Italia

Again a week has gone really fast. And i haven't had much of energy to write cause we've been travelling almost everyday.

After leaving Plitvice behind we had some nice time in Zagreb. We took a bus from Plitvicka to Zagreb. We were there about ten o'clock in the saturday morning. We tried to find our way from the busstation to the trainstation without a map. When travelling with the train in Kroatia be aware that the people there don't use a train much so they might not know the location of the trainstation. O_o We spended whole day in Zagreb by looking around, visiting at the museum and seating in the caffeterias.The museum that we visited was called "Museum of broken relationships". It was very touching exhibit of the belongings and stories that people all over the world has sended for the museum concerning their own failed relationships. Zagreb was such a nice city and there would have been blenty of things to see and do. But we had to keep going and head to the Italy in the evening.

We had another long night in train and by waiting in the station. Or more precisely my mother had. I was sleeping three hours at platform in my sleepingbag and after that few hours in the train when one Austrian gentleman gave his seat for me and loaned his headrest. :D He also backed my sleepingbag. :D Maybe it seemed like i couldn't handle it.

Italy

We spended only three days in Italy cause we wanted to take the whole last week in España, so we could spend more time with my brother. Cause we have no idea when we would have a chance to meet him again. That's why we also need to skip Switzerland.

Our first stop in Italy was Venice. Venice is such an beautiful city with all the canals and narrow streets But to be said, it was kind of dissapointment too. Maybe i found it to be littlebit overrated. I think the place have seen its better days. Now i found it a bit worn out and populous. Not all bad though i loved Venice souvenirs. Those were about the same in every shop, but still unique and handmade and kind of gave its own part for the effigy of the city.

In Venice it would have bee nice to have a local guide cause the streets and the places looked really similar and we got lost few times. Certainly you can ask some help from the citizen and they usually will be pleasant to help you. But in Italy you can't be really sure that their advices or your interpretations will be correct if you don't know Italy. Well they don't really speak English and Italian language is different in many ways. For example in Italy caldo, wich is really similar with the English word cold, means hot.

After Venice we took a train to Bergamo. The trip was quite an interesting cause on that sunday evening the train was whole full and we had to stand at first like sardines in the can.

We thought that Bergamo would be nice small city but clearly we made a mistake on that. Well it was nice though but not small. (Comparing to my hometown Turku wich has just over 180 thousand people and in Bergamo about 120 thousand people.)

In Bergamo some of the people were unwilling to help us to find our B&B that we had booked from agoda. But it was late and we were tired after our day in Venice and night without good sleep, so we called a taxi to take us there.

Our last stop was Genova wich i liked the most. Probably the best city we have visited so far during our trip. There was something in the athmosphere of the city that i loved. Ofcourse you can't say a lot by staying one day at the city but to us Genova showed it's best sides.

We arrived to Genova at monday night about eleven so we had no urge to look up the opportunities to spend a night in the city. We practically took the first room that came to us. So it was hotelroom, 60 euros per night for two persons, breakfast included. Not bad, but still out of our budget. Anyhow we spended two nights at this hotel cause on next day we realized that the prices were quite same in every where at the city except some youthhostels in the outskirt. And our hotel was also near the railwaystation so we didn't have to carry our backbags all around the city.

Despite the prices of the hotelrooms Genova was quite affortable city. And there is plenty of supply when it comes to food, clothes or souvenirs.

In tuesday morning after our breakfast we were about to have a look at the city. We got a map from our reception and we were standing in the street trying to find our selfs from the map. We asked some help from one Italian woman who didn't quite understand what we were trying to find out. So she asked help from the man that walked forward us. This smiling older man didn't understand our needs either but he was willing to show us the way too the heart of the city. Well we walked after him around the city and he was telling us some things about Genova. He didn't seem to be busy, wich was probably right cause he told us that he's retired. Well all morning he showed us the city and got us to visit to the churches and even get us for coffee. And all just because we didn't find ourselfes from the map. Magnifico!

The next day we got the train from Genova aiming to direct towards Marseille. We had to take the train first to the Ventimiglia. As i got it right, there were some technical issues on the way so for that reason the train was 80 minutes late. After all we still managed to get to the train to Nice and from there to Marseille just a bit late from the schedule, but we had no rush.

We were in Marseille about nine o'clock in the evening and we had to get to the first train 5:56 in the morning cause other trains were full. So we didn't have much time to get to know the city. But in few hours that we were spending near the station, looking for the room for the night we found that kind of relief that our visit in Marseille would last only this short time.

Well the trainstation was quite beautiful and clean. But after we had walked the stairs down to the street the city looked dirty and untidy. And when we tried to find a place to stay the night we realized that the so called "hotel rooms" where kind of overpriced. From 40 to 60 euros of the room that was filthy and old. But well, it's not stupid who asks. Most of the hotels were full anyway.

The effigy of the city was kind of oppressive. The people act rude and i felt like i had to watch back my belongings all the time. There were also some poor families sleeping on the street wich made me feel clueless and sad. I'm sure there is blenty of good things in the city and it could be true that when you're tired you feel everything unfamiliar to be possible threat, but to us Marseille didn't show it best sides.

(I'll add the pictures later)