In Bologna!

We have been in Bologna for three days and are in love with this city. Our apartment is on an old, narrow cobblestone street filled with little shops and restaurants, about a 10 minute walk to the center of the city. This is a view of our street, Strada Maggiore, toward one of the towers at the city center.

This is the view out of our bedroom window into a small internal courtyard. Someone was playing with their dog in the courtyard when we took this photo.

This is the door to our apartment building. As you can see, in Bologna they cut little doors into the regular doors because the regular doors are actually gargantuan doors. We're not sure what it might have taken in a completely different century to open this big door.

On Saturday, we bought some local pears and plums at the market down the street. Today, we bought some parmigiana romana cheese from this shop. If you look closely you will see rounds of cheese on the shelves of this tiny store in the background. That's all that's in this store: gigantic rounds of amazing cheese. And here is the slice we took home. So delicious!

On Sunday, we spent some time in Piazza Maggiore, which seems to be the town center. There is a famous statue of Neptune (Fontana Del Nettuno). 

We also climbed up the Clock Tower (Torre Dell'Orologio). The building was built in the mid-thirteenth century and the clock is one of the largest in Italy. The last flight of stairs was like climbing up a ladder, but the views at the top were spectacular.

More to come from this beautiful city soon!