Travelog for: Scoop

Today, as goldmoon has the afternoon free, we went to a place called Cervia. It is a touristic city on the Adriatic sea. Goldmoon loves this city. We are here to find an hotel where spend some days in the second half of August
We walked a lot, really a lot, because we saw many hotels before finding the one where we'll stay no one seemed to be nice as goldmoon desired and some of them were full
But, luckily, we have found the right one!!
After that, we went some minutes on the beach
We'll come back here on August, 19th

news in the post today: we have found a big envelope in which there was another toyvoyager!
His name is Rattie Rat.
So now we are three

real hot Sunday today. Outside it's too much hot, so we continued making the puzzle of goldmoon's boyfriend. And for dinner, we went to a famous fastfood

Last day of job for goldmoon. She took us with her, as she was alone :-)
We watched her in updating some invoices, and we helped her in archiving some interesting economical news from the newspaper

Afternoon. One friend of goldmoon asked her to look up at her cat. Catsitting work :-) let's go!
We are going to a place called Mezzolara, at about 10 kms from Castenaso. Country roads...

and finally we meet the street sign

Mezzolara is a very very little village. We took some photos of the beginning of the village, petrol pump station on the left and news-stand on the right, the Church of San Michele Arcangelo (Saint Michael Archangel), the central road of the village

Over there... Oliver, the cat...

Saturday. This afternoon we are going to Verona!! Very lovely city. Goldmoon loves it very much.
Verona is a city straddling the Adige river, in northern Italy. It is famous because the great Shakespeare located here his "Romeo and Juliet"and because here there is an ancient roman Arena.
So, let's take the toll highway !

Here we are arrived in Verona, after a trip of about 1 hour and a half

we parked the car near this ancient entry of the city: Porta Palio

This is the ancient Scaligeri bridge (also known as Castelvecchio bridge). It is a red bricks arch bridge over the Adige river. It is a pedestrian bridge.

And here we are outside the Arena of Verona. It is a Roman amphitheatre built in 30 A.D.

It is famous also because of the opera performances taken here. Infact, this evening we'll see the Aida of Giuseppe Verdi!!

Here we are inside the Arena. Within 1 hour it will begin the opera. We took a photo of the scenic design because during the opera it is forbidden taking photos.. 

little tour near the lake of Castel dell'Alpi. It was formed as a result of a large landslide that in February 1951, came off the left side of the valley and blocked, just like a dam, the stream Savena.

The village of Castel dell'Alpi, that was located on the left bank of the river, was completely destroyed by this event. Now the village has been partly rebuilt on the right bank of the lake, which has now become a welcome tourist destination, especially in summer.

15th of August. In Italy today is a feast, both civil and religious.

We went with goldmoon's parents to eat at the restaurant. We tasted both "crespella with mushrooms" and "tortellini".

Crespella is like a crepe or a thin pancake, full of bechamel and mushrooms and folded in half and again in half. It is cooked in the oven.

Tortellini are a tipical bolognese food. They are a filled pasta and they have the shape of a belly-button. They are filled with a particular mix of meat (the real filling is registered at the local Chamber of Commerce). Usually they are cooked in broth.

They were both delicious!!