We had problems getting the "hi-tech" shower to work. They had to send someone up to explain it to us. It had a rain shower head and a hand shower... very nice. But I found the temperature difficult to adjust.
We decided on the hotel restaurant for breakfast. We each had a lovely croissant roll (with jam inside) and a cappuccino.
We got more advice from a new girl at the main desk but this turned out to be incorrect. Eventually we found the correct packing lot and parked. The lot has a license scanner and when you are finished, you enter your license number and it tells you how much to pay. Then at the exit gate, you exit after the scanner reads your license and if you have paid.
We went to the Church of St. Anthony of Padua. They would not let Nancy in since her shoulders were uncovered. Nancy bought a nice matching shawl for 4 Euros. She got it for 1 Euro less by bartering.
The cathedral was super. St. Anthony's body is buried in a crypt inside. There were NO fees for going into the church and anterooms. This was nice since most churches previously had a charge.
We were stretch for time since we had only booked a room for one day and I wanted to make sure that we arrived back at the hotel in time. We did. Be bought a bun with prescutto on the way and a big bottle of water.
We got our bags down to the car and checked out. We had another cappuccino and headed out. At first we thought we knew where to get on the A13 but our GPS "mother" had slightly other plans; we went with hers...and they worked.
Driving in this part of Italy is quite boring. Very flat and without much appeal. The trucks were out in full force. The highway which is a toll-way was not in great shape. Not as good as highway 401. It was 2 lanes and not as wide as Hungarian roads.
Bologna is only about 125 km from PAaua so we did not have long to drive. The traffic was pretty good until we arrived near our turn-off in Bologna. There was a huge traffic jam.
We had a little trouble finding our hotel but I went out on foot and found that it wads quite close to where I had parked the car.
Another very modern hotels with Internet this time. We ate our sandwiches and rested till we went out.
We realized that we had missed a day in our schedule, so we ask for 1 more day in Bologna. They were happy with this.
The hotel clerk suggested a centre town trek. Nancy and I started off, but we soon were going in the wrong direction. So, we had to get back on track a bit. We stopped to cool of at a local bar with a cold brew of Italian beer. It was very good. We went over the bridge that covers the train station. There will be a new one in the future that will have 3 underground levels. Quite an undertaking.
Further down the street we visited a local park with fountain and relics of an ancient Roman viaduct. The one thing that makes Bologna unique are the arches in front of the street stores. We managed to get up to the beginning of the pedestrian zone when we headed back. Nancy's foot was bothering her but she was OK to get back to the hotel.
Supper was the business menu - steak, cooked vegetables (egg plant and others of that ilk), there was also a nice salad with balsamic vinegar and oil. This also included water or choice and cappuccino for 16 euros each. Very nice. There was also a thin slice of cheese over the steak.
We started a conversation with the family;y at the next table. They were Americans of Ukrainian decent who now live in Baco Ratan Florida. They have a 1 million dollar hoe that is now worth only 450 thousand. They had at one time at the peak of the building bubble 7 homes. Now they are down to one... their home. they are also renting a car.
We had no trouble getting back to the hotel because we ate there.
Back in the room we looked at TV for the first time - BBC News and CNN world.
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