After our 7-day cruise ended in Venice, we headed to Genoa, Italy. Not really known for tourism, Genoa is a big port city. However, it’s a great base to explore the nearby Cinque Terre and the French Riviera.

On the way to Genoa, we drove through the Tuscany region. We skipped Florence, Tuscany’s capital city, for two reasons. We couldn’t do it justice in the time we had. Also, DH and I had been there before at separate times and had different opinions – I liked it; he did not. When discussing Rome, we had the opposite opinions – DH liked Rome, I did not. So we agreed to skip both Florence and Rome on this trip. (more…)