G&P in Bologna Dec 2011

[Giles]

So, tonight we met Giorgio.

We hit town early so we could grab a beer.  And, it was colder than last night, hence the down vest….

Mme B waiting at the rendezvous (neptune)…

Mme B liked this….

And, I liked this….

Giorgio hits the bar for the first round

Then one of his friends, Per Paulo turned up

…........

Later, I ate Osso Bucco. Giorgio described it as the Iron Heart of food

After dinner we hunted down some of the hidden canals

This is the lovers window looking over one of the canals, shit I'm the wrong side of the bleeding camera…..

Tribute to MaxPower

[shoque]

Really liking the comments Giles, keep up posting pics!

[ALEX1976]

@Giles:

So, tonight we met Giorgio.

We hit town early so we could grab a beer.  And, it was colder than last night, hence the down vest….

[rocket]

with shoque, thanks for sharing and keep them coming…

[derivative666]

^man do I love that jacket

[Giles]

Remains of roman gate and pretty intact city wall…

Another tower, there used to be over 300 on Bologna, this one is pretty boring as it is vertical

More stunning architecture

Christmas tat market - decent surroundings though

Antique market in another part of town, surroundings again were stunning - the Church in the background is 7 churches in one.  Over the years as different religions held power, they would just build another church over the exiting one, so this has 7 layers of church, much like an onion…

And there was some great stuff for sale.  We bought this extremely useful 1860 Sevres container

Giorgio proving that he is tough enough

Giorgio and his wife, Silvia

Parmesan shop

Pretty Christmassy portici

[Madame Buttonfly]

Having a wonderful time, great to meet up with Georgeel and his beautiful wife, we covered a lot of ground yesterday and got through some amazing food.  Am generally too busy chatting, eating or drinking to take pix so apologies but here are a few:

Outside San Francisco church, in the sunshine

Entrance to the Spanish college student digs

Giles standing outside wishing he'd been a student there

Another beautiful building

[Seul]

Blowing my mind - so beautiful.

[Giles]

Can't afford to chrome plate bits of your Harley?  No problem, the Bolognese solution just requires baking foil, available from most good supermarkets…..

This chapel was built in the 8th and 9th centuries, not in bad nick…

…...apart from the fact that some of the columns have had to have a little remedial work performed on them....

[Finn666]

damn great pics G. …thanks for sharing!

[ALEX1976]

@Madame:

Having a wonderful time, great to meet up with Georgeel and his beautiful wife, we covered a lot of ground yesterday and got through some amazing food.  Am generally too busy chatting, eating or drinking to take pix so apologies but here are a few:

Outside San Francisco church, in the sunshine