Blogs from Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe - page 3

Tag 56 – Planlos in Bologna Nachdem Haydee am frühen Morgen bei ihrem ersten Versuch, Manuela zu sagen, dass sie schon diesen Freitag gehen würde, gar nicht erst zu Wort gekommen war, weil Manuela sie angemeckert hatte, dass wir gestern Abend angeblich dauernd die Treppe gegangen waren (waren wir nur einmal, es waren schließlich auch noch ein paar andere da?!) hatte sie etwas später mehr Glück. Manuela nahm es gut auf und gab uns trotzdem frei, damit wir nach Bologna fahren konnten. Eddy brachte uns sogar netterweise mit dem Auto zur Bushaltestelle. Da wir nun nicht wie geplant den ersten Bus um kurz nach sieben genommen hatten, waren wir deutlich länger unterwegs. In Felina mussten wir über eineinhalb Stunden waren, und so setzten wir uns auf eine Bank in die Sonne und spielten erst Uno und ... read more

Being an ancient city, Bologna is a bit underrated as a tourist destination, less than 2 hours from Florence, here you can feel the space, you can see local people live their life in their own way, walk their dog, cafe and restaurant not just crowd of tourists. There are many historic architecture around the old city, although most are not with exaggerate decorate like those in Florence, perhaps it was a plain answer to the Renaissance - simple is also good！And it does add an air of medieval tone for all the sight in Bologna, Beside the many great museum, the main sight in town sure is the Two Towers, it is the symbol of Bologna, stood right in the center, at the intersection of the roads that lead to 5 gates of the old ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! This morning, after a brief sleep at my friend Marcus in Malmö, I took an early flight to a sunny and warm Bologna. The flight went smoothly but the buses kind of caused a bit of an issue today. First was the airport bus from Bologna Airport to Bologna Train Station, the first ticket machine didn't work with VISA card and the bus couldn't accept it straight on the bus. Fortunately for me there was a few more machines located inside the terminal building and one of them worked with VISA. Once I had gotten to the train station I ran into the same problem, neither the ticket machine nor any shops accepted VISA so I had to track down an ATM and withdraw cash but then only even change was accepted ... read more

My father is using a wheelchair and is also an independent and VERY active traveler. If you are interested in information about travelling with a wheelchair in Switzerland (Luzern area), Australia, the Netherlands, Italy (Rome and Florence), Germany (Frankfurt), Australia, New Zealand, Hong kong and Israel, Please PM me. This time we went to Bologna, Italy together, for a friends and family visit. This is going to be an informative blog for independent travelers with emphasis on wheelchair accessibility (I won't get into the technical details of flights with wheelchairs). I will not (as I'm yet unable to) share how sentimental, emotional this visit was, how intensive and great. My parents lived in Bologna in the late 60's, met there, I was born there and my parents stayed in touch with some good friends that were ... read more

So, the last solid thing on my "to-do list" for this trip was to hike in the Cinque Terre on Italy's northwest coast. Last Wednesday, I set out from Pisa to conquer the trails. There are four separate trails connecting the "five lands" and I ambitiously planned to hike them all. However, with a slow start to the day, by the time I got to the northernmost town of Monterosso, it was 2 pm. This timing combined with high heat and some difficult ascents on the first trail left me DONE after those first 3.5 kilometers. But hey, 3.5 difficult, hot kilometers in 1:10 ain't bad! And in that gorgeous setting, every drop of sweat was worth it. So after eating and gelato-ing in town #2 of Vernazza, I hopped on the train and made my ... read more