Albergo Al Cappello Rosso Bologna

... of the train. The conductor pointed out that, because Bologna was the first stop on this journey we’d never make it to the back coach before arrival. Consequently, we rode in the coach that actually was right behind the engine; the one the crew occupied while waiting to check tickets.

We rode a bus from the train station to Marconi Airport in Bologna. The flight to Munich was booked through United Airlines on Lufthansa. The plane was an Air ...

The book, the cursed book known as Lonely Planet advised as follows: cycling has become a popular tourist activity in Bologna. Rent a bike from this or that place, and ride Ferrara, following these road signs. Okay, Mandi and I thought. We're fit, we're active, we can do this. We rented bikes and with fantasies of idyllic rolling hillsides, endless vineyards, and fields full of wildflowers set off on ...

... seaters. Dawn counted 50 in all. These are as new as 2007, as the 2008's have not been released to the public yet. some privately owned and some for sale. Minimum price for one of these retired F1 machines, 1 Million Euro. Ok...

This was truly a dream come true for me and I want to thank Dawn for letting me experience something like this in the middle of our honeymoon.

... never tried it..) and a jaccuzi tub in the bathroom AND there were two sinks - one was really low to the ground so we didnt use it :). We put our stuff away and went down to the desk to find out where was good to eat. I sheepishly asked what the deal was with our room and the lady just smiled and said there is no suppliment, they were overbooked. This place was probably 200 Euro a night and we were paying less than 40 ...

... Biketour and Valle degli Elfi, a huge ecovillage near Pistoia, which we have visited before last spring (but for sure we didn't see it all!).

Yesterday we reached Bologna and were lucky again to be able to stay in an amazing squatted social center, called XM24, "Ex-Mercato". http://www.ecn.org/xm24/ It exists for 8 years and was a market place before. Now they organize here weekly an organic market together with ...

... 4 times through as it was the only thing on in english. We had our 1st Italian pasta in the hotel restaurant and watched a movie on our massive plasma until the power went out (really annoying actually, we still don’t know the ending to that movie!) so went to sleep!

Getting back into the city was far less eventful thank god – there was a bus stop just around the corner and the bus took us straight to the train station to get to the Cinque Terre!

... la prima parte del volo su una carretta dei cieli.. Speriamo bene.. Invece, apparentemente, il volo è tranquillo.. Fino a Praga.. C'è nebbia a Praga, solo a Praga.. L'aereo gira in tondo per oltre un'ora, poi, a corto di carburante, è costretto a dirottare su Brno per rifornire.. Ma io ho la coincidenza per Mosca alle 10,30! Faremo in tempo? Provo a chiedere informazioni.. Un po' mi innervosisco.. Avevo programmato tutto con ampio margine per essere sicuro.. Ma ora rischia di ...

... there again :-P After we got down from the Torre, we were subconsciously both kind of done and ready to head back to the train station, after buying 1,5 liter water bottles to replenish all the water we had sweat out in the tower from fear. We got on the next train to Ferrara, which is on the way back from Bologna, just half way to Padova. It was kind of boring and empty at first, but we found this pasticceria ...

... meeting is with this doctor. I am figuring this will be a total win-win. I help them (gratis, of course) and they speak Italian to me! I hope it works - will keep you posted! Last weekend we went to Cortina and cycled in the mountains in addition to going on a passeggiata (walk) up to Ra Stua. This is one of the most beautiful places in the world- and I cannot wait to start skiing again! We were lucky enough to secure a table at Seppila- a tiny restaurant with 12 tables on ...