Jolly Hotel De La Gare Bologna

... slowly, taking two or more bites per peice. I keep having to remind myself that dragging out a meal is expected here, they are languid over a meal, enjoying three courses, dessert, coffee, time with friends. The absolute clash with how I feel in Canada, the rush, the shove your food into your mouth as quickly as you can because we have somewhere to be feeling. Getting shoved out of a resturaunt in Toronto ...

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.

... cabbies, who would not take us, we found a gypsy cab and Mandi bargained him down to a 35 euro ride home. And that's how we ended up blasting along the very roads we had biked earlier, in a random cab just hoping to get home. And we did, he dropped us off right in front of our door. <br><br>The next day, we were headed for the Cinque Terre, and I'll tell you more about that in the next.<br><br>Jael

... Matterhorn. That was pretty fun too as we passed the sheep and our driver ate some type of weed the whole time...the Matterhorn always takes my breath away and I never get enough of that gorgious site of a mountain!! We bought walking sticks and had our names engraved by a man who has hand made wooden objects for 60 years....<br><br>Anyway, will write tomorrow!!<br><br>Hope you are all having a great summer,<br><br>Love and smiles, Marisa

... Reggie and players who were "difference makers" in the IFL. He said a lot of big time conference players have come out to Italy and just been good. But none really have been able to do things like Reggie, who scored 51 touchdowns last season in 13 games. He said because everything at the major college level is so structured, well organized, and players well supported by coaching staffs and good players around them that they aren't able to make the transition ...

... as today. After leaving Santo Stefano, we wandered around from piazza to piazza, taking in a few other lovely churches along the way. On our way back to the apartment for lunch we happened by the Museo Medievale. All of the churches and museums in Bologna were free; so, we thought we would check it out. It was a pretty small museum, but it was pretty interesting, especially their displays of medieval weaponry. The other two ...

We left Amsterdam this afternoon on a KLM Cityhopper (commuter airline) for Bologna Italy. This flight had some really good, but different, food. They had Salmon and Tilapia with fish eggs (because I can not spell the real name - nor can I figure out this key board) and carrot-anise sauce, as well as pinapple ginger dessert with vanilla sauce. This is really ...

... 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&#8217; 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.

This day is the holiday of the city Bologna, since San Petronio is not only the name of the main cathedral, but also the city patron. So in the early afternoon the statue of San Petronio in the city centre was blessed and in the evening there was a ...

... for dinner. It&#8217;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&#8217;t like my ordering a French liqueur! The hotel was one of the nicest on our tour. <br><br>We left our window open and it was actually cold when we got up!