No Baloney, We Love This Place

To celebrate nineteen years of our union, Brenda and I have returned to a wonderful city that we last visited in 2009.

Bologna, capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is also the foodie capital of Italy. In close proximity to Parma, Modena, and the Veneto wine region, we'll be hard pressed to sample all the locally-flavored dishes that are on offer.

We arrived at our Airbnb at 7:30 last night and immediately went out to dig into two amazing sourdough-crusted pies at Bebere Pizzeria. Brenda had the vegan hummus pizza, that was topped with perfectly ripe cherry tomatoes, while I dove into the Bufala, basically a Margherita pizza with Bufalo mozzarella replacing the usual cheese. Sorry, but we were too hungry to take photos. We washed it all down with a half-liter of the house red, then walked around the old town for a half hour before turning in for the evening.

On our way home, we stumbled across some beautiful, huge persimmons (one of our favourite fruits) that we brought home to have for breakfast in the morning.

This trip only gives us five full days here, so although it's short, it's going to be VERY sweet!Read more