Nickname of the day: Bologna la grossa - Bologna the Fat

So I went to Bologna over the weekend.  Bologna is the capitol of the Emilia Romagna region of Italy.  Emilia Romagna is the home to Ferrari, Ducati, Lamborghini, and Maserati factories.  But, more importantly Parma and Bologna are located within the region.  Parma of course gives us Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and Parma Ham.  Bologna gives us the classic meat sauce called ragu bolognese.  I'll talk more about food later.


So in Bologna we climbed up a tower, watched Inter v. AC Milan in a bar,  and visited the duomo.  Bologna actually had 200 different towers at one point in history.  There are only 22 surviving.  Anyway, the highlight of the night was eating their food.  I had ravioli stuffed with bread crumbs and ricotta cheese covered in a cream sauce with pancetta on top.  It was incredible.  After that I had an espresso to wash it down.  Fantastico.  I wish I would have taken a picture of the dish.

 Stone Furniture

 Looking down

 Piazza Maggiore from the Tower