Palazzo San Giorgio, Genova, 1260

…the Italian town I have been curious about and yet to visit was conveniently on my way from Aix-en-Provence to Brindisi, so after a long windy scenic train ride along the French Riviera with front row seats to the late August bikini-clad bathing French masses, I arrived in this pretty but rough around the edges port town last night which is full of elaborately painted building facades – typical of Liguria – which comes to a crecscendo in the port at this great 1260 palazzo – now a neighbor of the new Eataly shop where I stocked up on some delicious supplies for tomorrow’s train ride south – like some amazing polenta bread and rich olive pate’.(wikipedia)