Day 9 — Genoa

Written by Wendy from the road · photographs by Tatiana

We arrived in Genoa, Italy and immediately jumped on a dotto train that took us around the historic center. The dotto train looked like those trains that drive kids around the mall but this one drove us around the city for about 45 minutes giving us a mini tour of the city.

Once we hopped off the dotto train we started walking back towards the historic center and ended up in a quiet little alley where we found this cute pastry shop called Camogli. We enjoyed a coffee and croissant and then made our way to this beautiful church, Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato, where we walked around and took some photos. I can never get enough of the artwork, just unbelievable!

We kept coming across more churches just tucked away in small alleys and walked around admiring all the great shopping Genoa had to offer.

For lunch we went to Caffè Cesarea where we enjoyed a glass of wine and some pasta while taking a break from all the walking we had done. Afterwards we headed back to the ship to watch the World Cup by the pool and later have dinner.

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Places from this day

• Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato — Every inch of that ceiling is gilded. Unbelievable.
• Genoa Dotto Train Tour — Forty-five minutes around the historic centre.
• Camogli Pastry Shop — Coffee and a croissant down a quiet alley.
• Caffè Cesarea — A glass of wine, some pasta, and a sit down.