Monday September 9th

I haven’t checked, but wouldn’t be surprised if I had started previous blogs with “and we’re off again “. Anyway, we’re off again!

From this:

To this in a few short hours.

Courtesy of our old friends, Ryanair. I do wonder if their seat allocation (make sure they split you up) is an attempt to make passengers talk to each other as it is invariably an ice-breaker.

Anyway, I’ve called this holiday Bologna because that’s where we flew to, and that’s where we are near for the first few days.

And that’s Bologna.

All extremely smooth (taxi, flight, hire car, finding the place) – and data roaming and google maps make such a difference.

Quite tired because of the early start, but Dozza is very close. According to the guide books it is in the top 10 of most beautiful Italian villages:

It was lovely (and a cappuccino was only £1 so beats Denmark by a factor of 5!), but I think there was a bit of exaggeration there.

Dinner where we’re staying – fantastic but ordered far too much. And found a friend.