Sunday

Another beautiful day and I went back into the center again. More meandering and taking photos. The night before the Mille Miglia had come to town. This is a recreation of a race that was run from 1927 to 1957. Only cars of the same models and year that ran in the actual races run in these recreations. A number of cars are the actual cars that participated. I didn’t go because I didn’t have anyone to go with, I had heard that there would be a huge crowd and in the final analysis was just too lazy to go there at 8:00 PM on Saturday night. Jay Leno, who is known for his collection of cars, and Jeremy Irons were two of the celebrity drivers. I snagged some photos from the web that may not be actually in Bologna but what the heck, you get the idea. I did take a photo of a big poster in Piazza Maggiore by one of the race sponsors.

Again I wandered around taking photos of anything that I found interesting.

In the evening I had been invited to Renata’s house for aperitivo. I met her husband and 3 other Americans with whom she had established relationships through Skype and in person after they came to Bologna. I don’t remember everyone’s name but one is a New Yorker here for several months on sabbatical and there was a couple from San Francisco. We tried to speak mostly Italian but lapsed into English sometimes since both Renata and her husband speak English well. Renata had some great food for us to eat which is always a joy and we had lambrusco, a sparkling red which goes well with the rich food of Bologna as well as prosecco. It was a wonderful evening. Grazie Renata!

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