Bologna, Italy | architecture – food – street art & graffiti

Took my bicycle on the train and found a map, cruised around to locate various tourist attractions of the city and to see for myself what the man on the train was talking about, all the arcades – throughout the city is a labyrinths of arcades, allowing people to continuously walk beneath canopied sidewalks along a myriad of columned and arched underpasses.

This local man informed me of three culinary dishes that were created in Bologna:

1. Lasagna
2. Tortellini
3. Tagliatelle – he said one must order this alla Bolognese (a red meat sauce)

I dined (for a change at a restaurant) eating Tortellini with porcini mushrooms and red wine, while talking the entire time with a Swiss couple sitting next to me, in German, French and English. They reminded me that a portion of Switzerland speaks Italian in addition to the German and French languages.

In the name of rampant consumerism and capitalism

in the name of rampant consumerism and capitalism

As usual, I took a substantial amount of photos (107) which compelled me to take them.

Drawn to street art and graffiti, there were a variety of techniques.

Yes, that’s Queen Elizabeth – masked – a la masquerade