The Travels of Eric and Lorna

In the next few series of posts, I will discuss our recent trip to Italy.  During this trip we stayed for five nights in Bologna, and five nights in Venice.  We also made a day trip to Bolzano to see Otzi the Iceman . We arrived on the afternoon of November 19th.  The weather was moderately cold, with highs in the 40s.  Not terrible, but not spring either.  We stayed at the Hotel Paradise , which I cannot recommend enough.  This was a great little hotel.  The room was clean and large (by Italy standards, mind you) and the free breakfast was great.  The location cannot be beat, in a quiet area but only a 10 minute walk from Piazza Maggiore, the main piazza in Bologna. Hotel Paradise Piazza Maggiore Statue of Neptune Basilica of San Petronio, the largest church in Bologna A view of Neptune through the arch I thought Bologna was a great city.  It is a real working city, with a large student population due to being th...