Sofitel Bologna

... tourists like me, enjoying my tree. But enjoying me in this tree. I do not stare but continue reading my book as my picture is stolen from me. <br>A Little boy walks down the stone path, following him, like a puppy is a yellow and green dump truck, which is attached to him at the wrist<br>I see the 'senoirs club' all the white head bobbing together, on foot, or on bicycles shuffling along to converge around 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.

... journey. We promptly got lost, so we caught a train for a couple of stops to a one horse town with only one road north so we knew we wouldn't get lost. Okay, no problem. But little did we know that there are no back roads in Bologna. No bikepaths. No sidewalks. No shoulders. <br><br>The way they get around in Italy is long two lane highways punctuated by roundabouts, with speed limits of 70 ...

... the Porsche line up and the SAAB convertible she left me, they have a very nice neighborhood.<br><br>Lots of very gorgeous art and we need to quadruple bolt just one of the 5 locks on their door!! No alarm, or I would put it off too-sorry about Georgio setting it off and thanks for helping, those who did. Poor guy it was his first time trying to get into the house.<br><br>Kids have separate wing from me. Se rooms, bath, near the maids room (she is not ...

... scrimmage was the quarterback of the second division team. He looked like a 45 year old Luke Robinson (for those that know Luke), that had heavily grayed over the years. He had grey scruff everywhere framed by his a helmet that looked as old an worn as he was. To top his appearance off, he had this glassy eyed expression on as if a 500 pound bomb had gone off in the next room. He had a rubber band for an arm, didn't move well, but managed to float a few ...

... to anyone heading to Bologna...and I'm sure I would even if we had a regular room! Enough about the hotel, I suppose. We loved Bologna! For those of you who haven't been there, much of Bologna is covered by porticoes. That is, most buildings in the historic center had to build out over the sidewalks in order to expand their space. Consequently, most of Bologna's sidewalks are wide, flat and covered!-what a change from the uneven ...

Il 27.07.07 dopo nove mesi di Kazakhstan si ritorna a casa finalmente!!! E all'Aeroporto, surprise surprise (beh in realtà non proprio surprise, era tutto concordato), mi trovo ad accogliermi, tra l'altro provvidenzialmente muniti di Guinness in quantità, i bellissimi e abbronzatissimi: Beasty, Mazzo e Spillo!!! E subito a bere in aeroporto, non curanti della disapprovazione dei pochi passanti. E si va!

... in Bologna. It was only 40km away via the back roads, but we wasted an enormous amount of time stuck in traffic en route, and barely halfway there decided to cut our losses, find an autostrade heading north and look around in Verona instead. <br><br>Once in the middle of Verona and crossing under the enormous Porta Nuova, a huge piazza opened up to form the forecourt to the third largest surviving Roman arena in the world. The first century open amphitheatre ...

... was memorable for the elegant details, and Bologna for the grand size, tall enough for a man on horseback or Shilo on Gabe's back (the former point is from our guidebook, the later is a personal estimate). Bologna's historic city center is incredibly well preserved and Gabe really enjoyed the fountain in Piazza Nettuno. Created by Giambologna, it features Neptune and numerous sea-nymphs with multiple streams of water shooting out of their breasts ...

June 10, 2002<br><br>Back on the bus! This time to Italy!! We went to Pisa (and had pizza for lunch!) We saw the tower, of course, and the church. Got to shop in the souvenir shops and sit for awhile in the sun. Very peaceful day. I can tell I'm getting tired, because the travel journal entries are shorter and shorter!<br> <br><br><br><br>We were in ...