Category: Culture

Some people climb Everest. That’s a little much for me but I conquered Asinelli, one of the two towers that are one of the major symbols of Bologna. I’ve been told that someone attending the university here should never climb to the top before they graduate because it brings bad luck so a lot of […]

I keep learning new words in Italian but this is one I will never forget. Borseggiatore means “pickpocket”. As you can see from the photo below, it can happen anywhere. I think that this photo from the web is probably New York. I learned this the hard way. I travel a lot by bus so […]

Each time I go to Bologna I buy another moka (or sometimes moca). Also they are called various other things here. macchinetta (little machine) or caffettieria. In any case, by now I have a pretty sizable collection so I thought that this time I’d just buy something very cheap and function and leave it here […]

In front of the library there has been for some time a temporary structure with signs on it saying “Foto/Industria”. It’s easy to guess that this is “Industrial photography”. I had largely ignored it since I’m not much of a museum goer but a new friend that I met doing volunteering in the library urged […]