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Where I stayed in Bologna: Fabulous B&B Cà Bianca dell'Abbadessa in San Lazzaro di Savena

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A personal trait of mine is that I do give out compliments easily and generously. I often frown on people when all they say are nothing but pretentious and superfluous takes on their lives, their jobs, their children and their vacations. Like when you ask, ‘How was your holiday?’ I would expect a more actual and reasonable answer other than, ‘It was OMFG fantabulous – the BEST holiday we’ve ever had – it was smashing our expectations, it could have not gotten any better.’ Hogwash. I get you are being positive but let’s just go back to earth and plant our feet on the ground, shall we? A lot of travel bloggers do this as well when they write blog articles with fetching headlines – ‘The Best blah-blah here and blah-di-blah there’ – ‘What you need to see or do before you die’. I mean seriously, what is best? What do you know of what I want in my life? For all I care, your best is not good as mine? And hello, I do not have ambitions to do skydiving! But I give them the benefit of the...

Zen in Bologna, Italy

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The place I am staying here in Bologna is soooo ZEN! Totally relaxing. The house is perched on a little hilly valley and from a distance I could see the city of Bologna. It is beautiful here. As I write right now I can see the far away lights of the city flickering from my window and I can hear the birds chirping outside as well. The birds seem to chirp the whole time here even if it is late in the evening. There is a very countryside feeling to this place, yet so near to busy civilisation. It is just 12 kilometres to the city centre, which is about 20 minutes or less depending on the traffic. Here are a few pictures for now. I will post more about this place soon. The house on a hilly valley. Yup, there are horses here in the property. View from one of my windows. The city of Bologna from a distance. Travel Period: May 2015 Destination: San Lazzaro di Savenna, Bologna (Emilia Romagna), Italy Keep in touch and follow me on Facebook: Travel & Lif...