It’s Monday and I got into Genoa yesterday without any problems. It seems that all the stressing that I did because I wasn’t convinced that I was on the right train was a waste. Every time the train stopped and new passengers walked on, I was sure someone was going to tell me that I was in their seat, then I’d find out that I was on the wrong train. Like I said though it all turned out okay.

After arriving I found my hotel and then headed out to see a part of the city. The weather was cool, overcast, and dry, though later that night it would rain very hard. The city is different from most others that I’ve visited this year. I think a good description is, it’s dirty, it’s got huge ornate buildings, and narrow winding roads. The city just feels dirty, not dirty by litter, but dirty by soot. I don’t know if that makes too much sense, but the streets are clean, but there isn’t anything that I’ve seen that is white, everything I see, whether it’s buildings, streets, signs, everything seems to be gray and dreary. Even if it seems dreary the buildings are beautiful. Imagine huge monolithic structures with columns, gargoyles, and all made out of stone. About the only problem is that the streets are so narrow that I can’t get far enough away to get any good photographs. Note: After writing this morning I went outside and realized why it looks so dreary, the problem is, is that no sun gets down to the streets. The buildings are too large and the streets are too narrow for sun to reach them. So maybe me saying that the city feels dirty isn’t fair… who knows though, maybe it is.

Today I’ve got to decide where I’m heading to tomorrow. I know that I need to see Pisa, but I figure that’s a half-day stop and then I’ll head to either Rome, or who knows where. The problem that I have is the hotel that I’m staying doesn’t have wi-fi, so I can’t get to google maps or book a hostel.

I spent most of the day in my hotel room doing laundry and resting. I’m just tired today. Earlier though I walked around the city to see as many sights as I could. I managed to see all the sights that were listed on the tourist map that I got earlier. Most of it was really interesting, but to be honest it only took me about four hours to make a complete loop of the sights. I’m also not including the things that I saw yesterday either. So I guess it would have taken a few more hours if I were to have seen all the sights today. Right now it’s about 8:30 on Monday night and I just got back from dinner. I usually try not to complain too much on this blog mostly I don’t want anyone reading it to think I’m a complainer, because really I’m not. Tonight though I kind of hit a wall of sorts when it comes to the prices of things here (as well as every other town I’ve been to in the EU). I won’t go into details but it cost me $30 dollars for a plate of spaghetti bolognaise and a beer. It was an okay meal but not nearly worth the amount I paid for it.