The famous Milano Rail Station

"Stazione Centrale" Bologna

Stazione with many buses and motos parked

Left: Bologna's most famous for its portocolos (portici). There are miles and miles of these. On weekend and holiday afternoons the main shopping areas are full of strollers.

Right: Other places the portici are empty.

Another famous feature of Bologna -- the two towers -- i due torri.

One is very crooked; it had to be chopped in half for fear it would fall on someone -- some few hundred years ago.

In the 1200's and 1300's there were dozens of these in Bologna and other Italian cities.

The portico along Via Independenza

Portico near old church, San Stefano

Tutti: tower, portico, motos, cars and bikes

Eating in Bologna, Italy
Italians are serious about food and fashion.

Food in Bologna

Left:
Food stalls near Piazza Maggiore

Right:
There are supermarkets, too.

Apperitivo at streetside

Prosecco anyone?

Fruit and vegetables in Bologna
Italians spend a lot more on food than Americans.

Buying food in Italy. Don't touch the food; the fruttivendollo will put it in the bag. How many types of onions, tomatos, zucchini do you think there are?

"A" in Food Display, Bologna

Italians arrange food like flowers.

Shopping

Parma hams...

...and friends.