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Bologna day 2

 Another day, another perfect espresso.  We went to a cafeteria and had a simple cafe'.


We then began our wondering around and found a Biblioteca that had these cool moon structure.  There is Ronnie between the holes of mooncheese.  LOL



look at that ceiling

We were then next to the Basilica I could not get in yesterday, so in we went!  Basilicata di San Petronio.  Again, stunning.  It is just so beautiful.  











Then the street scenes as we walk along, a man playing accordion, under graffiti of course.  



Ronnie wanted to check out a grocery store.  This was a small one, but look at that canned sauce and how cheap most of it is.  The prices in the stores are so reasonable.  


And then what we went in search of for the day....all Ronnie wanted as we came back to Italy....his favorite meal of all time....Trippa!

The restaurant has a hand written menu, a surly chef who drank at least 3 glasses of wine while we were there an Italian grandma waitress and an American waitress who said she was in training and got yelled at for talking to us even though she was our server.  Poor girl.  She was very sweet.  I had lamb off the special of the day menu, Ronnie trippa, a tomato and onion salad.  Ronnie beer, of course, and I had a glass of Lambrusco.  Now let me tell you Lambrusco here is NOT sweet it is a delicious dry fizzy wine with fantastic flavor.  No Riunite crap.  The best part about lunch is that Ronnie asked for parmesan for the trippa, the chef called him stunad.  He completely insulted the chef asking for that for his dish.   






our chef

Look at the beautiful bread in the store.  

We then stumbled upon another Biblioteca with these gorgeous artifacts.  You could buy a ticket to see more, but we just walked around the free part- it was amazing.  






Before going back to the room I wanted to go to the high end store district- not that we can afford any of it.  Look at these stores.  I mean everything is gorgeous and you have to be buzzed in.  We purchased an espresso and a crema dark (an espresso cream with ciocolata e nocciola).  My cold drink was like a dessert and it was wonderful.  This is what we could afford here.  Emporio Armani coffee.  LOL.  


Ronnie just wanted to show off his name on our way to dinner, yes after a nap Meg. 
We went to the oldest bar in Bologna- Osteria de Sole for a drink before I made him walk a long way for dinner.  

I had a prosecco and Ronnie a Bolognese beer.  We sat outside. It was a cool vibe at the bar.  No food, just drinks and hanging out.  Lots of young college students.  


And then my slice of happiness from 24 years ago.  The waitress told me the cooks and some ownership has changed since I was last there.  But it looked the same and the food was just amazing.  We started with the local selection of meats and she recommended adding the bread- it was fried and crispy.



And the pasta I have been dreaming about- Tortelloni with butter and sage.  The filling is like a mix of ricotta and really soft mozzarella.  Maybe it is straciatella.  I do not know, but it is amazing.  And I ordered a half fresca of wine- it was like a bottle for 6 Euro.  Insane!


Ronnie had the tortellini in broda and we split a salad.  The ceilings are the same, the decor the same.  


We needed the half hour walk home, it is now 2 hours after dinner and I am sill full.  

the lit porticos are so beautiful as the walk Bologna

The Piazza's glow



And then we had some gelato.  Ronnie ciocolata and I had pistachio e nocchiola.  




We continued our walk home and now Ronnie is sleeping as I finish the blog and figure out what we do tomorrow....maybe Modena, maybe a different city.  No decision yet.  


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