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    • Day 3

      Bolognalissimo

      August 12, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      Aujourd’hui c’est journée à Bologne. Ce matin on a visiter le sanctuaire de madonna di san luca qui est perdu dans la campagne italienne. Il a une allure de château 🏰 perché sur sa colline. La particularité de bologne sont ses arches. La ville est remplie d’arches dont 5km qui partent du sanctuaire et qui vont jusqu’au centre ville. Ce midi ravioli pour Arthur, pizza pour Enzo🍕et évidemment c’est pasta al ragu 🍝 pour Flo et Nao car on est à bologne donc pâtes bolognaise obligé. Bon c’était peut-être pas les meilleures pâtes bolo mais c’est bon. On continue la journée avec un petit tour de la ville. On passe par différentes places, on se promène dans les rues et on fini la journée par la visite de la première université d’Europe qui a été créé en 1088. Au 18eme siècle elle devient une bibliothèque📚. Elle était vraiment belle avec tous les écussons sur les murs, les peintures au plafond, sa cour.. bref très stylé tout ça.
      Ce soir y’a les 3 derniers zozos Clem Elena et Ben qui arrivent, on mange tranquillement tous ensembles une salade avec de supers calamars-chorizo🦑 cuisinés par Tux. Tout le monde se régale🥰 Puis c’est petits jeux et dodos.
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    • Day 12

      Settled into Bologna

      October 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      Up early to get to the station taking bags up and over all the canal bridges. But not too bad, and when we were nearby we stopped and had yum juice, coffee and croissant. Sorry to say goodbye to the magic of Venice, but I do find now that we are in Bologna it is good to have a bit more space walking the streets! An easy ride on a fast regional train, and a waste of money buying tickets as no one ever checked them (likewise on our trip to Vicenza)! Oh well…we are honest people…and no masks on these trains, though I believe you are meant to on PT…we were told to put them on on the high speed train from Rome….

      Arrived at Bologna just before 12 and staying at the Mercure right near the station, so handy, where we have stayed before. Though early, our room was ready and we were upgraded to a high level with balcony and quite swish! Treated like platinum Accor people, and were given our welcome drink voucher!!

      It is another fine and perfect day, and we walked out in short sleeves, though will probably cool off deliciously in the evening. We walked along the long main street into the old historic centre. Such a lovely city, with colonnades along all the streets - shade from the sun and protection from rain…the colonnades are varied and just delightful - kilometres of them. Wandered round the old part and went into the building which was part of the very old university of Bologna famous for its medical school and went into the old anatomy theatre and the old law lecture theatre. All decorated rooms, and one sculpture is of a cherub handing what looks like a flower to a lady, but on close inspection it is a femur! And inspected several enormous cathedrals, churches.

      The biggest and main one, on the Piazza maggiore is S Petronius …very interesting facade - the bottom half pink marble, and the top is brown bricks. I overheard a guide telling a group that tomorrow is the feast day of S Petronius and everything will be closed (schools etc, not shops) and we saw that tomorrow there is a tortellini festival with 20 chefs each demonstrating their tortellini skills!

      Tomorrow we also plan to go to Modena where Amr wants to visit the Ferrari museum…not my choice, and I will explore the streets and read my kindle while he does the Ferrari bit.
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    • Day 45

      Foodie heaven; The city of Bologna

      June 22, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Bologna’s Italian nickname “La Dotta, la Grassa e la Rossa” ("The Educated, the Fat, and the Red") may seem odd but it sums up the very best of what this central Italian city has to offer. The educated as it has the oldest continuously operated university in the world. The fat not because of the people but the city itself is known as the foodie capital of italy. And the red because of the terracotta red roofs that adorn the homes and buildings. Known as an underated city in Italy it was easy to tell why. It for me (Emily) is almost my favorite large city. The metropolitan was clean, lined with restaurants and shops and the city itself had many historical attractions. There also were very few tourists which made Bologna a true winner. This city is truly foodie heaven, we got to sample a few local dishes like lasagna, mortadella sandwhiches, and we had our best gellato of the trip a melon (Cantaloupe) gellato scenza latte (without milk). We even watched part of the "Warriors" movie in the main piazza at night. This city does not disappoint.Read more

    • Day 13

      Bologna Amore❤️

      June 12, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Wir stimmen Flora den ganzen Morgen mit Wanda Bologna auf unseren Zwischenstop in der Stadt der Amore ein♥️
      Nach einem kurzen Spaziergang darf ein leckeres Mittagessen mit Spaghetti al Ragu natürlich nicht fehlen. Diesmal gönnen wir uns auch eine Nachspeise dazu😋
      Gestärkt treten wir unsere nächste Autostrada Etappe zu den Ziegen nach Südtirol an😊
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    • Day 23

      Visita a la campiña

      September 12, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

      Después de tomarnos un delicioso heladito con Claudita y Monica en la heladería de Daniellita, pasamos a visitar a los amigos de Monica en la campiña a recoger ciruelas de su cosecha.
      Nos encontramos con el gallo 🐓 que no paraba de cantar y eran las 4 de la tarde! 😆😆😆Read more

    • Day 23

      Venice day 1

      June 1, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Here is our first day in Venice. We love it.
      We had the most amazing Brie and prosciutto sandwiches on the train and then a weird but intriguing pistachio croissant which we don’t regret but wouldn’t go for again. Then here are some pretty views.Read more

    • Day 10

      Étape 9 : Firenze - Budrio

      May 24, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Distance : 110km
      Dénivelé : 1660 D+
      Temps de déplacement : 4h32
      Tracé strava : https://strava.app.link/y49NlsGNmqb

      Par Armand

      Dernière étape avec du dénivelé en Italie avant de rejoindre les plaines au nord du pays.

      Après un au revoir chaleureux de notre grand guru (il s'est éclipsé sans un mot après qu'on l'ait remercié pour son hospitalité), nous prenons le départ aux alentours de 9h30 . La petite ville où nous logerons le soir est situé à quelques km de Bologne.

      Les premiers km nous mettent rapidement en jambe puisque nous commençons directement par une montée pour sortir de Florence. Bien qu'ayant eu une journée de repos, la chaleur et le repas frugale (un café et quelques biscuits) pris le matin rendent l'effort assez difficile.

      Sitôt sortit de la ville, nous commençons à découvrir un autre paysage : des champs et des grandes rangés de cyprès le long de la route et globalement une région plus boisée.
      Une fois une trentaine de kilomètres effectuées, la faim se fait sentir et il est temps d'attaquer le premier vrai repas de la journée. Aussi nous nous arretons au premier petit village que nous croisons où se trouve un petit supermarché, une charcuterie et un café. Après s'être mis d'accord sur la nature du repas , nous organisons l'achat des ingrédients du festin : je m'occupe d'acheter le pain et quelques fruits au supermarché tandis qu'olivier supervise l'achat de la pièce maîtresse en charcuterie : 3 énormes tranches de mortadelle
      On se pose dans le café pour manger histoire de faire vivre tous les commerces du village et nous reprenons la route une heure plus tard.

      Ce copieux repas nous a redonné des forces pour attaquer par la suite une ascension de 700 mètres de dénivelé. Nous pensions que le plus dur de l'étape était fait après la montée, mais c'etais sans compter le tracé fourbe planifié sur komoot (c'est l'appli qu'on utilise pour les itinéraires) : après quelques mètres dans la descente, celui ci nous indique de prendre un curieux chemin sur la droite. Nous pensons à un raccourci et que la portion de chemin rocailleux ne fait que quelques mètres mais pensez-y, nous voilà rendu à descendre une pente raide qui continue à n'en plus finir. Nous gardons notre positivisme en nous disant qu'au moins ça nous fait voir du pays puisque nous passons dans quelques villages et fermes perdus.
      Après quelques km et une petite chute de mon côté, nous retrouvons enfin une portion goudronnée !

      Le reste de l'étape se fait sans incident et nous quittons progressivement les vallées montagneuses.

      Arrivé à Budrio, nous sommes accueillis par notre hôte du soir Davide que nous avons contacté via warmshower. Nous faisons également la connaissance de Hauke, un allemand vadrouillant comme nous à vélo qui séjourne chez Davide en attendant la réparation de son vélo.
      Nous discutons de nos expériences à vélo et j'apprends avec joie que Davide a très bien apprécié son passage en Bretagne, passage pendant lequel il n'a eu que du beau temps.

      Nous partageons ensuite le repas avec toute la famille de Davide : pâtes carbonara (les vraies avec des jaunes d'œufs et sans crème) et gâteau au chocolat en dessert préparé par nos soins.

      Le dodo se fera dans le jardin dans la toile de tente prêté par hauke. Nous pensions au départ dormir à la belle étoile mais il s'est avéré plus sage d'utiliser la tente vu la quantité énorme de moustique présente ce soir là.

      Clap de fin pour cette journée !
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    • Day 42

      Modena; Emilia-Romagna

      June 19, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 25 °C

      Modena is world renowned for two things. First, as it is more commonly used, Balsamic Vinegar (any fancy vinegar you have at home may even say "Balsamic Vinegar Di Modena"). Secondly, it is known as the upper class sports car capital of the world. Sports car manufacturers: Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati were all based here at one point or another.

      Modena was much less touristy than its neighbor Parma and had less of a metropolitan vibe. Restaurants were busy yet it didn't feel crowded. The piazzas and cute city center was littered with colorful buildings and there was a surprise church that awaited us every few blocks that was always prettier than anticipated. We were pleasantly surprised with this smaller city.

      While scholars do not know the exact founding of the city, one important note about Modena's history is that Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, laid siege to Modena with his elephants, on his way to conquer Rome.
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    • Day 13

      What a day to be in Bologna!

      October 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Actually we spent most of the day in Modena. We leisurely went to the station and took a regional train, half an hour’s trip, to Modena. Amr’s first priority was to check out the Enzo Ferrari museum which was a short walk, not in the heart of the city. To see this museum was about an hour’s duration and I happily read my kindle in the garden outside…Amr enjoyed it, and then we set out to see the sights of Modena. It is a small city, and very much quieter than either Rome, Venice or Bologna. No crowds, and no bustle, though a good feeling. They also do arcades along the streets which is attractive…we went to the Piazza Grande where there is the Duomo di Modena - one of the most beautiful we have ever seen (and we’ve seen many along our Caminos!)…the outside is the pink marble of this region and inside it is soft brown brick (I read that it was terracotta in an Italian description - but was a brick effect). It is Romanesque, built in the 11th century, and just lovely. A UNESCO world heritage site. Then we found the markets and loved wandering there (Balsamic vinegar di Modena of course is a specialty, but also tortellini seem to be special…). We chatted with a man at a stall and have found that tortellini are the tiny ones, tortelloni are the medium size ones (like the ones we have in Oz I would say) and the very big ones are tortellacci! Anyway, we had fun there, had some bread and cheese and a coffee/chocolate in a caffe and then headed back to the station, as we remembered the tortellini festival in Bologna, and the festival of San Petronio, the patron Saint of Bologna.

      We got back at about 4.15pm, and had about an hour or so of downtime and then set off to see what was happening. Well, that was when the fun started…we walked down the main street - via dell’independenza - that goes right down from the station to the main square…and found that it had been closed off as a pedestrian area, with side streets leading into it, and it felt as if the whole of Bologna was out and about and celebrating the holiday. Such fun. We made our way to the tortellini area, and found that for €5 you could have tortellini OR a glass of wine, or a gelato, or cheese….and there was a long queue waiting for the experience, so we abandoned that idea, and went into the main square opposite the cathedral where many were gathering, found a table at a bar (you had to be quick, as soon as someone stood up the table was again occupied)…and we found we had a ringside seat for all the festivities, as soon there was singing from the cathedral, and a procession came right round the square. From time to time there was a very noisy banging and percussion din from a nearby building - at first I thought it was part of the action, but we decided it was protests against the religious traditions (in the recent elections Bologna was a centre of left wing sentiment!)…anyway, the church singing continued, and the din continued and it gradually got dark, with very lovely pink clouds…quite magic. Then we set off to find dinner and went down a nearby side street - all the eateries in this central area were buzzing - we again were lucky to get a table in the centre of it all and had a perfect meal (tortellini!), while watching the masses - young, old, families - all out and about!
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    • Day 36

      Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof a. Futapass

      April 20 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

      Der Soldatenfriedhof Futa-Pass liegt im Apennin auf 952 Metern Höhe. Er wurde am 28. Juni 1969 eingeweiht und ist mit 30776 Gefallenen der größte deutsche Soldatenfriedhof in Italien.

      Das Gebiet um den Futa-Pass war der markanteste Kampfraum der sogenannten Gotenstellung. An der Verteidigungslinie trafen im April 1945 deutsche und alliierte Truppen aufeinander. Am 21. April 1945 brach die deutsche Apennin-Verteidigung nach schweren Kämpfen zusammen. Der größte Teil der in den dortigen Kämpfen Gefallenen ist auf dem Soldatenfriedhof Futa-Pass bestattet.

      https://kriegsgraeberstaetten.volksbund.de/frie…

      In meiner Familie gibt es gsd keine gefallenen Soldaten, aber es ist dennoch traurig und beklemmend, diese Masse an Grabsteinen zu sehen und wie jung die Soldaten waren.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Provincia di Bologna, Bolonia, Bologne, Bologna, Bolonha

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