PAUL Our first taste of Italy was just over the border in Ventimiglia where we had to change trains and book our rail travel through Italy. Of course, all those helpful French words we learnt in the previous week were useless and we were back to square one. With the tickets booked, we were off to Genoa. We arrived in the afternoon and were soon exploring the city. In the historic part of town we walked down a street full of renaissance buildings some with fresc...