Hotel Europa Bologna
Via Cesare Boldrini 11 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40121, Italy
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Day 16
... come to fruition, or if people have a miraculous escape from a life-threatening situation, they 'thank' our Lady with a small offering (see pics). It is truly inspiring.
Onward we drive on the a4 and the a13 to Bologna. Lunch was on the autostrada - a meal deal like the golden arches but with pizza. The view from the car is flat -land, not very pretty - no animals and no crops. Our only purpose in coming here is to see the Ducati factory and museum, so ...
Bologna, Italy
... largest European city based on population). Home to the oldest university in the world, University of Bologna, founded in 1088, Bologna hosts thousands of students who enrich the social and cultural life of the city. Famous for its towers and lengthy porticoes, Bologna has a well-preserved historical centre (one of the largest in Italy) thanks to a careful restoration and conservation policy which began at the end of the 1970s, on the heels of serious damage done by the ...
Marroni in Monterenzio
... it seems, this is rooted in certain lifestyle choices.
Corrado attended the anti-G8 demonstrations in Genoa in 2001. “You can protest every day,” he
argues. “But if you don’t change the way you live, then what is the point?”
Thinking for a moment, he continues: “Anyway, here, the police always infiltrate protests. They
control everything, they start riots. When you have a family, you can’t ...
Bologna (Rosso?)
“This place is not really Red Bologna like it was,” said Fabrizio mournfully. “There are more and more fascists here now.”
Fabrizio, a born-and-bred Bolognese, had seen Bologna change dramatically over the course of his 30-something years there. The elegant, seemingly unending rows of arches lining virtually every city centre street, and the delicate baroque frontages of the city’s numerous palazzi suggest that Bologna should be ...
Bologna update
... saved our rally, MM2 ran perfectly all day, albeit very noisily, including coping with mountain roads and standing traffic without overheating.
Having got a working car again we had a relatively easy day, only 200 miles or so down to Bologna. We decided to head to Lake Garda first and the road to Riva del Garda took us through some lower level mountains. MM2 coped really well and it was a great drive ...
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