After the usual dumping of the bags, we headed in to town to have a look around and see if we could sample some bolognese from the region it comes from.
Bologna itself is a university town and has the oldest university in the world. The rest of the place is full of quaint piazzas and walkways under never ending porticoes.
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| Bolognese from Bologna! |
We did sample bolognese both evenings we were there - but both times we didn't have with spaghetti as the traditional way is to have with tortellini, which is shorter, thicker and flat. When the dishes came, I was surprised that we didn't get more sauce as it was quite lacking - but yet again, the traditional way is to have with very little sauce. All of that aside though, both dishes were really, really good and I was very satisfied!
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| One of the many beautiful walkways that you can find in the heart of the city |
On the second day we meandered around, getting a coffee here, a gelato there, before heading up the tower in the center. It was only a few Euros to enter and was much higher than we'd realised from the bottom!
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| View atop the tower of the city |
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| View from the bottom - quite a climb! |
There are two towers next to each other, one smaller and very unbalanced! But you can only enter the tall one anyway. Inside the climb can be daunting if you look down but the views of the city at the top were magnificent. As well as the views of the city you could see into the surrounding hills. After some time admiring the view we headed back down the tower, which was scarier than coming up!
So our stay in Bologna was short and relatively uneventful, yet it was a worthy inclusion in our travel itinerary as the architecture is so easy on the eyes.
Next we head by train to Milan for the last stop on the travel part of our journey before we head to Piedmont to au pair for the summer, but first in Milan we have sights to see and Claire's two best friends to hang out with!
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