{"id":9015,"date":"2012-06-05T14:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=9015"},"modified":"2012-06-24T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T17:05:21","slug":"from-padua-to-ferrara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/06\/05\/from-padua-to-ferrara\/","title":{"rendered":"From Padua to Ferrara"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We got up too early – our alarm went off a half hour too early, the battery may be going. We’re moving slowly today – as usual, as our vacations progress we get more and more tired (I need a vacation from my vacation).<\/p>\n

We’re hoping the recent earthquakes haven’t damaged Ferrara too much; we had to cancel Mantua because it’s been closed to tourists due to damage.<\/p>\n

We took a taxi to the train station and the 11:27A train to Ferrara (in 1st class – for 6 \u20ac it’s worth the comfort & air conditioning).<\/p>\n

A short taxi ride took us to our hotel, Hotel Annunziata<\/a>. It’s a very nice modern hotel. They gave us a list of attractions that are open or closed – distressingly most of the places we wanted to visit are closed; only half the list of all sites provided by the hotel were open. The hotel is right across the street from Este Castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Este <\/a>
Este Castle <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Este <\/a>
Este Castle <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A decoration inside a tunnel at Este Castle <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A tower and part of the moat around Este Castle <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

The hotel recommended a restaurant; it took us a bit to find it, and it was very good, serving traditional food from Ferrara, L’Oca Giuliva<\/a>. We both had the bread soup, and I followed that with a ravioli stuffed with pumpkin in a meat sauce.<\/p>\n

\"Those<\/a>

Those are stuffed with pumpkin with a meat sauce<\/p><\/div>\n

We walked over to the Museo Della Cattedrale<\/a>; upstairs are a room of illuminations – don’t lean on the wood cabinets! Downstairs and around are some wonderful sculptures of the seasons and the marvelous painted doors from the organ.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Museo Della Cattedrale<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Ticket <\/a>
Ticket for Museo Della Cattedrale (back) <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ticket <\/a>
Ticket for Museo Della Cattedrale (front) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A postcard of one of the organ doors at the museum <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We walked through the Medieval part of town – very interesting, reminded me of Siena a little bit, very small tight streets; one street has regular arches down it’s length.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/a>
The statue of Savanarola, who was born in Ferrara <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Some <\/a>
Some earthquake damage <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Aviva <\/a>
Aviva going into the 99 Cent Store – her mom would be proud! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Aviva <\/a>
Aviva entering the Canadian Shop <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"I'm <\/a>
I’m forever blowing bubbles…. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A votive on the wall at a street corner <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A cool covered crossing between buildings <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"One <\/a>
One of many buildings closed due to the earthquake <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"One <\/a>
One of the plaques remembering the Jewish ghetto <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"One <\/a>
One of the plaques remembering the Jewish ghetto <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The front facade of the Duomo <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A cool clock tower <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We tried to get into the Palazzo Paradiso<\/a> – we apparently needed to put our bags somewhere, but the people there couldn’t agree where to leave them.<\/p>\n

We found a little bookstore and talked with the owner for a bit – Aviva bought an art book.<\/p>\n

We had some gelato and went back to the hotel. Aviva looked up information on Ravenna and we decided to go there tomorrow. We need to find out if there’s still a transportation strike on Friday – if not we’ll stay in Ravenna two nights, otherwise just one to make sure we’re in Bologna for my flight early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

We went out and had a pretty good lasagna at a local bar, Giori<\/a>, another small gelato (we deserve it) and back to the room to repack and sleep.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/a>
The dog was so cute at dinner I needed to take a picture <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"That <\/a>
That spread is bar food in Ferrara apparently <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Location:Via Garibaldi,Ferrara,Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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