But I like to think of this as a good sign as it means that I have just been far too busy doing fun things to write any of it down. But maybe I should start...
So I have fallen into a kind of routine here in Ferrara. A normal day during the week would consist of: run, lessons, lunch, lessons, coffee/pastry, dinner, bar/piazza. Not bad hey?! But all this can obviously be done anywhere (although the setting/scenery wouldn't be quite the same) so I have vowed, along with my pals, to try and visit as many places as we can each weekend.
So far we have been somewhere different every weekend and its been amazing!
I am going to do a post on each place I have visited. I'll try to give a good idea of what to do/ what not to do after my experience in each place and show you some pretty pictures along the way :)
So first of all we went to Bologna. That city that everyone in Britain would associate with spaghetti Bolognese, which I didn't even eat there *shock horror* and which isn't even technically what its called. I'm really not sure why we Brits don't just call it Ragu like they do here. It's not like its harder to pronounce...
Anywayyyy, Bologna is only 30 mins from Ferrara, so a 3€ train ride later, we arrived only to be greeted by fog, rain and a McDonalds outside the station. Good start.
Butttt after a walk to the shopping street, a scarf/hat purchase and a Piadina lunch stop, (amazing Italian flatbread sandwiches) we met up with our friends from back in Exeter. Our B&B was great and the woman who owned it was lovely and because we had taken it over, it felt like we were having a big girlie sleepover at her house! (Although a word of warning, it looks NOTHING like the advertised pictures.)
After a quick change, we went for dinner at this amazing Pizzaria near our hostel with huuuuge pizzas for a bargain (share one though!) and creamy, delicious risotto.
Then it was off out to a 'pub' bar and club in the centre called Kinky's. Enough said about that the better haha.
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| Jus' Chillin' |
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| Main Piazza |
The next day we decided that we should probably
do something touristy and see some of what Bologna has to offer. We started off with a wonder around the main piazza and the smart shopping area behind the duomo. Then, advised by Katie (a friend from Exeter who had already been to Bologna) we went to the Museo Civico
Archeologico which is lovely and they have an Egyptian exhibition with actual mummies and enough skeletons/Roman pottery to shake a stick at!!
After that we had a look around the duomo which was nice and duomo-y. As it was a sunday though, a lot of things were closed and it was very quiet!
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| Museo |
not taking any chances thankyouverymuch...
That was actually all we found we had time for as without a map we had spent a lot of time deciding what to do and not a lot of time doing. But I think a part of us, after the night out, was in a hurry to get back to Ferrara, get into bed and warm up/sleep. :/
All in all it was a lovely trip and it was great to meet up with the other Exeter girls. However, I have to say that although parts are gorgeous, in the rain Bologna has probably been my least favourite city. I think we also learnt that it's good to do some research about where to visit and how much things cost as sometimes the places you think would be free, very much aren't.
I guess I'll just have to go back in the summer and change my mind...
Oh what a pity!!!
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| E-numbers? Go on then... |
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| Cutest dog EVER! |
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| Duomo |
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