Today was focused on a planned trip to Genova. Ale (Alessandra) had organized this with a friend of hers, Lucia, who is a professional tour guide. Apparently this is an outing that happens with the groups each term.
We spent the morning quietly working in the Studio and getting some laundry done. The plan was to gather after lunch and walk down to the train station for the 14:14 train into Genova.
We walked to the Bogliasco train station & after a 15 minute ride along the coast, arrived in Genoa. We met our guide for the afternoon, who led us right into the medieval quarter of Genoa, which is a labyrinth of narrow, twisting streets, often only a few feet wide, lined with tall buildings. Many of these were originally palaces for noble families - 147 palaces were once in this quarter. One palace is now a department store, with a very important marble statue now surrounded by racks of clothing!
We stopped midway through the tour for a coffee at a cafe once frequented daily by Giuseppe Verdi. I had a pastry named for Falstaff, one of his operas. After visiting numerous piazzas, churches & seeing many, many prostitutes (local law says they must be off the streets by 8pm which means the afternoon is very busy!), we all hopped in taxis and headed back to Bogliasco for dinner.
The challenge with this post is to somehow limit the number of photos. The day was quite beautiful and Fiske took almost 200 photographs during our 3 hour walk. (by the way, over 10,000 steps 2 days in a row!).
The 3 P's of our Trip
People, Places, Posters
PEOPLE
PLACES
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| the Bogliasco train station |
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| Via XX Settembre Arcade |
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| Makes our plants on the patio look silly! |
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| Piazza and Chiesa di San Matteo .......home of the Doria family |
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| Cloister of San Matteo |
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| This is where the Genoa Institute of Architects has its office! |
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| Local Asparagus |
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| Carciofi are amazing here! |
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| The Markets are everywhere |
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| A Roman Sarcophagus |
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| First the sacred.......now the profance! |
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| Herbs ready for the garden |
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| An amazing frescoed facade for the Trades Building at the harbor |
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| and almost as much color with the balloons.......quite a contrast |
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| A building in the old sector built on a Roman aqueduct |
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| The Genoa Cathedral |
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| with its creative pilasters |
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| Cathedral Interior....gothic and romanesque |
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| Chiesa del Gesu |
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| anche piu |
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| Piazza dei Ferrari |
POSTERS
The idea for the poster documentation came from the overall thinking about layers. The superimposition of new over old yields an amazing sense of passing time, as well as a sense of unintended collage art. The patterns are both random and unintentional, which only strengthens the spontaneity and surprise of the result.
And to Conclude
2 videos......all action!
These videos were taken this week. One of them is in the crazy tunnel which connects Sestri Levante to Moneglia. We mentioned it in an earlier post......a bit like Thunder Mountain at Disney World! The second is a brief glimpse of what is like to drive in Genovese traffic. The motorbikes and motorcycles are incredible!
https://goo.gl/photos/HL2b55qcfn1VsoC68
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