A few weeks ago I went to Noli, Italy for a day trip to the beach with a few of my friends. Although it isn't the closest place to visit for us, it is down close to Genoa in the Liguria region, it is only a 22 euro round trip train ticket! It happened to be a really warm and clear day and so we decided that it would be a great excuse to get out of the city and switch it up for a day!
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| Orange tree in the city |
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| Lemon tree in someones yard |
The city of Noli is a really pretty place; it is a small beach town with houses that remind you of a more residential version of Florida's coast cities. There were a few homes that had lemon trees out front, and the heart of the city had orange trees everywhere. Although Noli was a small city, the pedestrian only zone inside of the city was actually rather large in comparison to the size of the city itself. It also had a really nice public beach access point which allowed us to get to the heart of the beach in a very short amount of time.
The beach there was actually one of the best beaches that I have been on since I have been in Italy!
SIDE NOTE: Italian beaches are rocky, not sandy, and therefor your feet always hate you when you spend too much time at the beach. However, the beach at Noli was surprisingly not as bad because of the very small size of the pebbles, giving the feeling of it more like sand than rocks.
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Our wonderful view for the day
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| Our spot on the beach |
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| Marcus and I skipping rocks |
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| Relaxing on the beach |
The day itself was really awesome. Even though the water was SUPER cold we all decided to get in and take a dip. Marcus and I skipped rocks for a while (shout out to Cierra who also knows what she is doing!) and then we just relaxed and listened to music. We spent about 3-4 hours hanging out on the beach until a storm started to come through. We tried waiting the storm out, but after a long lunch and some more waiting we just decided to head home early, but we weren't so lucky........
So we waited......
And waited......
AND WAITED!!!!
Ended up being over and hour and a half that we waited at the train station. Luckily I was able to understand what some of the people on the train were saying, and one of the train stations on the way back to Torino had been struck by lightning and the wires there were down; making it impossible to cross as a train, and leaving us 2 hours from home for almost 2 hours!
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| Listening to Shout and having some fun! |
Eventually they got everything fixed, and we managed to have a little bit of fun with it! The train that finally took us home was ABSOLUTELY the fullest train I have been on since I have been in Italy. In fact, we didn't even try to find seats, but rather we came across a little area between two of the carts that we all were able to fit in, and settled down there. Marcus pulled out his iPod and speakers, and we just listened to music and played some fun games to pass the 2 hour train ride home.
We got back home to Torino just after midnight (original plan was to be back by 6!) and had dinner just around 1am! Although the second half of the day wasn't exactly what we had planned, it was an absolute blast, and I really enjoyed myself.
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| Shout out to everyone back in Cincy!! Miss you all and see you soon! #mycity #rep |
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