Park Hotel - Ravenna
Travel Blogs from Ravenna
Boring, day.... Happy Bday to my cousins JJ/JR xx
... to be in these beautiful little towns on Sunday, because you can't really do much but go to the random shops that were open and the few and far between restaurants and cafes that are open.We were able to see a few really neat churches, and the swarms of people going to a leaving Sunday Mass. Other than that, there wasn't too much to see since basically everything was closed. After our waddle around, we went back to the ship to ...
Mosaic City
... eggplant and mozzarella, and strozzapreti (looked like worms to me) with sausage and peas. A bottle of wine called Pagadebit, since this was an wine bar type of place. The waiter brought a small plastic shopping bag that was full of ice and says only 200 Euros! Funny guy. It was a nice touch keeping our wine cold. We tried dessert tonight splitting a Marzapane, a chocolate type creation with almond flavor and obviously laced with amaretto. It was excellent. Since the gelato place ...
Three Nights in Milan with a Day Trip to Verona
... blog sooner than now. (I'm writing this blog as I'm sitting at the computer in the common room of Nice!! :P) The shopping in Milan was not as good as we imagined - mostly because it all seemed to be designer shops that were a tad beyond our price bracket!
Day 2 we decided to day trip to Verona instead of staying to Milan.
...
4th of July - Free Day in Ravenna
... us. The preparation took the entire week with the wedding events starting Friday evening, and peaking on Saturday when we worked from 8am to 11pm. Sunday we thought everything would be over, but everyone was having such a good time they decided to stay! Monday and Tuesday we recovered/tried to get things back to normal after the wedding, and on Wednesday, July 4th, we went to Ravenna (don't worry, ...
Shop, shop, shop
After breakfast this morning, we hopped in the car and took the short drive to Castel Guelfo, east of Bologna, to the designer outlet mall. Programmed the GPS, and had no trouble finding it. It is big, with about 120 stores.
We actually spent about 4 hours wandering through the stores. And yes, you didn't think we would not buy anything. I think I ended up buying the most, including an awesome pair of yellow suede ...