Category: Culture


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The History of Bologna

Sunday, April 27th, 2014

After my less than exciting experience at MAMbo I wanted to visit another museum and was totally free of any commitments on Friday the 25th. As a side note, I had spent much of the morning trying to correct some problems with my blog so I didn’t leave the house until almost 1:00 in the […]

MAMbo

Friday, April 25th, 2014

No that’s not a dance, it’s the name of the Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna. In previous trips here I have never been to a single museum although there are many in Bologna. I have gone to 3 meetings at the cafe that’s next to MAMbo and decided that would be my first museum visit. […]

Come si fa la pasta (how the pasta is made)

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

One time last year I came home from school and saw that Cesarina had made pasta. I asked her if she’d show me how it’s done. I’ve made fresh pasta at home in California but never without the little pasta machine that is used to both do the last kneading of the dough and then […]

Dinner with Alessandro and Antonia

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

It’s not often that I’ve been invited to anyone’s home for dinner so I was surprised when Alessandro invited me to his house for dinner. I met him through conversationexchange.com and we have had only one Skype conversation. He’s from Napoli (Naples) and it’s now a running joke between us that Napoli is the most […]