Bologna, Italy
Hi guys,
Yes I know, we are useless. I am aware that we haven't done a post in several weeks. However, seeing as I now have a job and money, therefore we have actually been somewhere. This gives me something to write other than "I went out with a bunch of Australians in London and got so smashed that I stole 5 glasses, a street sign and a pub stool before squatting and pissing down an alleyway". Or something to that effect :-)
Anyway, not last weekend but the weekend before we went to a little place in Italy called Bologna. Why Bologna, you ask? Well, there are two anwers to that:
Answer no 1 (impressive answer): well, you know Bologna is one of the culinary capitals of Italy and is the sort of place that a lot of tourists miss but they really shouldn't, because it's apparantly a stunning city. It's better than going to Rome or Venice because, you know, travel has become so commercialised these days!
Answer no 2 (slightly more truthful answer): Well, Ryanair had cheap flights so we looked it up in the Lonely Planet and thought yeah, that sounds alright!
Anyway, Patrick's going to put the photos up from that tomorrow cos my laptop doesn't have photoshop on it so I can't make the images small enough to get them on here. So I'll instead tell you how nice Bologna was. Despite the fact that yes, we mainly went because of the cheap flights, I would highly recommend going. The town itself is beautiful - everything is either red or a dark pink colour - and the food was fantastic! We had the best gelati I've had in ages there, not to mention the great pasta, pizza and procuitto! What I liked was that at a lot of places, if you ordered a glass of wine then you would also get a small plate of food with it. This ranged from a small bowl of olives to a plate with small sandwiches. Very much appreciated. There was also an enourmous church, absolutely beautiful but we weren't allowed to take photos, and a leaning tower! Just like Pisa, only obviously not as famous :-)
Anyway, had better be off. I'm heading up to Glasgow for work tomorrow so have to be up nice and early - not happy about that! Patrick will (hopefully) be on tomorrow with some photos!
Cheers guys,
Megan
Yes I know, we are useless. I am aware that we haven't done a post in several weeks. However, seeing as I now have a job and money, therefore we have actually been somewhere. This gives me something to write other than "I went out with a bunch of Australians in London and got so smashed that I stole 5 glasses, a street sign and a pub stool before squatting and pissing down an alleyway". Or something to that effect :-)
Anyway, not last weekend but the weekend before we went to a little place in Italy called Bologna. Why Bologna, you ask? Well, there are two anwers to that:
Answer no 1 (impressive answer): well, you know Bologna is one of the culinary capitals of Italy and is the sort of place that a lot of tourists miss but they really shouldn't, because it's apparantly a stunning city. It's better than going to Rome or Venice because, you know, travel has become so commercialised these days!
Answer no 2 (slightly more truthful answer): Well, Ryanair had cheap flights so we looked it up in the Lonely Planet and thought yeah, that sounds alright!
Anyway, Patrick's going to put the photos up from that tomorrow cos my laptop doesn't have photoshop on it so I can't make the images small enough to get them on here. So I'll instead tell you how nice Bologna was. Despite the fact that yes, we mainly went because of the cheap flights, I would highly recommend going. The town itself is beautiful - everything is either red or a dark pink colour - and the food was fantastic! We had the best gelati I've had in ages there, not to mention the great pasta, pizza and procuitto! What I liked was that at a lot of places, if you ordered a glass of wine then you would also get a small plate of food with it. This ranged from a small bowl of olives to a plate with small sandwiches. Very much appreciated. There was also an enourmous church, absolutely beautiful but we weren't allowed to take photos, and a leaning tower! Just like Pisa, only obviously not as famous :-)
Anyway, had better be off. I'm heading up to Glasgow for work tomorrow so have to be up nice and early - not happy about that! Patrick will (hopefully) be on tomorrow with some photos!
Cheers guys,
Megan
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