Bologna Stories


Bologna and my horreur du domicile, sometimes

I was born in Bologna, Italy, home to the oldest university in the world, founded in 1088. Due to its physical location, it is a crossing point between continental Italy and the peninsula. Bologna is rich in history, art, cuisine, music and culture, and was made 2000's European Capital of Culture. The cityscape is enriched by elegant and extensive a...


Bologna . . . and such.

Well, it’s Friday morning now. No class! Good thing because I’m sick. Yesterday I could barely make it out of bed. I just have a little fever and a sore throat. Let’s see... Bologna was Wednesday. Katie and I picked up her mom and her aunt around 9. We walked to the train station and got on the train around 9:50. The train ride was about an ho...


Trip to home

So this past weekend was amazing. I went to the motherland (technically fatherland) (Italy). A small group of us took a bus Friday morning at O’dark hundred (6am) from Engelberg to Luzern. Then at 7:15 we took a train to Arth Goldau and then a train to Milan and finally to Bologna Italy. To start off the trip, when we were on the way to Milan, our t...


Few Days in Bologna

So off i went to Bologna with my friend Albana for a few days, mainly to get out of florence for a few days as i had not parted the Florence shores for quiet a while particulary Astor, why Bologna??!! why not it is another beautiful italian town, clean, beautiful weather and is famous for it's food! we arrived and found the Bed and Breakfast straight aw...