A Month in Bologna Photos/Blog TR
May 22nd, 2012, 05:56 AM
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Just got back from climbing up and down from San Luca! It was a great climb - very glad I wore sneakers. Sadly Trattoria Meloncello was closed on Tuesdays (I did not do my h.w.), but we went and ate at Al Sangiovese, which was also on my list, and was great.
May 22nd, 2012, 06:43 AM
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Thanks for the info on the bike tour sharbear84!! We are so excited and it will be so nice to get out of the city. I really appreciate your feedback!!
I hope the rest of your trip is wonderful! What an amazing 6 months!
I hope the rest of your trip is wonderful! What an amazing 6 months!
May 22nd, 2012, 07:18 AM
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Hi sharbear84, and thanks again for this very intersesting TR series. I'm so jealous of the amount of time you and your DH are able to spend with this trip.
Hub and I took a cab to the top of the SL hill and walked down! We spoke enough Italian to get us into trouble and never did figure out about the Easter season walk up the hill. Is it done on one's knees? I'd love to find out.
Agree about the area at the bottom being very interesting. Modena looks very nice.
Also, I love your blog and the ability to change the format of it. Did you use any particular company to set it up or did DH with his software ability?
Hub and I took a cab to the top of the SL hill and walked down! We spoke enough Italian to get us into trouble and never did figure out about the Easter season walk up the hill. Is it done on one's knees? I'd love to find out.
Agree about the area at the bottom being very interesting. Modena looks very nice.
Also, I love your blog and the ability to change the format of it. Did you use any particular company to set it up or did DH with his software ability?
May 22nd, 2012, 07:29 AM
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As I was climbing up I was thinking, do people really do this on their knees?!?! Unbelievable.
I set up my blog using Google blogger, did not use my DH at all actually! I am a neophyte with this stuff, and it was really easy, much easier than wordpress from what I've been told. I'm glad you like it, thanks!
I set up my blog using Google blogger, did not use my DH at all actually! I am a neophyte with this stuff, and it was really easy, much easier than wordpress from what I've been told. I'm glad you like it, thanks!
May 22nd, 2012, 08:50 AM
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sharbear84, that's what I'm not certain of. We don't know if the person we spoke to said he was so drunk he crawled or that the penitent crawl! Did you hear that folks crawl?
I love the various formats one can use on that blog.
I love the various formats one can use on that blog.
May 23rd, 2012, 06:56 AM
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mvor - had the MOST amazing pasta that I bought from Le Sfogline today!! And watched them make it for me - ricotta tortelloni. Thank you so much for the tip! Also visited Mercato delle Erbe, which was great.
May 23rd, 2012, 11:08 AM
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sharbear, I'm SO glad you got to have the tortelloni. Did you dress then in butter & sage? That's what we did when we had them in Bologna. We bought some more on the day we left for Padova that we had w/a light lemon, garlic, cream sauce. Unfortunately the pepperoncini we used somewhat overwhelmed the dish. Need to find a passatelli iron before we leave. Fun and safe travels for your next adventure. Going to Parma tomorrow to eat some cheese 
May 23rd, 2012, 11:34 AM
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Yes, I made a butter sage sauce! So simple, so good. A passatelli iron, I'm impressed! Honestly, I've never done homemade pasta...when it's so easy to buy, I just figure why not!
Have fun in Parma...I'm sad we never made it to a cheese factory/farm tour, but we couldn't figure out how to do it without a car.
Have fun in Parma...I'm sad we never made it to a cheese factory/farm tour, but we couldn't figure out how to do it without a car.
May 24th, 2012, 07:06 AM
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Not on the subject of Bologna, but here is my blog post from our day in Florence: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...at-glance.html
Heading to Rome tomorrow for a long weekend!
Heading to Rome tomorrow for a long weekend!
May 28th, 2012, 06:52 AM
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In Rome and LOVING it...but on the train I got some posts done that I was behind on...here's my post on climbing up to San Luca: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...n-bologna.html
May 30th, 2012, 11:35 AM
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My round-up of food recs in Bologna: http://www.eatdreamtravel.com/2012/0...ortelloni.html
May 30th, 2012, 01:51 PM
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Just catching up with your report and I think we ate lunch at Bistro 18 on the same day (Friday 18th?), although we were their first customers so we may have left before you arrived. I recognize the business people from your photo. The waiter made a dramatic production - to me - of icing their glasses for their Lambrusco. He actually was a lovely guy but I was in a bit of a snit since we were supposed to go to Parma but ended up staying in Bologna w/out any reservations and I didn't want to waste a lunch.
We had "holiday decision fatigue" and couldn't decide between eating at Tamburini or La Baita so we ended up going to Bistro 18 which we'd noticed on our way into Da Gianna the day before. I wasn't sure what to expect but I had the Trofie w/Pesto and it was terrific and my husband had a great pasta w/eggplant and ricotta salata. And, as you noted, the people watching was also good (especially tourists trying to find Da Gianni and the ladies going to the delicious bakery two doors down with their teeny-tiny doggies). My husband bought raisin cookies from the bakery that were amazing.
Oh to be back in Bologna...
We had "holiday decision fatigue" and couldn't decide between eating at Tamburini or La Baita so we ended up going to Bistro 18 which we'd noticed on our way into Da Gianna the day before. I wasn't sure what to expect but I had the Trofie w/Pesto and it was terrific and my husband had a great pasta w/eggplant and ricotta salata. And, as you noted, the people watching was also good (especially tourists trying to find Da Gianni and the ladies going to the delicious bakery two doors down with their teeny-tiny doggies). My husband bought raisin cookies from the bakery that were amazing.
Oh to be back in Bologna...
May 30th, 2012, 02:54 PM
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Mvor - Actually I "tricked" you - I took the photo on a different day; not the day we ate there. Small world though! I realized I hadn't taken any photos when we ate there so I snapped a shot when I was walking by a few days later....my husband had the pesto trofie and the gnocchi with eggplant on the two different occasions we were there! I really regret not getting to Da Gianni...ah well, I guess we'll have to return someday! Glad you enjoyed your lunch in the end, we had the exact same decision fatigue you speak of today...
