Week 3: Day 2

woman who plays the accordion in De Ferrari. I see her either in De Ferrari or in front of San Lorenzo, playing classical accordion carnival music. The next person I meet is an elderly woman on the corner between Via Roma and Via Aprile. She looks as though she is in her 60′s, and kneels to the ground with a sign and a cup. Seeing her silently bowing on the street makes me extremely uncomfortable. Then there is tan man with a hurt leg who sits spread out next to the Via Aprile bus stop. Last is the man who plays the violin on Via Giuseppe Garabaldi. Unlike the beggars or musicians in San Francisco, these in Genova are not scary or intimidating.

After class, I went with a few people to look for a restaurant to have lunch at. Throughout the week, we would wander the streets hoping to find good restaurants, but were always uncertain of what we would find. I always have trouble determining whether or not a restaurant is good based on how touristy it looks. I learned that some of the most authentic restaurants will not have english on their menu’s. This being said, some of the best restaurants are listed on trip adviser. So today, that’s what we did! And we found DOC’s Panini’s, a small panini store across the street from Tricolore. Like all panini stores it has an assortment of meats, cheeses and breads, but this one has a variety of delicious condiments and combinations. Despite this, I think the meal I will miss the most is DOC’s Cheese sandwhich.

For dinner we headed back to the street above Via Zara. After buying cheese, salami, and wine from the grocery store, we walked down to the Bakery we’d just discovered. Working there was a young woman who was not from Italy. As she helped us with our focaccia and pastries she told us about her life. She moved to Italy from Hungary with her husband a couple of years ago. Although they are working and living in Italy, they are waiting for their American Visa. In fact, she had originally applied with her family and they have been waiting for approval for their visa’s for over ten years. When she came to Italy she knew no Italian and has been teaching herself Italian and English.