The reason we actually went to Italy last summer is that Chris’s father wanted to visit his father’s grave one final time with his whole family. Chris’s grandfather died in Northern Italy on December 6th, 1944. He was called John Jenkins. He…
Back from Bologna
We didn’t do much on our last day in Bologna as we had a midday flight and Chris’s parents wanted to get to the airport nice and early. We just had breakfast and went out for one more coffee as…
Minor Differences: EU Flags in Italy
A telling minor difference between the UK and Italy is that virtually every time we saw an Italian flag, an EU flag was next to it and flown at the same height. In the five years I lived in England,…
Bologna, Italy: Part 2
The next day, we walked to the University of Bologna. I was supposed to study there for a year, but decided to graduate a year early, end my second major in Italian without finishing it and run off to Brazil instead.…
Bologna, Italy: Part 1
In both England and Italy, when we arrived in the evening, it was quite sunny, but we woke up to clouds in both places. It rained a fair amount on our first day out in Bologna as well. A nice…
Arrival in Italy
After a single whole day in England, we flew off to Italy. As we went with parents, we went to the airport very early. We ended up getting to Bologna proper quite late. This was because we arrived after my…