Una Hotel Bologna

... decided to not be present for my arrival. I have found an internet cafe and decided to write. I also was able to post a few more pictures but on Facebook so I'll send you links and hope they work!<br><br>http://www.facebook.com/al bum.php?aid=110883&amp;id=514314153&amp ;l=2e1a71a8f0<br><br>http://www.faceboo k.com/album.php?aid=114357&amp;id=51431 4153&amp;l=719f9180c6<br><br>Give it a try!<br>Love to all!<br>Benita<br>

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.

... an hour. No one follows these limits. I know because Mandi and I found ourselves on such a road, on singlespeed step through bikes, getting passed by Porsches, Minis, and giant semi trucks headed north at 100 km an hour. At first we thought it would get better. Then we resigned ourselves to our fate. We were going to do this, no matter how crazy it was. And that's how we ended up biking nearly ...

... br>The following day we went to Verona. I will explain our adventures<br>in the Verona entry. In the evening we went to a small party with some<br>of Pete´s school friends. I was exhausted and went to bed, while get<br>this, Peter stayed and partied for three more hours. The following day<br>Pete had some things to take care of at school so I headed to Ravenna<br>to explore the famous mosiacs. In the evening we went to the John<br>Hopkins end of the year school ...

... Hooray! We picked up flag patches for a few of the countries which we had already visited--including Italy. The price was so good that we didn't even haggle, unheard of for us! We wandered around the market for a while longer before continuing on to our next destination: Lunch! We lunched in a small Trattoria in a back alley. I don't know whether the pasta was really hand-made, but it tasted good and was sauced just right. The price wasn't too bad, either ...

... warm or they have an extra blanket to give me' so far i've been ok..completely inside my sleepingbag peeping out once in a while just to get some fresh air when its getting really hot and i sleep like a baby.. on friday morning i took the train to Bologna...got there early afternoon and according to my Rough Guide there's supposed to be one hostel..few km out of the center so i started to find my way there.. got a map from the tourist information(im very ...

... nice on the inside) Anyway, both of his arms and hands were deformed. It reminded me of a Thalidomide baby (a drug that pregnant mothers used to take for morning sickness that later turned out to cause these types of deformities) Interesting. We finished with our dinner and visiting at about 11:30, late by our standards but not theirs. A good day! Wish that each of you were here to enjoy this wonderful hospitality. Buona notte!

... 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&#8217;t to touch anything. I&#8217;m sure the workers hate it though, with these nosey visitors having so much freedom to get in their way while they&#8217;re trying to work. <br><br>With the Research and Development and Formula One sections strictly off-limits, the first stop after a ...

I'm in Bologna. The past two days have been difficult. I have had some problems that I have not faced before. I have gotten lost, but never like yesterday. By the time I got into Bologna it was about ten am. My first goal was to find my hostel. Let's just say that I didn't get there until about 4 pm. It was a long way out of town and there were no busses to take me. I ended up walking most of the time. I didn't see anything. I was also tired and hungry and ...

... 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!