Centrale Bologna

... scattered precrisely at the edge of the lawn.
I realize I am humming, and I look about hoping I am not caught.
An Older woman stops her bike at the mouth of a path facing the fountain, she pulls ******* her ciggerate before continuing on her journey.
This is my last week of really being a toursit. Jumping around from place to place, town to town. Not really staying anywhere long enough to experience ...

... 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.

... the weight of my pack.

NB2: Iām actually typing this from Florence. Iāve been chronically behind on my postings since internet is pretty expensive here and itās all I can do to plan ahead the next 24 hours (how Iām going to pull this off for a full year is something best not asked). Also, tough to post photos since most of these places have proprietary computers that donāt allow bluetooth uploads. Will try to get sorted ...

... against the Doves. We rode our bikes to practice. At practice, it took an hour, but I finally got warm and warmed up. During warm-ups, Marco the QB asked me if I wanted to go to Germany with him to visit his girlfriend who is studying there for 6 weeks after the Milan game next week. I said sure. Why not go to Germany, right? So much for frugal living until Granada. When something like that happens, it just makes me laugh and marvel at what a crazy and ...

... t have understood what she had said! Anyway after much swearing we are going to return again tomorrow (we have been told that Wednesday is the correct day) so wish me luck - apparently it's normal for people to wait for months before they get a residents permit Like Manuela's friend Ana who is from Croatia and has to reapply every year for a residence permit. Gianluca and Manuela said when they came to Australia it took five minutes for their visas to be processed ...

... we made our way to the apartment she had brokered for us through her relationship with its current owner, a woman who lives in Nepal most of the year. This is a spacious, 2BR/ 2Bath with terraces everywhere! We are extremely lucky! There is a tree outside the living room that is noted in history books of Bologna as being the tree Napolean tied his horse to when he came here to visit his mistress. In addition, since our landlord is a Buddhist, we have a small shrine to ...

... Parma Ham as not only is it the local specialty, but one of my favourite foods. I decided on a slice of pizza with Parma Ham on it and can confirm that it was definitely the most delicious 'Prosciutto di Parma' I have ever had...yummmmm!!! Next I headed to Modena which is most well known for it's balsamic vinegar. Unfortunately I arrived in the afternoon when the shops were closed, so I didn't get to sample any. However, it wasn't all bad as it ...

... area, and how the duration spent in each section was driven more by how long we were interested in staying rather than a pre-determined timetable. The only rule was that we weren’t to touch anything. I’m sure the workers hate it though, with these nosey visitors having so much freedom to get in their way while they’re trying to work.

With the Research and Development and Formula One sections strictly off-limits, the first stop after a ...

... for dinner. It’s a beautiful spa town and smells good! I took a long walk through the park and had a Gran Marnier on the patio. Peggy had Amaretto which pleased the bartender/host. He didn’t like my ordering a French liqueur! The hotel was one of the nicest on our tour.

We left our window open and it was actually cold when we got up!