Le Terrecotte di Anna
Travel Blogs from San Giorgio di Piano
Bologna
Since Sunday's in Padova are really boring, we developed the habit of driving around northern Italy. We saw a lot of nice cities already. Last week we went to see Bologna, the oldest university. well we weren't able to look at it, because it is closed on sundays. But the red city was also nice to look at. It is called the red city because the stones are actually red marmor, and also because ...
Bologna
... too. We started walking Betty back to the train station and grabbed tortellini for dinner (it was alright but sadly not as good as described by our hotel owners). Betty almost missed her train because we didn't understand that they use one track but different sides of the train station to load more people on more trains - kind of super efficient but hard to navigate. Sara and I walked home and her poor feet have blisters :( but it was a great day and I can't wait for Venice ...
Amazing Race to Bologna
Sami and I left Monterosso early and caught a train to Bologna to stay with our good friends Justin & Ann (they recently took up residence there for a year sabbatical from work to learn Italian). We had a connecting train in Prato, but what we didn't know was that there were two stops in Prato. We got off the train on the first stop and the train we were meant to catch left the 2nd stop with 10 minutes to spare. We had one choice if we wanted to catch ...
Typically Italian
... dead pheasant in his hand. Dinner anyone? He and two of the girls disappeared into the kitchen to skin, gut and cook it and we later learnt whilst we were chewing on the tasty tender meat that it that he had hunted the bird himself and killed it this morning, tonight we were living on the wild side!
After dinner we all decided to head into town for a few drinks and to see the Italian nightlife. Being on the far side of town we had quite a walk so the ...
A Hands-On Cooking School In Bologna Italy
... submersion in the foods of Emilia Romagna. Stay in Bologna and or visit local farms, vineyards, orchards and specialty stores. Visit nearby Ravenna and stay at a charming Inn where you will cook your lunch and dinner and enjoy a quiet repose in the countryside. We will happily consider all your requests for a custom cooking class and we will design a special class to accommodate you. If you ...