Porta Saragozza Bologna

I climbed a tree today, I sat in this tree on a branch. Protected, Buffered. Cradled. I read my book, sitting in a tree.
Feeling guilty of all I am not doing. I watch people riding by ringing their bicycle bells. I am strangly humbled. I sit in this tree and watch, the water fall from the fountain, making its delicate shapes and slapping to the base as it loses its fight with gravity.
I notice with a small ...

... from rocking out of tight situations.

Ferrara Highlights
9200 meters of city walls commissioned by Duke Ercole d'Este and built between 1493 and 1505 with walking paths on top.

Castello Estense de Ferrara--a defensive structure from the early middle ages that dominates the old city surrounded by moat. The Castello Estense was menacing from the outside and lavishly decorated on the inside. You could feel the history and understand the ...

Short train ride from Florence after a hair raising trip trying to return the rental car in confusing, congested and traffic restrictied Florence (don't rent a car downtown go to the airport). Bologna is an university town (even Johns Hopkin has a campus). Very historical town with a great plaza area like most towns and a great antique market.

... as mentioning in the previous blog, an amazing host named Marina who came to pick us up from where we were (close to the exact opposite end of town we were actually meant to be!). Partly due to the ****** map we had and partly due to us! Anyway, she drove us to the B&B and it felt like home straight away. She really couldn't do enough for us. She cooked us breakfast each morning, had a fridge full of drinks and snacks, gave us insider tips and ...

... and France (I think). everyone pays the same amount. The first people on the train get seats. The last people on a full train stand. - In Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Switzerland you have the option of paying extra for seat reservations. Reserved seats are clearly marked. - In Italy, you also have the option of booking a seat for an extra fee, but these reserved seats are NOT marked, so every train loading and unloading ...

... funny..we had a long long chat about travelling, the world and explored the city together on the fallowing day and wete trying to find the solution for the question - why they have so many leaning towers??he taght me to eat these small little fruits..similar to orange but tiny..i would say eatable but i like oranges more:)) we had lunch in a sweet little restaurant and after i found my way to the train station and took the train to Padova... it was a fun day:)

... NOT let us help no matter how many times we ask! The women we met in the piazza Gianna came back to the house, she also did not speak any English and is from Sardenia. Although she speaks Italian she also speaks a Sardenian dialect which even Lorenzo's family can not understand. I was able to ...

... heavy rain cutting our visibility. I was definitely fortunate enough that Hoges had asked for directions at a service station near Brescia (not something my pride normally allows), as that made spotting the turns we needed to make so much easier. Once in Iseo we met Hoges’ mate Gerry who was renting an apartment here for a couple of months, using it as a base for his family on an extended holiday, and who was toiling away to cook up a great feed for all of us.

... Comes in handy. Bologna, home to the oldest university in the world, is definitely a college town. Lots of young people, a vibrant night-life, etc. Krissy showed me the major sites the day I arrived and then I wandered on my own for the remainder. At San Domenico I found a guidebook on the steps of the sarcophogi...not just any guidebook, friends, a guidebook for Emiglia-Romania in DEUTSCH. How awesome. I plan to ...

June 10, 2002

Back on the bus! This time to Italy!! We went to Pisa (and had pizza for lunch!) We saw the tower, of course, and the church. Got to shop in the souvenir shops and sit for awhile in the sun. Very peaceful day. I can tell I'm getting tired, because the travel journal entries are shorter and shorter!




We were in ...