Blogs from Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe - page 2

Day 15, Tuesday, May 27 The weather was not the best but we decided to take a drive north to the Chianti wine region. Again our friendly GPS took us on some back roads but eventually we found the Autostrada that took us to an exit to Greve in Chianti, a small town Jim read about that is in the heart of Chianti. Once again we found ourselves on tiny country roads that meandered through small hill towns with roads just big enough for one car to squeeze through which made Lisa very nervous. In addition it rained on and off, sometimes heavy. About an hour after leaving the farm we arrived in Greve in Chianti, parked the car and found a small trattoria to have lunch. Since it was a little cold the outdoor seating ... read more

Took the train to Parma. Rainy today. Toured the castle Torrechiara.... read more

We took a late night flight to Bologna, Italy for a burn around the country side and some fine eating. We woke in our reasonably priced, but very clean hotel room to bright blue skies. Which was a nice change from a gloomy April in London. Scott and I headed into the main square to wait for a flying pick up by Adam and Myles who had been driving around Tuscany leading up to the long weekend. We had a poke around the square and found an excellent little foodie alley with amazing hams, cheeses, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables which was a buzz with locals picking up their groceries. We enjoyed one of many espressos watching the world go by, including a pensioner enjoying an early morning dirty martini. Why not on a beautiful ... read more

Well I just finished my last week in Parma and I could not have asked for anything better. On Wednesday the professor that I have been interning for could not take the Parma heat anymore and decided to take Jackie and I to the sea side. We drove 2 hours (in his Porsche) to cooler weather and had a great night and day there. For dinner we ate along the canal which was designed by Leonardo, the canal goes right through the city and is lined with sail boats along its edges. We had this traditional fish dinner which instead of being fried fish like I thought it was really more like fried "everything you can find in the ocean".... Not so great but at least I was branching out. We had a delicious dessert which ... read more

Geo: 44.8044, 10.3325 GÜN 24 GÜNLERDEN CUMARTESİ: Sabah 9:00 da Alman ,Hollandalı ve Belçikalı komşularla vedalaştık. Birbirimize bayağı ısınmıştık . Yollara düştük ....vadiden yukarı tırmandık Hedefimiz Parma... Nermin (GPS) bir yerlere kadar bizi götürdü, sonra ,kifayetsizliği nedeni ile ,kendisinin işine son verdik Hissi Kablel vuku'ya bağlanarak ,duygu dünyamızla, kendi yolumuzu bulduk. Otoban'da, Parma'ya ilk girişi atladık, ama sonraki girişten daldık ve galiba daha iyi bir yere geldik. Şahbazı, tam, araca kapalı yaya bölümünün karşısında bir yer altı parkına bıraktık. Oradan yürüyerek şehre daldık.Bu jambonu ,peyniri ve mimarisi ile ünlü kent hakkında biraz bilgi verelim.Parma ,aynı zamanda dünyanın en eski üniversitelerinden biri olan Parma Üniversit... read more