geeteetravels

Our flight to Genova was uneventful and we had almost no trouble getting into the city from the airport. Almost, as Tara was pick pocketed out of 50 euros on the bus in. Nothing else was lost so I guess that was fortunate.

As soon as we got away from the bus stop we saw our greeting party waving at us. Two of my Danish cousins with their spouses had come down for the weekend to spend time with us and see the sights of Genova.

Over the next two days we squeezed a lot of sightseeing and catching up. Some of the highlights are shown in the pictures.

• Boat ride to Pegli and back
• Funicular up to a viewpoint and park.
• Trip to walk the passegiata and have dinner in Nervi
• Wandering the narrow streets of the historic centre
• Seeing the Palazzo Reale, and
• Just sitting, talking and having a cold beer with family we see far too seldom.

My cousin Aksel is a farmer in Denmark and a master at raising pigs.

We started out of Calgary two hours late on Air Transat but things improved from there. It may have been our smoothest transatlantic flight ever but it’s still difficult to get much sleep back in the cheap seats.

We planned to meet Erika and had bought tickets to a show (The Comedy About a Bank Robbery) so were a bit concerned about the time. We stored our bags at the airport hotel we were staying at for the night and caught the Gatwick Express into London. We met Erika in time and the show was good and funny although both Tara and I were nodding off a bit in the beginning.

I went shopping for a Denmark world cup jersey which was surprisingly difficult to find, as I wanted to show support for the team, and Canada (nor Italy) didn’t qualify. Then off to find dinner, before saying goodbye and heading back to the hotel at Gatwick. The concierge suggested we check in for the early morning flight this evening without any crowds, which we did. Yet another advantage of staying in the hotel at the airport!