Category: Travel

The Museum of the History of Bologna had a special exhibit of street art including Banksy, the famous street artist from England and also Blu the fantastic street artist of Bologna. There were others that I’m not familiar with as well as some very modern and curious art works which are clearly not street art. […]

Just a collection of interesting things I happened upon here in my favorite city… And then a week of so later. I think on the same day.. They are inspecting Neptune for a planned renovation. It seems there’s a problem with the plumbing and they are planning to start before the end of April on […]

The Monday after Easter (Pasqua) is also a holiday here. I have no idea why that is also a holiday. It’s probably related to some ancient Roman holiday or something similar. Still, it’s a traditional day to go somewhere out of town for a lunch or picnic. So Karen and I were delighted to accept […]

This the largest covered market in Bologna. You can find just about anything that you’d like to eat here at good prices and good quality. I didn’t count the number of vendors but there must be at last 25 or 30. Vegetable, fruits, meats, cheeses, fish, bread, spices are all available from friendly vendors. There are […]