Bologna to Ferarra

Our Beautiful Cover Picture

Can you imagine going to the council and putting forward the proposal to erect (!) a sculpture of a buxom nude woman squirting water from her lovely full breasts - and we know the perfect spot... right in the middle of the town square for all to see and admire. What's not to love about that idea ?

Imagine the letter writing campaign that would ensue! Indignation! The righteousness on display! Corrupting our youth! Distorting their brains! Provoking uncontrollable lust! And much, much more.

(from our ghost writers Miles and Suzie)

The morning of our flight we woke up to this! Snow! A beautiful scene but it made us a bit nervous about getting to the airport on time but in the end, not a problem.  Our great friend Brenda got us there with more than enough time to spare. 

Arriving into our apartment in Bologna. 

Our Rooftop Garden apartment, but to bad it was raining so we couldn't enjoy the garden. 

The first night of wandering the streets of Bologna in search of dinner. 

Tortelonni with gorganzola and Tortelonni with arugula. 

Tortellini en brodo (the tastier rooster broth ). 

There are hundreds of varieties of pasta in Italy and depending on the region you are in they all claim to be theirs and the best. 

The special fold of Bologna - different then Florence. 

Springtime! Almost. At least in the flower shops.A rainy day of exploring in Bologna. 

A rainy day of exploring in Bologna

The two leaning towers of Bologna. Almost every town has a leaning tower. Maybe they all used the same architect.

Bologna Marathon kid version. 

Should we or should we not? 

Mery and Roberto, friends we met on a previous biking trip in France, out for wine in the oldest bar in Bologna. 

Tortelonni al Bolognese. 

Mixed vegetables. 

A special surprise for Jim's 18th birthday. 

Salame di cioccolato e mascarpone in the center.

(Chocolate Salami) 

Dancing in the rain. 

Prosciutto and cheese and wine, oh my! 

Our first ride of the trip out of Bologna on a Sunday morning. Not too busy. 

Not too busy until we run into the Bologna Marathon event. 

The beginning of the ride along a canal, after a few days of rain, was quite muddy. 

We elect to leave the mud behind and hit the roads when we saw a beautiful blooming tree. This women saw us and gave us a branch. 

Our first gift of the trip from her Mimosa tree.  Wonderful fragrance. 

A café stop for a little pick me up. 

The walls around Ferrara, built in the 1500's

Finally arrived to Ferrara and almost to our apt just around the corner. 

 We have arrived to our apartment.

Behind the brown door.

OUR RIDE WITH GPS MAP - THE CLOSER YOU ZOOM IN THE MORE PICTURE ICONS YOU WILL SEE. THE CAMERA ICONS ARE AT THE LOCATION THAT THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN.