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This Sagre’s was a down to earth foodie celebration akin to an American county fair, except instead of corndogs and prize pigs: it was prize porcini mushrooms and a 3-course (actually 7 different dishes) all made with Porcini mushrooms.
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I also had a pass to the Cinema Ritrovato festival, an international annual festival of restored films. I thought I was in for lighter fare than I bargained for: but they were all amazing films...
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I choose to live in Bologna for, among other things, its cultural life. Especially music. And I was not prepared for 3 of the best orchestras I don’t think you’ll ever hear of.
Wine & Food
From San Francisco, the preparations for the Visa are first and foremost, and the most challenging.
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Everyone in the family firmly agreed Bologna would be the best place for me to move to. It was dynamic as a big city without being a huge city. The city is mostly flat which invites bicycling (assuming I don't get a villa in the hills).
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Our last big Bologna highlight was visiting the Anatomical Theater and one of the sites of the oldest universities in the world.
art
Our last day in Bologna we visited two amazing sites: the Sanctuary of Santa Luca, which was perched on a hill overlooking Bologna ...
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First an interesting note about the weather was as hot as it was in Rome; but with a big difference: the heat was incredibly tolerable. First there is the covered galleries. Almost all the streets have these covered walkways ...
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One small detail I left out of the cheese tour is this picture. Every wheel before it goes on sale, is tested by the cheesemaker with a mallet to make sure the wheel sounds good and there are no air pockets found. The air pockets do not effect the taste;