Genoa

I had such a great time in Genoa, I met some people that I really clicked with. Their names were Vito, Emma, Izzy, and Paikea. We had a great day going to Cinque Terra together (which was about a 2 hour train ride away). We started in Vernazza which was pretty but it was so packed that we only spent 5 minutes there. We were walking like penguins because there were so many people. From Vernazza we hiked to Monterosso which took 2 hours (and was tough because I hit legs for the first time on my trip that morning with Izzy). We got food, ice cream, took pictures, and watched the sunset. It was a beautiful day. Vito is actually a photographer and got some amazing shots of me.

A memory I have of Genoa was trying one of my favorite dishes of the trip, a pesto lasagna from a restaurant called Cavour 21. I didn't even really like pesto before trying this one, it was amazing. I ended up going twice to this place to get the pesto lasagna during my 3 days in Genoa. One thing I learned was that pesto actually originated in Genoa. In a lot of the supermarkets in Europe they sell "Genovese" pesto.

I had such a great time here and it gave me hope that I will continue to meet people that I click with on this trip.Read more