Part 8
Curious Man Goes to the Top!
Day 18
In Bologna
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| "L'Uomo Curiousio e nella Bologna!" |
We’ll be starting
off our day in Bologna with a bit of exercise, climbing the five hundred
rickety wooden steps to the top of the medieval tower.
This
tower, is the other leaning tower. It
inclines almost 2.5 metres and rates a mention in the works of that popular
thriller writer, Dante.
After all that
exercise you might feel like an ice cream.
The
nice wife recommends the ice cream BURGER/BRIOCHE at the gelateria near the
tower.
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| Nice Wife gobbles up ice cream brioche/burger. Note Curious man's puny ice cream on the right. |
You’ll love
wandering round BOLOGNA. Walk along marbled footpaths under renaissance
archways,
dodge buzzing motorbikes
and feast on pasta bolognaise in the city
that invented it. (But don’t have it with spaghetti-it’s not permitted.)
Curious man tip
no. 7
Public toilets can
be difficult to find in Italy.
You can try going to the top and asking
a policeman
But if that fails,
we recommend the
conveniences at Bologna’s palatial council chambers.
Walk in as if you
own the place and you’ll find them up these stairs..
..in this room..
and behind this
door
Enjoy your last night in Bologna, exploring its many treasures and have a go at taking some "arty' shots...
Day 19
Off to Parma and
beyond
Parma makes a
great lunch stop and deciphering the menu at the local eatery, Enoteca Fontana, is easy with the
help of friendly locals.
It’s here you’ll
get the chance to try cavallo. Quite a delicate meat and goes well with red
wine.
Curious Man tip number 8
Before you depart Australia, ensure you have the
Italian words for “horse" and “raw”
firmly in your mind.
Following
tradition, after nights of luxury, we’ll be slumming it again tonight at the
Bercetto camping ground.
You’ll stay
in a romantic shack in the forest,
with
your only neighbor an old man in pyjamas.
To compensate,
Bercetto is a lovely village with stony curved narrow streets and houses that
have been there forever.
They make a great hot chocolate there too.
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| Even the washing looks good in Bercetto |
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