October 16, 2003 - Bologna
We awoke, showered, got breakfast and a cab to the center of Bologna. As we walked, we found Aviva's street!
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That
describes Aviva pretty well |
We then walked to Museo Ebriaca, which is located on the edge of the old Jewish Ghetto; this is a Jewish history museum that was funded and started by the non-Jewish community in Bologna to remember the holocaust. I also found the marker for where the synagogue in the ghetto was located until World War II.
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The
marker for the synagogue in the ghetto of Bologna |
A
torah in the collection |
The
ticket for Museo Ebriaca |
We walked back towards city center and ate lunch. On the way out we found a very cool canopy on a building.
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Just
a cool canopy I found |
We walked down to San Domenico.
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The
facade of San Domenico |
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An
old sarcophagus outside San Domenico |
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The
decoration over the lentil of San Domenico |
Then, at Aviva's insistance, we hiked over to Corpus Domine - this is a church with the body of a saint for the city propped in a chair behind glass (sorry, they didn't allow pictures).
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The
facade of Corpus Domine |
We walked over to Santo Steffano, which is a combination of 5 churches connected by passageways. There are a couple of very old churches in the complex, dating back to around 1000AD.
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The
facade of San Steffano |
On the walk from San Steffano, we saw a cool building with heads on the facade - since I have a series of head photos in my cube, I've added one here.
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We
had a devilishly good time |
Since we had a big lunch, we ate dinner at Spizzico, which is an Italian fast food chain.
We caught a cab back to our room and packed and relaxed. We also ate some pastries we bought on the walk towards Piazza Maggiore from Santo Steffano. I finished Angels & Demons; the book is okay, but you can figure out what's going to happen before it happens at some points. I'll be bringing A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man with me for the flights. Slept fitfully.