Skip to main content

Focaccia Ligure



 Buongiorno a tutti! Today we crossed the border from France into Italy. Our travel was a bit longer than expected as our FlixBus arrived 20 minutes late… and then we were stuck for an hour in traffic… but after 3.5 hours we made it to Genova!

This city is an iconic maritime power rich with history and steeped with opulent buildings and churches. We spent our afternoon here walking through the narrow streets of the old town, discovering beautiful places.

First proper view of Genova

Duomo di San Lorenzo

Ceiling details

Palazzo San Giorgio

We also saw the house of Christopher Columbus (who was born in Genova).

Looking up at the house of Columbus

But I’d be lying if I said that the first we did wasn’t going for some Ligurian focaccia. Our stop was a bakery recommended by our hostel called Antioch Forno Della Casana. I got a focaccia with green pesto, both of which are specialties of Liguria, the region of Italy in which Genova resides. Liam also got a fun combination: focaccia with tomatoes and anchovies. 

Focaccia Ligure

The bread was so crunchy, so delicious, perfectly steeped with olive oil and salt. The pesto was fresh and home made, some of the best pesto I have ever had. 

However, Liam has an eye for good ice cream and we came across a place called Cremeria Buonafede Genova. A little hole-in-the-wall, it’s easy to walk by, but Liam had a good feeling about it. Boy was he right! We both got huge scoops of ice cream for a very reasonable price and they had delicious home-made whipped cream on top! 

Ice-cream with whopped cream on top!

I’d never had whipped cream on ice cream, but I certainly think I’ll have it again… what a heavenly combination. 

After these delicious treats, we walked up a large hill to the Spianata di Castelletto, a large plaza overlooking the whole city. We had great 360 views of the old town, the port, and everything in between.

Happy to be in such a wonderful place!

Coming back, we got caught in a warm summer thunderstorm! So by the time we got home we were absolutely soaked… but so happy :)



Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

William Curley’s Mayan Spiced Hot Chocolate

 Day two in London was a blast! We spent the day in central London  walking around Westminster, Mayfair, and Covent Gardens. We started by checking out the London Eye and Big Ben, some classics. It was incredibly packed everywhere we went, but understandably so. This city is such a cool mixture between the old and the new. London truly is the gateway drug to Europe, there everyone speaks English and yet you still hear so many other languages and get the “European vibe”. London Eye Big Ben Obviously we had to go and say hi to the King at Buckingham Palace. Buckingham Palace And then we remembered the Broad Street Pump and detoured towards Soho district for a visit. This felt like a true fan-girl moment for me, as it would for anyone who’s studied epidemiology. In 1854 John Snow conducted one of the first known epidemiological investigations and determined that a cholera epidemic in London was clustered around this pump, showing it to be the cause of the outbreak. John Snow’s B...
2 comments
Read more

Airplane food

Hello all :) Spending the next four months away from home I thought I would try to keep a blog, to share experiences with loved ones and to drop my travel thoughts! But we’ll see how well this blog actually keeps up in the grand scheme of things and in the businesses of travel. We started our journey in Victoria, ferried over to Vancouver, and caught our flight out of YVR to London! Packed in just (large) backpacks I feel like a true adventurer; one backpack on the back, one on the front, and a Canadian flag pinned to everything. So what’s the idea for this blog? Well I’m thinking a little travel, a little culture, and of course, a LOT of food!  But perhaps not airplane food… although I usually end up liking it a lot more than I expected to!
Post a Comment
Read more

Ginger and White’s Turkish Eggs

 Day one in London was spent wandering around Hampstead Heath, The Regent’s Park, and everywhere in between! We started our day at 12pm (after catching up on 14 hours of sleep) by walking to Hampstead Heath. This park was so green and so big! I was shocked at the sheer size of the park. It was a beautiful sunny day and tons of people were out to enjoy the weekend.  Parliament Hill Viewpoint We came across the Hill Garden and Pergola, a really beautiful structure in Hampstead Heath. With its cool architecture and blooming flowers, it felt like we were on the set of Bridgerton. By this time we’d gotten quite hungry so we made our way to Ginger & White  for lunch. Let me say it was delicious! For drinks I had an iced beetroot oat latte which was nice and refreshing, and very flavourful. Being there on Saturday, we were able to get their  weekend specials - Turkish Eggs and a Shak Sausage. I especially enjoyed the Turkish Eggs, I never would have thought to combine e...
Post a Comment
Read more