Modena: Nice place this, the old town feels old, and peaceful, lots of people on pushbikes here. We went looking for Balsamic Vinegar (the good stuff) and stumbled on a beautiful little produce market there. It’s the home of Balsamic and for the boys, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati .
Bologna: This was a bit of a eventful day, took ages to find the hotel, had to swap rooms at it wasn’t up to scratch, but turned out a good day. This place is known for Bolognese, but actually it is the birthplace of Tortellini, We had both for dinner, they were so yum! and 2 doors down the best wine bar, what a great experience that was! It is a huge city, very different, a medieval town centre, with massive buildings all with Portico’s ad shopping central, Kilometre’s of them, up the main street into the Central Piazza, then from there and uptown all the Ritzy stores, for blocks and blocks. Serious shopping for the ladies!
Parma: We were here en-route to ‘Antica Corte Pallavicina” for my birthday lunch. This place caught our eye on Master Chef Australia a few months, it was one of the things that prompted us to do the trip. Their signature dish, Guinea Fowl wrapped in Cutello baked in a clay based pastry wrapped around it and baked. Along with all the produce on this place being organic, and a Slow Food ethos, the story of Massimo, the owner and the castle in which it sits is an amazing story, but the experience was a once in a lifetime opportunity. It did not disappoint in any way, it was near perfection….
Then after our 3 hour lunch, we came back and tried to walk off this feast around Parma. This is a very cute old city centre, lots of amazing structures and churches. Tomorrow, Bergamo.
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