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The first month is winding down
Mar. 4th, 2015 09:59 amI leave Genoa on Monday.
I was nervous about spending an entire month in one place: as much as I love Rome, three weeks playing there in 2007 was too much and I felt myself to be in a rut. Genoa is a very different city, however, and I think it helps that I'm playing in different places every day. I have my favorites, to be sure, but in Rome there was just one spot that I really loved, and going to the same place to play the same music at the same time every day felt a lot like at J.O.B.
My original plan for the spring was an eight week tour in Italy and when I suddenly extended it to 12 weeks I wasn't sure what to do with the extra time. When I found an absolute steal on a monthly apartment through AirBnB it offered the perfect solution: a month in one of my favorite cities. I'm very pleased to say that, three weeks in, it still is.
Although I've seen all of the interesting museums in town, there are enough different pretty walks that I haven't felt bored. Additionally, I've been taking day trips up and down the Italian Riviera on my days off, which has been absolutely delightful.
It's a lovely city and I'm already planning on future visits, but I'm starting to get excited for Sardinia!
I was nervous about spending an entire month in one place: as much as I love Rome, three weeks playing there in 2007 was too much and I felt myself to be in a rut. Genoa is a very different city, however, and I think it helps that I'm playing in different places every day. I have my favorites, to be sure, but in Rome there was just one spot that I really loved, and going to the same place to play the same music at the same time every day felt a lot like at J.O.B.
My original plan for the spring was an eight week tour in Italy and when I suddenly extended it to 12 weeks I wasn't sure what to do with the extra time. When I found an absolute steal on a monthly apartment through AirBnB it offered the perfect solution: a month in one of my favorite cities. I'm very pleased to say that, three weeks in, it still is.
Although I've seen all of the interesting museums in town, there are enough different pretty walks that I haven't felt bored. Additionally, I've been taking day trips up and down the Italian Riviera on my days off, which has been absolutely delightful.
It's a lovely city and I'm already planning on future visits, but I'm starting to get excited for Sardinia!
