We are on the Bologna train listening to some querulous Americans worrying about their luggage. Well, when I say we, I mean me, as Geoff is still trapped behind them as they hurl their bags around and whine like babies. Now he's (the American) sticking his super large bag right over my head - as opposed to above his. Hopefully if it slides off it will fly across the carriage and hit the people on the other side...
This train is going to Napoli - we are only a few stops down the line and should be there in time for lunch. We are probably ready to leave Venice, even though it's been fantastic. Feels like it's time to move along.
Well, ciao Bologna! Once again we've landed on our feet with a fantastic apartment, only a short-ish (20 minute) walk from the train station. We have also now discovered a bus stop right outside that will take us back to the station on Thursday. Even better.
no boring old room 252 here - we are in MM. Actually, now i think of it, our apartment in venice was San Barnaba
Our apartment - whose name is Marilyn Munroe - we had hoped for Audrey Hepburn but there you go - she's across the hall - is airy and spacious, with good storage, an excellent bathroom, kitchen facilities and skylights/blinds that operate at the touch of a button. It also operates on keycodes so no extra luggage (ie, keys) to carry around. I say this as our Venetian key was a whopper (see below).
We only stayed in long enough to unpack and change, then took off for Piazza Maggiore at a fast clip. Then turned around and headed off for Piazza Maggiore at a fast clip. It was only a temporary disorientation...
We had lunch at La Linea - melanzane alle parmigiana for me and lasagne bolognese for G. Possibly a spritz and a birra in the picture somewhere as well. Thus equipped we were ready to ascend the tower. Once upon a time there were dozens of towers all over the city, Now there are two: le due Torri. Asinelli - the taller of the two - is 102m and involves approximately 500 steps.
It also has an incline of about 2.5m. A leaning tower, in fact. Views from the top are excellent. I will post more pics on facebook etc - just a couple here.
We are enjoying an espresso (we have to go all the way down the hall to get one here, cf Venice in our apartment) and catching up on correspondence and generally having a rest before launching forth once more.
Tomorrow we plan to walk up the very long covered portico to Il Santuario di San Luca. Hopefully it will help us walk off the delicious food we expect to devour in La Grassa :)
Bonus pics - Venetian key and unexpected Bolognese frogs...
Enormous venetian key
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