2 DAYS IN GENOA, ITALY - A TRAVEL GUIDE

• published: 02 Jun 2015
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For more aerial drone shots of Genoa, please see Stefano McCoy's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgQjacVyrNWo5vSmjsdAzQ The gritty maze of the medieval city that makes up the core of Genoa is both beauty and the beast. The grandeur and heritage of this once great trading city lives side by side with modern vice and decrepitude. The odious smelling alleys give way to modern and chic restaurants and shops. Genoa is one of the most difficult of cities to describe and is very different from more generally travelled Italian cities like Rome, Florence or Venice. My Grandfathers WWII RAF flight record for those that might be interested - the campaign against Genoa looks to be one of his earlier flights: First Tour 25 June 1942 - Bremen (6.30) 29 July 1942 - Dusseldorf (3.00) 10 September 1942 - Dusseldorf (6.25) 13 September 1942 - Bremen (4.45) 16 September 1942 - Essen (5.50) 19 September 1942 - Saarbrucken (6.55) 24 September 1942 - Flensburg (6.20) 1 October 1942 - Flensburg (6.55) 6 October 1942 - Osnabruck (5.10) 13 October 1942 - Kiel (7.00) 23 October 1942 - Genoa (9.30) 27 October 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (10.25) 2 November 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (11.50) 7 November 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (9.20) 11 November 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (8.20) 8 December 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (10.25) 13 December 1942 - Convoy intervention (10.10) 18 December 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (10.10) 24 December 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (10.25) 28 December 1942 - Anti-submarine patrol (6.10) 17 January 1943 - Anti-submarine patrol (9.35) 21 January 1943 - Anti-submarine patrol (8.45) 4 February 1943 - Anti-submarine patrol (9.40) 12 February 1943 - Anti-submarine patrol (8.05) 24 February 1943 - Anti-submarine patrol (8.30) 29 March 1943 - Berlin (7.35) 4 April 1943 - Kiel (5.50) 13 May 1943 - Dortmund (5.15) Second Tour 23 January 1944 - Air-Sea Rescue (4.50) 29 January 1944 - Air-Sea Rescue (4.10) 1 February 1944 - Air-Sea Rescue (4.45) 26 March 1944 - Essen (6.15) 30 March 1944 - Nuremburg (4.35 - incomplete ?) 9 April 1944 - St. George (5.45) 10 April 1944 - Ghent (2.50) 27 June 1944 - Foret d’Eauy (4.25) 28 June 1944 - Metz (6.50) 1 July 1944 - Biennais (3.45) 4 July 1944 - Biennais (3.45) 5 July 1944 - Biennais (3.15) 12 July 1944 - Creil (4.20) 20 July 1944 - L’Hey (3.25) 24 July 1944 - Stuttgart (8.35) 27 August 1944 - Mimoyecques (3.50) 3 September 1944 - Volkel (3.45) 10 September 1944 - Le Havre (4.15) 16 September 1944 - Boulogne (3.50) 26 September 1944 - Calais (4.15) 28 September 1944 - Cap Gris Nez (3.20) 28 October 1944 - Essen (6.20) 2 November 1944 - Dusseldorf (5.35)