2 nights in Genova part 2.

Day 2, Genova, early start so down to the ferry to travel into the marina. Today's activities again from the NYT suggests a walk around the Marina looking at Europe's largest Aquarium, not for us as it doesn't allow dogs. A look a the full size galleon created for the Roman Polanski film Pirates and then lunch in a nice restaurant. Mmmmm sounds ideal.

First up the Galleon, now I don't go much on these types of things as being from Gosport/Portsmouth/Poole I've seen a fair few attempts at pirate ships, not that I really know what one should look like, but this one was unbelievable as the detail was immense. Sadly I don't think the photos do it justice.

Lunch was at Maxela, a steakhouse that's so proud to be steak only its meat locker opens straight onto the dining room (a bit like Theo's in South Africa) and yes you can take you dog in with you. We started with the beef heifer tagliata which melted in the mouth and then both had burgers...yes burgers. This without question of a doubt was the best burger I have ever eaten, hot to the last mouthful, beautiful.

 The house special Red.....very nice

And to finish the tirimasu, rich in coffee flavor and more cream than biscuit..fab.

After lunch we walked back around the marina to some super yachts we spotted on the way in. There was one in particular that stuck out like a sore thumb. Its called Venus a striking glass and white yacht with a polished steel bow. The engineer in me could not believe that something this long and narrow with the amount of glass that ran almost the full length of the hull could stand any sort of rough seas as the bending moments would just shatter the glass. However its very striking and it belonged to the late Steve Jobs of Apple.

After all that excitement we headed back on the ferry to the van to pack it up ready for the next adventure the Cinque Terre...