Scenes from Bologna on Day 4

Playing catch-up, I am sharing a few photos from the previous days of our meanderings in Emilia-Romagna

One of the miles of colonnades for which Bologna received UNESCO world heritage status.

Two of the surviving family towers. Both are currently closed due to the imminent danger of collapse. Both are leaning but the one on the left has recently worried monitors and there are fears it will fall into the one on the right. Oi!

On a rainy day, we went in search of Bologna's water canals that once powered its silk mills.

Nearby is a restaurant for late-night cats, known as Biassanot. We enjoyed dinner here later that night.

This is the location of our cooking class with Carmelita. More about this fun time later.

Later, we went in search of four small statues by the 19-year-old Michelangelo. Well worth the search! What a genius!

So many images of the Nativity have graced our visit -- all with one cow and one donkey. This donkey was particularly expressive. :-)