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666 San Luca Porticos

San Luca Porticos – The Mother Of All Porticos in Bologna Bologna should be known as the city of porticos. During our week in Bologna we walked miles and miles of porticos.  But no visit was complete without walking the 666 porticos to San Luca high on the hill above […]
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Bologna The Fat City

Bologna and Food – The Fat City in Emilia Romagna On this day during our week in Bologna, we celebrated Bologna the Fat City.  Bologna is known for 3 things, as the: Heading Off For A Food Tour We were prepared for a 6:50am pickup for our Italian Days Food Tour and […]
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Verona City of Lovers

Verona City Of Lovers Was A Great Starting Point In Italy The first stop on our 10 week Italy trip was ten days in Verona city of lovers!  We found a lot to see and do in Verona.  And enjoyed several day trips for art, wine and sightseeing. When we planned […]
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Lugana Wine Country

Verona Day Trip To Lugana Wine Country With Pagus Tours We considered several different Verona day trip options available through Pagus Wine Tours.   I was concerned that David would not enjoy the red wine tour – even if he tasted expensive Volpollicello or Amarone wines.  So we debated which […]
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Lake Garda and Sirmione

A Relaxing Day at Lake Garda and Sirmione Lake Garda and Sirmione were on our plans for this trip to Verona.  We had originally planned to drive to see more than the few places where the train stops. Even with the ferry boat linking the villages around Lake Garda, we thought we […]