found a one star hotel that was actually closed but we got a room anyway. It was really an ok room with two beds and a small bathroom. We went for a long walk "lungomare" (along the sea) and around midnight returned in piazza to celebrate. It was awesome celebrating near the sea. It was also much warmer (9-11 degrees Celsius)!

Genova

Or Genoa, a city of huge dimensions and with a huge port! This is a photo made from a reconstructed pirate ship. We arrived at Genoa around midday and miraculously managed to park in the city center! Later we found out why-- all the stores were closed for the first of January only the Acquarium was open and fortunately also a restaurant in the same "building". It is much more a giant ship than a building. I had some insalata di mare di Genova which was a bit different from how they eat it here-- the frutta di mare was very fresh (almost alive, hehe)... and it was made with potatoes and cornichrons (I don't remind what they're called in English)... It was very good!!!!

After Genova we took the car and went home. Momo was very happy to see us and purred and was very "kitten"-like.