Cooking school

We took a half-day pasta-making class in Bologna at La Vecchia Scuola along with six other tourist-students. We each made our own pasta dough (out of flour and eggs only), rolled it out, and then collectively cut, filled, and folded tortellini, tortelloni, and tagliatelle, which were later cooked for us by the staff for our lunch.

Fountain of Neptune

The fountain of Neptune (notice the water-spouting water nymphs around the base) sits in the Piazza Nettuno by Bologna's Basilica of San Petronio. It's prohibited to take photos inside the churches, so I never do, but I wish I could have. The basilica contains the world's largest sundial.

Bologna palette

This was the view from our hotel window in Bologna, our last stop in Emilia Romagna. If we lived in Bologna and I made a blog from there, it would have to be called Bologna Oranges.