Day 3:  Tue: Bologna

As we leave Venice and drive south, we first stopped at the Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, site of the oldest university in the world. The buildings, which face onto this beautiful medieval piazza it were all built between 1200 and 1400.

The Piazza forms the heart of city and it provides a wonderful backdrop for everyday city life. The streets are full of artists, university students and families with children. When the sun is high, they move from the open areas of the square to the shade of the Basilica di San Petronio. Here they sit and witness the daily life of a city which is famous for its university, architecture, tortellini and the extraordinary vitality of the people who live there.

Several of the group stopped at the Tambourini Deli and Cafeteria for lunch. Small, but what choices!

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