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Bologna Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bologna, Italy
Solo a conocer la ciudad
Fui a Bolonia, un destino que no tenía en el radar, pero como había ya gastado mucho dinero en fútbol y el partido entre Bolonia-Roma no me interesaba demasiado los acompañé solamente pero no fui a la cancha. Rodrigo se bajó del partido también ...
Bologna - April 27
... , I woke up from a great nights sleep at Hotel Hollywood to grab the EuroStar from Rome's Termini Station to Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The trip only took about 2 two hours. I arrived in Bologna around 1 PM. After stopping ...
Day One at the Fair
The Bologna ceramic tile fair is the holy shrine of the industry. Thousands of people flock to Cersaie to see the latest in technologies, styles, sizes, colors, shapes, and uses. The experience is overwhelming--just when you think you've seen it all, you ...
Elective in Farmacology
I survived my first lecture of my elective in farmacology. Though, the lecture was really good, but for me it was hard to follow: I don't have a clue of mathematics in German, so why should I suddenly understand everything in Italian. Anyway, after the ...
I AM MOVING TO ITALY!!!
... travel shorts and Old Navy t-shirt), I happened upon what I believe may be an incredible love story! On a two-day stop in Bologna, Italy – back in September – I met an incredible man. We met on the patio of a restaurant in a small ...
Bank Holiday
... be open. Nor tomorrow. We will go to the park here today and then pack. The only museum in all of Italy open today is the BOLOGNA archaelogy museum. We will do that too, if Alex is better... We go to Venice on Monday, Florence ...
The worst pre-trip yet! (on the way to Scotland)
... is growing in it and tears start welting in my eyes...the security guard is repeatedly asking his peers, "telephono taxi di Bologna?" Tears are staining my cheeks as I start breathing deep shallow breaths trying to control myself as I slide down against ...
Trying to reach Ravenna
... got up quite early...but my car didn't work. After trying a few times we called for help - and finally after 2,5 hours someone came to make the car move. Fortunately, when we wanted to go back from Ravenna, the car still worked and we got back to ...
Jumping the border
... back to Venice first as that was the closest place that an international train could be caught from. Like most decent sized cities in Italy there are lots of beggars. Most hassle you for a bit then realise you aren't going to give them any money and ...
Adventure Questura
After 2 hours of waiting I finally got to the counter to apply for my permit to stay in Italy. Since we are in Italy, and everything is going a bit slower, I have to wait for 30 days at least, to see, if I get this permit - and then I have to get back to ...
Francesco's birthday
... we ate a big cake and drank sparkling wine for Francesco's birthday. Late at night I finally had to say goodbye to all my friends in Italy, because this was my last night there - I was supposed to leave the next morning...even if I didn't really want ...
Bonassola 2
Departure from Bologna to the south
Finally all 53 Erasmus-Students arrived at Porta San Donato and we are ready to depart for ...
Home base for northern Italy
We have managed to find Vera and Emmanuel's flat and are spending 4 nights here. We spent the first day playing with their two older boys and the next two days travelling to Venice and Pisa....lots of travelling! More ...
Traveling to Athens
... yall up on the travels that i have made after i left Italy. early on Saturday morning we all woke up and caught a train to Bologna, Italy to get on an airplane to Rome connecting then to Athens, Greece. Sarah, Margaret, and i all were so tired from ...
Bologna, che bellissima che sei
... also some pork with the beef. Anyway, I had no trouble completely cleaning my plate. Then we just walked around quite a bit. Bologna is really nice for that...it's really beautiful. More so than Padovaaaa... haha. After a while, we went on to what ...
Quick stop!
After flying from Lisbon to Madrid airport, spending a sleepless night there, and an early morning flight to Bologna we were pretty tired when we finally arrived! We had booked into a cheap hotel, but got an email just before we left Lisbon saying that ...
rainy days in the heart of italy
... should just go home and paint. There are also some very tall towers here, one is leaning, really leaning. I am not sure why italy has so many towers...they built them on corsica for communication, was it the same here? Anyway, I had a nice time ...
The First Taste
First, jet lag sucks! Second, the shower after 24 hours of traveling and about 20min of sleep is the best gift you can give yourself, followed by a glass of water and 2 sleeping pills. Now that that's out of the way; the whole group (50 of us) went ...
Bologna
After a quick ride from Florence, I arrived at the train station in Bologna and attempted to find my Aunt Maddalena. I walked around aimlessly like a lost dog for half an hour before a stranger helped me use a pay phone to call her. Trying and failing ...
Shopping...
Haha yep, thats about it! And a day trip to Verona (Romeo & Juliet) on the 29th... but really just an excuse to have a lazy ...
Blue skies in Italy
... irritating, we really had not seen it at its best. Never mind, we were off for a week in Italy! We took the train from Lauterbrunnen to Bologna. This involved changing a few times along the way, but was surprisingly easy. Made even easier in ...
Bologna & Emilia-Romagna Countryside
... City of Music on 29 May 2006. According to UNESCO, "As the first Italian city to be appointed to the Network, Bologna has demonstrated a rich musical tradition that is continuing to evolve as a vibrant factor of contemporary life and creation. It has ...
Alma Mater Studiorum - my first day
... the language tandem. In the evening I went to the Erasmus night at Corto Maltese. In this place I met some guys from the Netherlands and an Egyptian guy. Corto Maltese is a very nice place to go to in Bologna - I think I will go there every now and ...