We begin with a fancy buffet, cordially provided gratis by Marriott Platinum benefits. Of special note were the soft boiled eggs hidden in the corner, and the juice bar with a lovely champagne… And honeycomb for your.. everything? We’re now gearing up for the first, 3 hour leg over the Alps, from Milano to Torino. […]
We said goodbye to La Grassa, skipped breakfast, and trundled down to Bologna Centrale train station to hop on a bullet train to Milan. An hour later, we strolled through the front door of the Milan Westin Palace, a magnificent hotel. I told the concierge we just got into town, and we were really surprised […]
Our last full day in Bologna has been a beautiful clear and sunny day. We heard about a small French Christmas market and made it our goal to find. Before we made it to the market we saw a Sign for a Medieval Museum and decided to check it out. http://www.museibologna.it/arteanticaen/luoghi/62013/id/70109 After the the museum […]
After taking the hour train trip from Bologna to Parma we stopped at a little place I found highly rated on TripAdvisor – Salumi Garibaldi. It was a great little shop, more like what we would call a deli, but way better. The gentleman behind the counter didn’t speak any English but we were able […]
We spent the first part of our day catching up on some sleep and then wandered around Bologna a bit before we went to our pasta making class for the night. Pasta Making Class 🍝 The class was so good. Dennis taught how to make traditional egg pasta 5 different ways and then we were […]
We found our way to the train station and boarded a high speed train to Florence for the day. It was a fast trip and we arrived in about 35 minutes. We had a few goals for the day: Mercato Centrale (check) Don Nino’s (check) Basilica San Lorenzo (check) Domo (check) Leonardo DaVinci Musuem (missed […]