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Tue October 24, 2017

breakfast was ok at the atahotel in bologna.  croissants had jam filling.  different juices, pastry items, fruit, water, coffee and tea.  left hotel at 8:30 am in the morning drove to san marino, up the hill, got there at 10:30. had 1.5 hours to explore and take pictures, then go back to restaurant near entrance gate to have lunch.  lunch was a tad disappointing.  pasta was spaghetti with seafood sauce, a lot of it.  what followed was salad with 2 skewers, one with squid - ok, but the other was shrimp past it’s prime, too soft.  dessert was fruit cup from.  no drinks included. think we left at approx 1:30 pm.  from here it was another two and a half hours to parma.  we stopped at a mcdonalds about at around 3:15 pm for a pee break. then it was another 1.5 hours to proscuttio tasting.  got there around 5 pm.   left at 6 pm and got to eurodice restaurant in the middle of nowhere at around 6:30 pm.  beautiful night sky a...
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Mon, October 23, 2017

airport verona city tour bologna city tour overnight in bologna flight yyz - vce at the airport air canada rouge didn’t open the gate 70 desk until around 6 pm for our 7 pm flight to venice.   the flight left as scheduled at approx 7pm. our assigned seats were 32KL (aisle-window) which was right over the wing.   since there was lots of seats available deb asked for both window seats, in 37 and 38, so we would get 2 rows. as it turned out, the three seats in the middle of 38 were unoccupied, so deb took those so she could lie flat and sleep. I ended up using row 38 for storage/backpacks and sat in row 37, so i had the use of 4 seats and deb had 3, for a total of 7 seats. the hot meal was served at 8 pm, it consisted of chicken with veg, potato salad, bun and butter, chocolate brownie and a bottle of water.   my meal was just warm, not hot, but deb said hers was hot. i didn’t eat the potato salad cuz it tasted sour.   i ended up eating m...
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How to Determine Real vs Fake Gelato

https://www.thelocal.it/20170622/find-the-best-quality-real-artisanal-gelato-ice-cream-in-italy
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Tour Hotels

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Hotel List Oct 23 : Bologna    Atahotel Bologna Via Larga, 4, 40138 Bologona, BO, Italy +39 051 459 4001 https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g187801-d6590465-Reviews-Atahotel_Bologna-Bologna_Province_of_Bologna_Emilia_Romagna.html Amenities: Shopping Centre and McDonalds nearby Oct24: Parma Starhotels Du Parc Viale Piacenza, 12/C, 43100 Parma PR, Italy +39 052 1292929 https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g187804-d228942-Reviews-Starhotels_Du_Parc-Parma_Province_of_Parma_Emilia_Romagna.html Amenities: Supermarket across the street Oct 25: Pisa Allegroitalia Pisa Tower Plaza Via Caduti Del Lavoro, 46, 56122 Pisa PI, Italy +39 050 784 6444 https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g187899-d1646080-Reviews-Allegroitalia_Pisa_Tower_Plaza-Pisa_Province_of_Pisa_Tuscany.html Amenities:  Leaning Tower of Pisa is 30 mins walk away, Free access to grounds https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowTopic-g187899-i577-k109275...
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Flight Details

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Outbound YYZ (Toronto) to VCE (Venice) Sun, Oct 22, 2017 18:55 PM - Terminal 1 AC1906 Boeing 767 300ER Return FCO (Rome) to YYZ (Toronto) Tue, Oct 31, 2017 14:55 PM AC891
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Average Temps in October

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Temps by District in October 2017 Evenings: 9C to 14C Daytime: 17C to 20C Northern Italy Oct22: Verona - 14C 12C evenings to 20C daytime https://www.theweathernetwork.com/it/weather/veneto/verona Oct23: Bologna 9C evenings to 20C daytime https://www.theweathernetwork.com/it/weather/emilia-romagna/bologna Oct24: Parma and San Marino 9C evenings to 19C daytime https://www.theweathernetwork.com/it/weather/emilia-romagna/parma Central Italy Oct25: La Spezia and Cinque Terre 17C evenings to 19C daytime https://www.theweathernetwork.com/it/weather/liguria/la-spezia Oct26: San Gimignamo and Bagnoregio 13C evenings to 20C daytime https://www.theweathernetwork.com/it/weather/lazio/bagnoregio Oct 27: Bagnoregio 13C evenings to 20C daytime https://www.theweathernetwork.com/it/weather/lazio/bagnoregio Oct28: Blue Grotto and Capri 14C evenings to 18C daytime https://www.theweathernetwork.com/it/weather/campania/capri Oct29: Naples 12C even...
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The tour

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Tour Dates Sun Oct 22, 2017 - Tue Oct 31, 2017 Verona, Bologna, San Marino, Parma, La Spezia/Cinque Terre, San Gimignamo, Bagnoregio, Capri, Naples, Alberbelo, Rome Hotels:  Bologna, Parma, Rome Itinerary Sun Oct 22/Day 1 Toronto - Italy Depart from Toronto to Venice, Italy Mon Oct 23/Day 2 Verona - Bologna( D ) After arrival, transfer to Verona - is well known as the setting for the Shakespearean tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and his comedy. The old city of Verona today contains one of the best-preserved old districts in the country. For this reason, the old district is protected as UNESCO World Heritage . Then we will visit University City—Bologna, after dinner back to hotel. Tue Oct 24/Day 3 San Marino  - Parma - Modena ( B L D ) After breakfast, visit is one of the smallest state in Europe, it was founded in 301 A.D . surrounded by a wall and 3 towers also become UNESCO. main attractions are the 3 towers, Piazza del Liberta, Palazzo Pubblic...
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