Locanda Solarola Bologna
Via Santa Croce 5, Castel Guelfo Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, 40023, Italy
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Day 16
... crossed the limited trafic zone unwittingly, but there is so much to watch out for, it is difficult to do the right thing when you don't live in the place. Wish our navigation girlie would taken the ZTL into consideration when giving directions. Atmosphere in car was a tad tense. We wandered Bologna and came across a TIM office - in we go to try and solve the problems with my phone- Piero is extremely helpful (much better than the guy in Rome) and we achieve ...
Bologna, Italy
... where many important mechanical, electronic and nutritional industries have their headquarters. According to the most recent data
gathered by the European Regional Economic Growth Index (E-REGI) of 2009, Bologna is the first Italian city and the 47th European city in terms of its economic growth rate.
Bologna is home to prestigious cultural, economic and political institutions as well as one of the most impressive trade fair districts in Europe. In 2000 it was ...
Marroni in Monterenzio
“Papaya! Papaya!”
This is not a request for exotic fruit, but the call of the youngest offspring of the two families who run the Angirelle farm in Monterezio, an hour’s drive from Bologna. His modified call for ‘papa’ can no doubt be heard for miles across this near-deserted place, the farm 7 miles from the nearest bus stop. High in the Appenines, this farm is perhaps the most isolated place we have stayed so far: we count ...
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 ...
..and starting off in a big loop ....
... I realised I'd cycled for about 90 minutes in a huge loop! No matter.. I do not always necessarily take the shortest A->B route...
At mid-day, Timothy phoned to tell me about the riots in London. It sounded horribly scary, but was difficult to fully absorb in the surroundings I was in (see Panorama photos which I took when we'd finished speaking...)
I pressed on against increasing headwind and ...



