Bologna

Our original stop was in Casalechio di Reno, a sosta with electrical, however gypsies deterred us from actually staying the night. We decided to head to the Bologna campsite a day early. The campsite was fairly nice and very modern. We paid a bit for that convenience. Since it was late afternoon we spent the day at the campsite cleaning our clothes and the van and of course, ourselves. We still have the broken camera, but we decided to see if we could go on with it having a loose button, maybe glue it back on. The second day we ventured into the center of Bologna. A rooster tried his best to make sure we wouldn’t miss an early start. The damn thing wouldn’t shut up from about 6am until 10am. Julie was so close to going outside and strangling it. The bus to town stops right in front of the reception kiosk of the campsite, which makes visiting very easy. Bologna is a very cosmopolitan city, with the main strip being lined with trendy clothing shops and fancy restaurants. The wide sidewalks were jam packed with people which, at points forced others to venture onto the road. One thing I found interesting though, was that the sidewalks were all covered. We made our way to the tourist office located in the center square. On the way we passed Neptunes fountain, with its very provocative women at each corner. Once we had our map we sat outside the tourist office on the steps leading into the main square and tried to figure out our next step. While we were waiting a band started up, and that’s always nice. All the museums in Bologna are free, but we didn’t see any of interest (figures). There are two leaning towers here, so we decided to take a stroll over to them. They sure did lean. We weren’t all that impressed with Bologna and since the day was cool and cloudy we decided to head back to the campsite. We needed to rush to catch the bus though, in fact we missed it, but luckily Julie spotted it and flagged it down. Because of the way the bus fare system works in Italy, we managed to ride for free on the way back to the campsite (we weren’t supposed to).