Making Tracks to Genova

Today’s adventure found me on a high speed train to the seaside town of Genova, located in the NW corner of Italy. My interest in going there had nothing to do with historical points of interest, hiking, or general sightseeing; I was there for the massive sea port terminal – today I picked up our car that was shipped from America.

It had actually arrived a week earlier but like all things Italian, the ubiquitous bureaucratic pound of flesh must be paid before any progress can be made.  I’ll spare you the details but a big round of thanks is owed to Alessandro Villa, our agent in Genova who handled the meetings with Italian Customs and got the approvals necessary for me to take receipt of the car. 

Anyway, the interesting thing about all this was what I got to see on the way up there – so, if you are going to an Italian seaport terminal you can expect to see (care to guess?) an ocean – or more precisely, the Mediterranean Sea.  

It wasn’t easy shooting the pix thorough the window of a fast moving train.

I must have taken 50 shots before settling on a handful worth posting.

The amazing thing is how calm the Mighty Med is – I’ve spent some time looking at it, photographing it, boating riding in it and swimming in it, and I have never seen it rough.  Yet.

The other thing I love about the Med is how the mountains come right down to the sea.  I first saw this on the Amalfi Coast, but it’s a reoccurring theme when the Apennine Mountains meet the ocean.

The way the sun shimmers on the smooth water you would hardly know it was February.  I'm wishing it was June already!