The night before leaving Venice we did a really nice BBQ with the neighbors from Germany. I was going to post photos, but this computer doesn't seem to allow it.
I left Venice with fairly good weather, but as I headed West it kept getting worse and worse. I missed the turnoff to Cremona, so ended up going all the way to Milan. From there I headed south again towards Genova. The low clouds started to rain a little, so I had enough and turned off in the little town of Tortona. There was a sign there for a "Motel 2". I envisioned a sort of cheap "Motel 6". When I got there (and after checking in) I found out it's name was "Motel Duo". Each room had its own private garage that closed automatically when you entered, so it was set up for discreet encounters. Room service was through a little door so the waiter never actually entered the room.
In the morning it was foggy and cold. I put off leaving as long as possible, but finally hit the road with all of my winter gear on, including long underwear. The road to Genova seemed like it was mostly tunnels. As I got nearer the weather cleared up and the sun came out. I wanted to head towards Savona so I turned off the autostrade following the signs. To make a long story short I got hopelessly lost. I asked the police and a number of motorizados for directions and after driving for what seemed like hours got out on the autostrade again. The problem was the name of the town I wanted to go to stopped appearing on the signs.
Ar Savona I left the autostrade and began driving on the road that follows the mediterranean shore. The drive is beautiul, but very slow, but a lot of fun on my bike. I wanted to make it to Impreglia, but I came to a wonderful medieval looking town called Cervo and hear I am staying the night.
I left Venice with fairly good weather, but as I headed West it kept getting worse and worse. I missed the turnoff to Cremona, so ended up going all the way to Milan. From there I headed south again towards Genova. The low clouds started to rain a little, so I had enough and turned off in the little town of Tortona. There was a sign there for a "Motel 2". I envisioned a sort of cheap "Motel 6". When I got there (and after checking in) I found out it's name was "Motel Duo". Each room had its own private garage that closed automatically when you entered, so it was set up for discreet encounters. Room service was through a little door so the waiter never actually entered the room.
In the morning it was foggy and cold. I put off leaving as long as possible, but finally hit the road with all of my winter gear on, including long underwear. The road to Genova seemed like it was mostly tunnels. As I got nearer the weather cleared up and the sun came out. I wanted to head towards Savona so I turned off the autostrade following the signs. To make a long story short I got hopelessly lost. I asked the police and a number of motorizados for directions and after driving for what seemed like hours got out on the autostrade again. The problem was the name of the town I wanted to go to stopped appearing on the signs.
Ar Savona I left the autostrade and began driving on the road that follows the mediterranean shore. The drive is beautiul, but very slow, but a lot of fun on my bike. I wanted to make it to Impreglia, but I came to a wonderful medieval looking town called Cervo and hear I am staying the night.
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Hey Papa,
I am sooo busy. I was in the Vancouver Sun today for work so that was pretty cool, having been quoted and such is a strange feeling. I was out this morning hawking papers to raise money for the Raise a Reader campaign through the Sun and found myself on the same corner as Harvey which I thought was a strange coincidence considering there were 400 volunteers.
I am not doing too much else, just a bit here and there. Milan has really been working on the house, so it is starting to not look like such a dump anymore.
Thanks for the updates.
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