Someone asked why I didn't connect with Bologna when I first arrived. Well, I think it is because, unlike Florence, Siena, Montalcino, A...

CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE.... Bologna has several nicknames in Italian: Bologna La Grassa , Bologna La Rossa and a couple of others. ...

Writing from the backseat of a German Audi on the superhighway going from Tuscany to Alba in the Northwestern Italian region of Piemonte/Pie...

Little tidbit. In more than one place in Italy, including all the trains, the toilet seats are sprung in such a way that they always remai...

I've been in what many Italians consider to be the culinary center of the country for the last couple of days and am beginning to warm u...

Sitting in Bologna, but want to get a few more words in about the food, etc in Florence before I get behind...and I already have a small amo...