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Bologna Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bologna, Italy
Cold but well-fed and clothed
... Bassi; and of course gelato -- pistacchio and nocciola are my favorites. The big difference in experience between Bologna and other big cities we've been to in Italy is that here, when you go out to eat in a restaurant, the tourists don't outnumber the ...
Ruth's italy travelogue 1998 more ...
... buildings are flanked by graceful arcades. Bologna has more arcades than any town in Italy, one stretches for 8 kilometers. This makes drizzly Bologna nonetheless almost rain-proof for the stroller under the protected arcades. The main piazza ...
Karim's Sister
... incoherent nonsense at me as I walked past. Anyway. I arrived in Venice first thing in the morning, and took the next train to Bologna. After only an hour of trying to work out how to use Italian phone cards I was chatting to Karim's sister, and then ...
Bologna..bit like Crewe, except warm
Ran down the train with two Pakistani lads I met to get off the train on time...waited a while and then caught the free train to Rome...fucked you again Eurostar ...
Nice sausage
... is no better place than La Grassa (the fat one) - Bologna. Bologna is the centre of foodie orgasm in Italy. You have Bologna with it's Mortadella and Bolognese sauce, Parma with its prosciutto and Parmigiano Reggiano, and Modena with its aged Balsamic ...
A big Ferrari means a small cotechino sausage...
... they demand. Except for anyone who has eaten cow rectum in japan with me (hat tip: Craig and Alastair). 2. Bologna got the first university in Italy. Which basically made it really rich. That's why it's such a nice city today. The students were ...
Bologna
... the methods of finding "special" parking spots that Sid normally employs) and began to wander. We saw the two towers of Bologna - both lean heavily. One even more so than Pisa. These crazy Italians were in such a rush to build towers ...
Eating our way to good health
... to recover from an English flu is to seek warmer climes. So we decided that we would go to Italy - surely it's warmer there... Bologna was chosen based on the Lonely Planet claim that it is the gastronomic capital of Italy, a hotel was booked ...
Basking in Bologna
... paintings. We sampled some of the free ham they were handing out in the main square then explored more of the streets. Bologna is famous for it's vaulted walkways lining most streets. We stumbled upon more churches, an over-priced antique markets, ...
Day 309 - A la Bolognese in Bologna
... UNEXPECTED: Another (so dramatically) leaning tower. Spaghetti a la Bolognese (as meatsauce is generally known in Italy) is not called this in Bologna, rather referred to simply as a Spaghetti con "Ragu". ALSO: It was nice hanging out with a ...
Battling to Bologna
... , checked in with a pleasant lady from BA. We were finally going to be on our way to the continent. We arrived in Bologna to discover Erin's sleeping bag spread across the baggage carousel. We caught the local bus into the central train station hoping to ...
Alla bolognese!
... . Venice was an understandable adventure, we spent about four hours walking all over the whole city, it was incredible. Now we are in Bologna, and we are basically spending our time here relaxing, since there aren't really alot of sites to see. So, we are ...
Tomorrow...... diet
I have always loved Italian food....but a couple of days in Bologna has sealed the deal. Italian food is now officially the best food in the world (until i find something better :-) If you are ever in Bologna...you should try the lasagna and the ...
Friend #1
... first day Erik had to study so I just went around Bologna and saw the architecture. There's actually a quite of history in Bologna, especially in terms of university studies. It was interesting to see the early anatomy theatre and the old archives from a ...
Foodie Pilgrimage to Parma, Modena and Bologna
... come from his shop in future! Last stop, Bologna. Our mission here is to try the original bolognaise sauce (ragu) and bologna sausage (Mortadella) and a lasagne. I really want to know how ours at home compares to the original stuff. While driving, we ...
Bologna......the fat one
... Garisenda. We moved on up the street to the Piazza Maggiore and parked the bikes. The piazza is the heart of Bologna, surrounded by medieval buildings. Apparently the town hall has inside a 16th century staircase that was designed to enable horse drawn ...
Florence to Bologna via Vinci
... edge off the trip and put us in Bologna at 5pm. Checked in to our hotel, showered and headed off to find a meal. Bologna is considered a university town and has in excess of 80,000 students as residents. Thus there was no shortage of cheap and cheerful ...
Ducati Day!!
Tuesday 19.04.2011 - Today we visited the Ducati Factory & Museum - yeah!! To arrange a tour of the Ducati Factory and Museum you are required to book on line, you can't just front up and buy a ticket. So we booked on line. The problem was, and it ...
My Bologna has a First Name...
... , it's home to the oldest university, which is still functioning and one of the best in the country. There's a lot of students in Bologna which gives the city a really young and hip feel. It's a very cool place. We also saw the famous towers in Bologna ...
Bologna Baby!
So here is entry 2 of my major updating session! On Friday I went to Bologna with Beth, Helen, Lea (a French girl) and Stacey. We went as Lea's sister was flying in to visit and so we thought we'd make a little trip of it. On Friday we arrived in ...
Bologna, Rimini & Milano
... for home, and they invite me to a farewell party given for them by a friend, so next morning I catch the train to Bologna. Karen's sister, Laura, is also visiting and Karen takes us for a walk around Bologna, the highlight being the Church of Santa Maria ...
Tortellini and other stuff
... a stroll to the Piazza Maggiore, the historic centre. Tasted Tortellini al Bolognese for dinner. On the 22nd, visited: 1. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna 2. Pallazzo Comunale 3. Basilica di San Petronio 4. Fontana del Nettuno Afternoon left for Verona ...
Stowaway
Entering the train station this morning was like walking through a ghost town. At first I didn't think anything of it. I wasn't in a very big city and I knew how to get my ticket at the 'Fast Ticket' machine, so the teller not being there didn't ...
The Streets Are Alive...
The streets are alive in Bologna. Nothing stops the ongoing bustle of this moderately sized city, not even the heat. The people are beautiful, the architecture fantastic, and the cafés are plentiful. Today was full on museum mode before everything ...
Melting in Italy
... cold shower, and a slight nap, then plunged back out into the heat to get a better look at the city of Bologna. Small winding streets, wonderful hues of mustard yellow and burnt sienna buildings, gelato stands and cafes covered every corner. I made my ...
Ciao Bologna, you didnt surprise
... off on such a good note, more about that in the next post. This one is for why I definately wouldnt return. In 3 words - Bologna's a rippoff !!!! Really to pay through your nose for a good cappachino, thats fine, you know how much I love my coffee. To ...
Bologna without a bike
Well what to be said for Bologna, busy, bicycles and for us South African's EXPENSIVE. R34 for a coffee…. Hells bells!!! Seems, to fit in and get around - you gotta have a bike, everyone has a bike. Ancient, olds, not so old and a couple of kids - ...
Will I Ever Get There??
... in Bologna. Home to the University of Bologna, a great academia resides here and makes for interesting museum choices. Unfortunately, Bologna makes things tricky. All museums close by 1pm and the rest of the city; like churches and shops, close down ...
Wonderful Venice
... to do more sight seeing - Not!!!! we were so pooped and in hindsight should have taken something earlier. The train journey to Bologna was fairly uneventful - only mistake was we had in error booked our seat 3 boothes away from each other. Conductor ...