As I sat on plastic chair in a very institutional-looking corridor, I wondered whether I was in my right mind. Outside, the sun was shining and the birds were singing, but I was inside a drab university building waiting for … Continue reading What not to visit before lunch in Bologna
“to Charles Ryder, with the aid of whose all-seeing eyes I first saw the Mausoleum of Galla Placida and San Vitale…” The brief mention of Charles Ryder’s ‘economical’ Easter vacation in Ravenna with his friend Collins, who considered the mosaics … Continue reading Mosaics and Mausoleums
We could see the curved yellow building of the Museo Enzo Ferrari through the windows as our train from Bologna pulled into Modena Station. Once we had worked out which way to go, it was only a short walk to … Continue reading Ferraris and Art: a day trip from Bologna to Modena
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