3/01/23 Bologna Italy

Piazza Maggiore

Greetings from beautiful, but cold and snowy Bologna, Italy.

Tour guide Cindy and I left beautiful Montepulciano on Tuesday and made the quick two hour drive North to Bologna. We’ve never been in this part of Italy before and are quite excited to spend the next nine days here.

Bologna’s location in Italy.

Your probably wondering “where the heck is Bologna in Italy”? It’s technically in Northern Italy, just north of Tuscany.

It’s a very famous area for many reasons, but the main reason we are here is, FOOD!
Mercato Della Erbe

Italians love food, they are fantastic cooks and they love rustic foods.

When we talk with the locals of any area in Italy and tell them about our adventure, and that we are going to visit Bologna, they all say “ach, Bologna, the best food in Italy”!

Ok, that’s high praise. Let’s see.

Quick, easy check in to our VRBO. It’s an apartment near the Old town. Safe parking for the trusty Peugeot under the building.

Bologna is a very, very old city, with over one million inhabitants, but we’ll take a walking tour on Saturday. Let’s concentrate on FOOD!

The central market here is a little weak, we’ll find out why later😜

Mercato Della Erbe.
Not the usual hum to a market.
Still only OK.
What’s going on, I’m thinking. This is supposed to be one of the great food city’s of the world?
🤔
Ok, let’s walk. The city has covered walkways called Porticos. They’re excellent when it’s snowing🤔
Ok, new district, the Quadrilatero District😜
Now we’re logging!
Fantastic shops, filled with beautiful foods.
The hams are Prosciutto!
The main pasta, Tortellini!
The cheese, Parmigiana Reggiano
Wow!
Put me in coach!
That’s a beautiful!
Ok, 20,000 steps and back to the apartment. Yes, it’s snowing and cold in Italy. But that’s ok, Europe had a very hot and dry summer. They need the water.
Tour guide Cindy has a lot of day trips planned, and I’m warning you, a lot are about Food!

Until later Ciao, Ciao, Ciao.

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5 thoughts on “3/01/23 Bologna Italy

  1. Thanks for the map it puts it all in focus as you are correct “where is Bologna, ItLy?”
    Love the 2nd food offering – beautiful as u stated — very nice!

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    1. Read “ Playing for Pizza “ by John Grisham. He wrote it on an Italian vacation and perfectly describes the food scene in this part of Italy 👊

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