I have just returned from a FABULOUS weekend trip to Bologna, Italy! There's an awesome airline in Europe called Ryan Air, where you can get some smokin' deals on cheap flights. So, I got a round trip flight from Brussels to Bologna for 20 euro. My travel companion was once again the ever so lovely Mary McDaniel, and we set of on our adventure on Saturday morning, and after almost not making it to the airport (we couldn't find the bus that took us to the airport) we eventually made it to the airport to make it through security and visa checks to sit in the terminal for an hour before we boarded our flight. On the upside, I've decided that European airports are BY FAR the BEST places to people watch. Highlight: A couple dressed in all purple. Yes. Husband and wife both in pants, shirts, and sweaters of varying shades of purple. Also spotted: a man wearing his wrap around sunglasses inside, with a navy and brown argyle sweater and metallic gold track style Reeboks. I love Europe.
ANYway, we arrived in Bologna a little after 4:30, leaving us the evening to explore the city! We had gotten a smokin' deal on a room at the Best Western in Bologna, considering Hostels in Bologna were almost non-existent, and it was awesome.
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| Keepin' it classy at the Best Western! |
That night we got some awesome pizza that reminded me a lot of La Canada Imports pizza, but of course, being in Italy, was exponentially more delicious :) We followed the pizza up with some amazingly delicious gelato. I of course had to try the pistachio and chocolate to start with!
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| Mmmm Gelato!! |
We then explored a bit of the city to see what Bologna nightlife was all about. The oldest university in the world is the University of Bologna, so of course we had to check out the college bar scene! But not before, of course, going back to the hotel to get ready with a bottle of Italian wine!
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| Pretty fountain next to some ruins withing the city. |
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| Bottle of vino and a fountain! |
After a fabulous night out on the town, and watching some crazy Italians order and take some of the craziest shots I've ever seen, we headed back to the hotel and called it a night. Sunday was our day of adventuring through the city to see what we could discover. The sun was shining, the sky was a brilliant blue, and the atmosphere of Italy alone made the day incredibly beautiful.
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| Beautiful fountain in a square in the center of the city. |
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| Some sort of ceremony/parade we stumbled across. |
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| Myself in a rather large doorway, and my purchase of the weekend :) |
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| Narrow & beautiful streets. |
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| Some more ruins! |
Sunday night we decided that we has pizza, we had wine, we had gelato (twice by this point), it was time to fin some pasta for dinner! The place we ended up at was precious, and SO delicious. We wanted to take pictures of our food, buttttt people were looking at us funny to begin with, so we decided against it! Mary ordered some good old fashioned Spaghetti, and said it was by far some of the best she's ever had. I on the other hand, went for the spinach and ricotta tortelloni, with a Gorgonzola and walnut cream sauce. Words cannot describe the flavors. I'm still in awe of the explosion of flavor that was that pasta. And naturally, we followed dinner up with some more gelato. Good thing I didn't end up studying, because I'm sure I'd be fatter than I am living in Brussels!
Bologna was an amazing experience, to say the least. I get so frustrated that I can't share these experiences with people I know would enjoy/get so much out of them. I know for a fact both of my parents would have been in heaven, between the art, the food, and the people. And as far as my brother goes, we'd just have to give him a bottle of Limocello and send him on his way :)
Next blog update: Canary Islands summary! (I know, my life is rough)
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