We stayed in Genova two nights for the sole purpose of using it as a base to do a day trip to Cinque Terra. In Italian, cinque means five, and terra means land. Consequently, Cinque Terra is five small villages nestled on the coastal cliffs east of Genova. Needless to say it was extremely picturesque, we hiked between the villages which ranged from between 20 and 90 mins between each village.

That night we wanted to make sure we could catch the Italy world cup game, and so went looking for a bar in a town called Lenovo, which was on our way back to Genova. This was not the largest or most happening town, we had to ask for directions on where to find a bar that would play the game, and were directed to a small neighborhood haunt where most of the clientelle were there for the game and weren’t even drinking. The most memorable experience though was the train ride back to Genova after Italy had won the game. Each station we stopped at, as the doors opened, we could hear horns and cheers and lots of celerating by the local Italians.