It's hard to pronounce Genoa (or remember which languages say "Genoa" and which say "Genova"). Nonetheless, it's a nice little harbor city with none of the hookers and sailors which the guide book said to look out for. There may have been one hooker...or just a girl who was waiting for someone outside. Two days in a row.
I walked around a lot, saw the harbor, ate some tasty pesto gnocchi, and saw Christopher Columbus' house, which was quite small and quite unexciting, and probably not his real childhood home. That tiny building with the huge flags is his "home". I guess when a guy is older than 500 years old then it becomes ok to make things up about him. There was also a cool stripy church/cathedral/what have you.
The pirate ship was apparently used in Roman Polanski's movie "Pirati"...excellent.
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