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    • TravelerBig Five Oh Trip
      Day 8

      Ferrara

      March 6, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Wow. Ferrara (not Bologna as I first wrote for some reason!) is very beautiful.

      Hotel is fine. A bit rough around the edges, but pretty. In contrast to the first Amsterdam hotel, I am very relieved to have found the heating control so I could turn the heating DOWN. It's over 15°C here and I had to have a shower and change out of jeans before I could go back out exploring.

      I went looking for dinner, because I'd not had much in the train. Was quite looking forward some pasta or pizza in actual Italy. But going to have to wait for tomorrow as clearly it was way too early to be wanting dinner. All anyone was serving was Aperol Spritz or coffee or similar. No food!! I wandered round and round and round. And didn't find anywhere that had started serving and I couldn't stay out late because I had such an early start (5.30 alarm, though I actually woke at 5.20). So I grabbed some bits and bobs from a Co-op (no idea if it's related to our Co-ops) and McDonald's, which hasn't moved with the times as much as German McDonald's - no veggie things, so got a salad and chips and a Fanta. Not what I was looking for from Italy, but I know I would have been able to get something nice I'd I was out later instead. Tomorrow I will aim to get a nice lunch.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Five Oh Trip
      Day 8

      Munich to Bologna train journey

      March 6, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Mountains!!!! Long journey. Not as comfortable as the ICE train, but nice enough and had an actual window view, which meant I spent a lot of time staring at mountains and marveling at their scale.

       Had to pay a €10 supplement that I wasn't expecting (Brenner Pass supplement).

      Train to Ferrara from Bologna was fine and got sit upstairs which is always fun for us UK people who don't have double-decker trains.      Read more

    • TravelerItaly
      Day 9

      spacchetti bolognese

      July 31, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      bike problems to start the sweat (and day)

      before I left Ferrara I wanted to check on my steerer bearings because they were kinda crooked and not working properly
      It turned out that the outer ring broke multiple times (which happened before) and because of inconsiderate re-installation of myself after putting AirTags inside the frame the inner ring wasn’t flush with the outer ring. What could’ve turned out as a total desaster was actually fine, it was just a lil‘ of a mess to reassemble the broken parts and of course horrible to discover😂
      problems fixed, supermarket stop after 30k for breakfast and after 50k visiting bologna.
      Bologna - hosting the oldest continouusly running University is a beautiful town located in the heart of the also governed by Emilia–Romagna on the southern end of the Po-delta
      architecturally like Ferrara but bigger, more lively and somehow touristically attracted as well 🤓
      Of course I tried Ragú in an old-style tavern-like looking restaurant, which was good.
      For the first time of my trip I saw a group of italian cyclists, before I went direzzione Imola, the former UCI WC-host, which features a smaller but same style old town as well. It was gettin hotter and hotter and 2kgs of ice cooles my neck as I was heading to San Marino. I found a cheap Hostel there where I arrived after some very grueling inclines which featured more than 20% when saying 10%.
      Btw - did I mention I‘m riding on my big ring all day? 5 weeks ago my front derailleur malfunctioned and is now inactive after a few minutes of being in the small ring. I didn’t quite get a solution there because the actual problem seemed very electric and small
      whatever, I arrived at the very shady Hostel greeted by a weird host, who was getting angry at me for not wanting to lock my 14k bike outside. But he eventually talked me over and so I went for that awesome cable car to the top of San Marino. Awesome how that felt! In the dusk to arrive at that special location - that venice on a fortress - was so special. I really enjoyed the most beautiful evening of my trip until then just to get back to the most unpleasant stay ever🤣
      but i slept good and nothin got stolen so 👍🏼      Read more

    • TravelerBig Five Oh Trip
      Day 12

      Arrividerci Ferrara

      March 10, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      Moving on today.

      Would highly recommend Ferrara as a good base for exploring this bit if Italy. Regular regional trains to Bologna, Verona and Venice, as well as lots of smaller places in between that I am sure would be worth visiting if on a longer stay. And it's lovely itself too. Note that the train station is about half an hour walk from the centre of the old town, so bear that in mind. There are buses, though I didn't use them (I like getting a high step count!).

      I am off to La Spezia today. Taking three regional trains so as not to require extra reservation fees. 1. Ferrara to Bologna 2. Bologna to Parma 3. Parma to La Spezia

      Plan is to stay there one night and then head to Nice. The French train disruption (due to strikes) is continuing into the weekend. I have looked up the one French train I need to use in multiple places and current is still looking OK, but there still might be problems. So I think I may well have to leave until I am on the train from Ventimiglia to Nice before booking accommodation. Hopefully, if I make it to Nice, trains will be back on track (pun intended) after the weekend.      Read more

    • TravelerEmilia-Romagna
      1
      Day 3

      Ferrara

      March 29, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      Mit dem Zug geht es nordöstlich von Bologna - in die Renaissance Stadt der Este - Ferrara.
      3 Jahrhunderte lang regierten sie - Nicolo II. und Ercole hinterließen die schönsten Spuren in der Stadt die von einer 9 km langen Stadtmauer umschlossen ist.
      Die Sonne scheint heute schon am Vormittag heiß herunter und so spaziere ich kurzärmelig und lasse mich treiben.
      Die Cattedrale San Giorgio wird gerade renoviert - mit ihren 118 m Länge ist sie trotzdem imposant.
      Die Casa Romei, kleine schmucke Parkanlagen, der Palazzo Diamanti mit seiner besonderen Aussenfassade und das imposante Castello Este beeindrucken mich sehr.
      Besondere Einblicke in Innenhöfe und ein -typisch für Italien- Markt, von Unterwäsche, Kleidung und Schuhe bis Haushaltswaren bietet mein Spaziergang.
      Beim Castello Este mache ich Pause - bei einem Insalate mit Vogerlsalat, Fenchel,Avocado und rosa Grapefruit. Ein Aperol und ein Café und dann zieht es mich auf den Certosa der Stadt wo ein berühmter Regisseur seine letzte Ruhestätte gefunden hat. Michelangelo Antonioni, dessen Filme „Blow up“ und „Zabrisky Point“ ich nicht nur einmal gesehen habe.
      Ein anderer Sohn dieser Stadt war Girolamo Savonarola - der religiöse Fanatiker schlechthin - exkommuniziert und als Ketzer verbrannt. Heute ist eine an ihn erinnernde Statue alles was geblieben ist.
      Giorgio Bassanis „ Die Gärten der Finzi-Contini“ - auch er in Ferrara geboren, welch eine illustre Runde!
      Wieder zurück in Bologna zieht es mich auch heute auf die Piazza Maggiore - ein Glas Wein und wieder ein Strassenmusiker vom Feinsten.
      15,9 km später bin ich müde wieder im Hotel - ein weiterer schöner Tag an diesem Wochenende.      Read more

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    • Norditalien
      Day 2

      Ferrera

      September 28, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Zweiter Übernachtungsstop auf unserer Tour. Ferrera ist um einiges größer als Mantua, verfügt aber ebenfalls über eine sehr schöne und sehenswerte Innenstadt. Die Stadt ist berühmt für ihr mittelalterliches Erbe, welches mit jeder Gasse aufs neue sichtbar wird.Read more

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    • Norditalien
      Day 3

      Castello Estense

      September 29, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Einen schönen Überblick über Fererra bekommt man vom Lions Tower des Castello Estense. Man muss zwar den Eintritt für die gesamte Burg zahlen aber das ist die Sache wert, da das Castello an sich auch sehr sehenswert ist.Read more

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    • Bella Italia Tour
      Day 3

      Abendessen...

      August 1, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 28 °C

      ...dazu ein Birra Moretti und Sascha malt den Barkas.
      Ich glaube das können wir in Florenz im Museum der großen Künstler abgeben.

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    • TravelerItaly
      Day 19

      Ferrara

      December 1, 2017 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

      After almost 3 weeks of walking an average of 14km a day, we managed the transfer of accommodations, walking 1.3 km to Mateta train station and 1.6km from Ferrara train station to Hotel De Prati (bags in tow), with ease.

      Ferrara is dominated by the Castello De Estense, an enormous edifice that dwarfs even it's neighbouring Duomo.

      Upon arrival, we were surprised at the size of the town. We both had the impression it would be more like Modena. After all that walking to get to Ferrara, we decided to walk some more. We did our own walking tour of medieval Ferrara using the colour coded routes on the tourist map. We were disappointed to find all the churches, except the Duomo, shut. On the second day we went to the Archeological Museum and spent hours perusing through their collection of Etruscan artefacts. Apart from the pots, vases, mugs and enormous urns, it was fascinating to see delicate gold earrings from the 3rd and 4th century BC.

      After the culinary delights of Turin, Bologna, Modena and Parma, food in Ferrara was rather lack lustre. It was a good thing as we skipped dinner both nights there, and are feeling better for it.      Read more

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