After a 3 and 1/2 hour train ride ( spending 1and 1/2 on the platform in Milan) I arrived in Genova. Found a hotel on Booking.com but failed miserably in following directions…. female brain and 2 and 1/2 hours later  (yeah, you better believe it) I found Hotel Bologna up an alley way! Nice though! After a cold shower, pizza, coffee and 2 very large glasses of red wine I was ready to rock n roll! Here for 2 nights so will explore more tomorrow. Beach me thinks!