It's hard to imagine it was a year ago we were in Bologna. Time flies and we better get things done and fast. There are so many places in the world and there's limited time and money. I like to make full use of whatever time and money I have and see as many places as I can. This was a Sunday and thank God, a museum was opened. This was the local museum. We saw some incredible art, this was their permanent collection, some Renaissance paintings. There was a collection of Christian Iconic art in another wing that I saw and was thoroughly impressed. In the basement was a collection of Antonio Basoli's work that I loved. I also went to the Morandi museum. Both Morandi and Basoli are from Bologna. 
We stayed in the middle of the old town in an old building but the hotel was fully renovated and modernized, a lovely place with incredible views of the old town. It wasn't very expensive, we had a self contained room, huge enough for 3 people.
Reminds me of 'Room with a view', the only problem, it's the wrong city. This was Bologna, not Florence.
One of the due torre....
Old and peeling paint which makes it so quintessentially old Europe.
Imagine, instead of modern walk ways, all the shops have Renaissance buildings and arcades.
We took the bus all over town. I love Bologna, I can live there.
The nearby piazza.
The market area.
You know you're in Italy when you see fresh pastas in shops.
It was Easter time.
A pizza of shrimp and rocket, it was so good. I'd like to go back and eat this again.I'm on vacation and will be back the first week of March
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