The great thing about the trains in Italy is that they are on time (unlike most other things), quite comfortable, and ticket prices don’t change whether you buy them months or minutes in advance. So for about 12 euros return, Jen, Lydia and I decided a spontaneous day trip to Bologna was a good plan. Despite the cold and dull skies we had a lovely day wandering round the city centre, which was a lot bigger than I think all three of us imagined. It’s kind of similar to Parma but all the streets have arches over the paths on either side of the road and lots of it feels bigger and grander. There are some amazing churches and cathedrals and a huge one in the main square which had a really interesting exhibition of the life and work or Mother Teresa.
Being that we were in the home of bolognese, a good spaghetti based lunch was on the cards, and we found a really cool little restaurant but strangely ‘spaghetti bolognese’ wasn’t on the menu! We had to make do with lasagne bolognese and spaghetti carbonara, and of course a glass of red wine…if you can’t drink wine at lunch in Italy, where can you?!
We’d heard of a place in Bologna that sells hand made silver rings, but didn’t do enough research/couldn’t find anything about it on the internet before we went, but if anyone knows of anyone with more information please tell me!
It’s strange to think I’ve been living in Italy for just over a month now. I feel like I know Parma quite well geographically but still don’t know where everything is, which is good as it’s nice to stumble upon hidden treasures when you don’t expect it. I'm definitely still not used to the laid back nature of beginning things like lectures and actually want to be given some work now, it must be bad! Self motivation is in order.
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