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 […]
Here are some other pictures of our day
We started our day out with a cappuccino and a croissant but then we went to meet our guide for our ‘Daylight Bologna Walking Food Tour’. If you ever go to Bologna book this tour, trust me you won’t regret it. It was informative, fun, we met some great people from the UK and Ohio… […]
Our Air B & B Cena (dinner) We had our first Italian dinner at a restaurant recommended by our air B &b host Francesca at Da Pietro Trattoria Ristorante Tradizionale The meal did not disappoint. We started with Lambrusco, which was the perfect beverage after our long day of traveling. Next was an appetizer of […]
Here is our list of the places we plan on exploring. By no means is it a complete or final list since we plan on taking a lot of day trips on the trains. *Bologna Italy Parma Italy Modena, Italy Verona, Italy Florence, Italy *Milan, Italy *Basel, Switzerland *Colmar, France *Strasbourg, France *Frankfurt, Germany (* […]