Piazza Maggiore Bologna

Today was all about socks (and Bologna). My sock situation had become desperate after I realized all of my clean pairs had holes in them, which would almost certainly interfere with my ability to purchase shoes in Milan tomorrow…

I spent 45 minutes this evening trying to buy a pair- any pair. I started out at Zara, which was cheap …

Down a side street off of Piazza Maggiore in Bologna is Via Val D'Aposa. The street itself is typical Bolognese with porticoes lining the western side. The massive wooden door at Via Val D'Aposa 7 was probably built tall and wide to accommodate horses ...

... see many historic markers of past demonstrations.  In fact, there was some sort of demonstration going on in the main square Piazza Maggiore.  The medieval city center feels very old.  Buildings have centuries of soot and some have façade ...

... (97m, 490+ rickety stairs) where some great views were to be had.  By far, the highpoint of our time in Bologna was Piazza Maggiore where all manner of street performers could be found.  The weirdest by far was this guy with an amp and ...

... time packing, visiting Rachel, Matteo and Paola one last time and sitting for the last time in the sun at the café in Piazza Maggiore. We reminisced for a few hours in between packing "discussions", drove my SUV to the Port of Genoa, drove to a small ...

...   The hotel recommended an awesome osteria down the road.  After an excellent meal of tortellini bolognese, I headed to the Piazza Maggiore where I snapped a few pictures before the rain started pouring down!   The city is full of basilica's and ...

... to wait for 30 days at least, to see, if I get this permit - and then I have to get back to the Questura and wait for another hour... It seems that Prodi has won the election - this evening he will come to the Piazza Maggiore and celebrate his ...

... I couldn't say no to the pants, the back pocket was too cool!! Haha. Soon we were at Piazza Maggiore, the main square in centro in Bologna. There is the Fountain of Neptune there, which is pretty cool. I decided my favorite detail was the ...

... so nice to their professors at that time. We then went to another room, with this huge statue.    It was originally in Piazza Maggiore but Napolean had it moved when he came because he didn't like it.  I don't remember the name of the ...

Since the quarter finals all the games of the football world championships were shown on a big screen on Piazza Maggiore. So we saw this game of Italy against Germany on this big square: I went there with a German friend and two Austrians with our ...

... be very comfortable and old-fashioned looking), and had such a nice day planned. We spent the morning walking around the Piazza Maggiore, and looking at different churches and monuments around the city centre. Then, we went back to Gloria's apartment ...