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BOLOGNA, ANOTHER GREAT ACCESSIBLE CITY AND SURPRISE

When I found out that we were going to visit Bologna and spend  3 nights here, I thought: “I wonder what there is to see in this small city” but as soon as we got here, I must admit I was positively surprised.

To begin with, I was shocked because for the “first time” Charles was that relaxed and chilled about this journey that he almost took us to the wrong hotel, but unfortunately Jessie and I were not enough masochist to catch a bus and walk under the sun for 10 minutes with all the suitcases and we actually had to point our hotel standing just in front of the train station! Apart from this, Bologna was a great little city to visit and spend a couple of days in, also all the churches we have visited, were accessible and there was a lot to see. Unfortunately we could not get on top of the towers “Garisenda and Asinelli” because not accessible but hopefully  next time that would be possible!

Moreover, another activity worth doing apart from strolling around the city and trying all different type of Tortellini with Bolognese sauce, munch couple of pounds of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and eating schiacchiata with Mortadella, is visiting the Ducati Museum and the factory. The tour is totally accessible and amazing if you are passionate about the two wheels and we really enjoyed it, especially walking around the staff’s parking and see that there was not even a Non-Ducati motorcycle! I am sure if I would start working there I would have to leave my Honda outside!

If you do have time also the Ferrari Museum would certainly be worth to visit but unfortunately when you are always drunk, time goes even faster or maybe it takes 3 times the usual time needed to get in places by zig-zagging rather than going straight!

Last but not least be aware that when ordering in a Restaurant a Gluten FREE Pizza,  you must be very specific, because you might end up with this: a “typical square Lasagna-Pizza served in a plastic tray”(trust me I do not have a dog but I am sure if I had one and tried to feed him with that, he would have left it there!)

 

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Image of a proper HOMEMADE Gluten Free Pizza served in a Pizzeria

 

 

So it is now time to move to Florence, my hometown! Really excited about this  but also anxious because I feel  the pressure!!

Trip bucketlist

  • Eat a really good Paella
  • Get drunk with a Sangria and be able to find the hotel room
  • Win a biiiiig poker tournament in Barcelona
  • See the MotoGP race and steal Rossi’s bike
  • Buy a really ridiculous item at the “ El rastro market “
  • Wear a red shirt in front of a bull
  • Eat a “Frankfurter Würstchen” and drink a jug of beer for breakfast
  • Go on the cable car built in 1957 in Cologne
  • Buy the Schockoladenmuseum in Cologne (even a small pistachio chocolate will do)
  • Convince Charles to jump of Berlin’s tallest bridge
  • Challenge a Berliner in a Ping-Pong bar and win a match
  • Climbing a WW2 bunker
  • Have a drink at the Ice Pub in Berlin
  • Try a real nakládaný hermelín in Prague a typical pickled cheese
  • Go to the top 10 pastryplaces in Vienna and try all the Sacher Torte pretending to be a famous pastry chef
  • Relax in one of Budapest’ famous bath and stay there from the opening time till closing time
  • Go to Venice casino and win big (or lose also since we are almost at the end of the trip)
  • Hop on a “Gondola”
  • Spend 154.634 euros for THE gelato at ” Cracco Gelateria ” in Milan
  • Visit the Ducati Museum in Bologna
  • Take Charles and Jessie everywhere in my hometown in Florence and show them the place where I first almost died for alcohol coma
  • Let Charles and Jessie eat the typical ” Panino al Lampredotto” before explaining what it is
  • Eat the typical “Saltimbocca alla Romana” in a Trattoria in Trastevere
  • Go to a concert at the Colosseum
  • Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain because this trip was a success and,as the tradition wants, we are going to come back!