Greetings from beautiful and mostly sunny Bologna, Italy.
Entry way portal, walled city of Bologna, Italy.
Tour guide Cindy has been nice to me, and gave me some time off as we explored the ancient and beautiful city of Bologna. Let’s take a tour of what we’ve seen over our nine days here in beautiful Bologna.
Basilica di San Petronio (Duomo)
The pictures we are seeing were taken over our nine day stay in Bologna.
Piazza Maggiore (with the statue of Fontana del Nettuno)
We’ve already covered the food scene in Bologna, it’s fantastic!
Another view of Piazza Maggiore (Taken on March 1st during a rain/snow storm. The piazza is usually packed.)
Bologna is a very wealthy city and it’s historic old town reflects its powerful past.
Piazza MaggioreBeautiful, well designed city, with lots of parks and very clean. Very little “street art” and graffiti! No homeless!Basilica-Sanctuario di Santo Stefano Started in 40 AD and added onto for the next 1000 years. This is one of the holiest spots in this part of Italy, which says a lot.Beautiful day today, Saturday 3/04/23.The two towers, Garisenda and degli Asinelli. Built in the 1200’s, it’s purpose was as watch towers for the city of Bologna. The portico of San Luca. Cindy hiked up the 3.8 km stairs to reach The Sanctuary of Madonna di San Luca, which looks out over the city of Bologna. The whole walk is under the porticos. The Sanctuary of Madonna di San Luca.View from the top.Tour guide Cindy at the top of The Sanctuary of Madonna di San Luca. (Cindy walked over 70 miles last week!)The scooters are everywhere, but unlike most southern Italy, the drivers here actually follow the rules of the road.It took me awhile, but I found an outstanding bakery. I can tell we’re getting closer to Germany, the bakery’s are better😜Of course, we found a fantastic pizza place.
Ok, we’re off Thursday to Munich, one of our favorite city’s in the world. The forecast is cold and wet, so we better be prepared to drink BEER 😜
Spring in Italy.
I can’t tell you how much we’ve enjoyed Bologna, clean, safe, wonderful transportation system and friendly people. Also, the food is the best in Italy and that’s saying something. Highly, highly recommended, possibly my favorite city in Italy.
That’s it from Italy, two very enjoyable months! We love Italy, it’s a wonderful place to visit. Ciao, Ciao Ciao!
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Munich Germany!
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