Monday we finally ventured into Bologna to find my new language school and see the sights. It was a scalding 35 degrees (look it up, that's pretty hot) which wasn't so bad in the morning (we just stopped regularly for water and gelato) or at lunchtime (we found a restaurant with a fan/mister and named it Mr Mister), but by 3pm we were very done with the heat and ready to go home. We went to the bus station to buy tickets and the nice man at the ticket counter asked us if we wanted the good news or bad news first. As it turned out the next three busses were cancelled because of the August holidays and we had to wait two and a half more hours to leave. The good news, he said, was two-fold: 1- we had time for a very leisurely cup of cappucino, and 2- he would be done for the day by the time we came back and on his way home :)
Here are pictures of Maddy and Gus at the fontana di Nettune, stopping for refreshments at the piazza Maggiore, the very famous (though not very picturesque) due tori just a few meters from my new school, and us eating at a lovely place under the typical bolognese porticoes and Mr Mister.
Oh, it reminds me of my year in Bologna. You are going to love it! Jennifer
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