Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Due Torri - we climbed it!
And because Taryn waited patiently for both of us to climb, we decided she deserved a little treat. I just love that sticky face
Basilica di Santo Stefano
We walked into this beautiful -and oh my goodness bigger than we expected- basilica the other day. Tyson said being here and visiting these churches will make both of us happy. I love the art and he loves the architecture. We look forward to discovering all the churches around us. It seems like when we take a new route around the city we find another wonderful church that we put into the "we have to go inside that one" file.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Italian church
What we see every day
Empty Piazza Maggiorrie
The European month long August vacation is coming to an end and people are slowly coming back to the city. The city already looks different with many shops opening up, making it look a lot bigger than when we first arrived. Roughly 380,000 people live in Bologna. Of that, 90,000 of those are students of the University of Bologna and 202 are students of Johns Hopkins University. We are so happy that we were able to get all settled before the crowds arrived. We feel like with a week of Italy under our belts, we are getting the hang of things.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
We arrived!!!
Pasta!
It has been very hot here and there is no a/c except for the Bologna Center (JHU campus) so we go through a lot of water and had to buy another fan for our apartment to cool it down. We were told we arrived during the first of ten hottest days in Bologna! We live 20 min. walking distance from the campus (where our internet is for now) so we have to be careful how much time we spend outside with Taryn. But we are so happy that we live right next to a huge park which I would compare to Central Park in New York. I told Tyson before we moved here that I was hoping we would have a park I could take Taryn too! We really picked the best place to live! Our apartment is right by the bus stop we need to get to church- just a simple 8 min. ride!!! The park is close- we took a Sunday walk there. And there are two grocery stores near by! Coudn't have been a better location for us.
Gelato Please!
Sei mese Bella
The Grand Palace
***Make sure to look at the Ayutthaya post under the Tim Tam Slam post (it posted there for some reason!)
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