In an effort to keep everyone up to date on my trip, I have hopped on the blogging bandwagon. What better way to post pictures and fun stories.
After 28 hours of missed connections and flight delays, mom and I finally made it to Bologna for our mini vaca before we head off in separate directions. Our first day was spent in a nearby town, Revenna. We took an hour-long train ride and were dropped into the centro of this beautiful little city. It is where Dante escaped Florence and is buried, and is also known as "the mosaic city" because of it's large array byzantine mosaics.
First stop: Bisilica di San Vitale. Built in the 6th century, the interior is covered from altar to dome with the mosaics.
Next door is a little chapel that literally looks like the inside of a jewelry box because the entire place glistens with golden tiles and rich indigo and deep green tiles.
And then two other churches whose names escape me, they are all Basicilica di San Something Something. . . The first one was a very old medieval church with beautiful mosaics. Mom and I especially liked the boats, the castle with stones made with golden tiles, and the three wise men.
The next one was a little church that had been built over the roman ruins of a palazzo, so we went down to the basement to see all the preserved mosaics (sorry no pics, no cameras were allowed).
We then went to Dante's Mausoleum. . .
Lunch. . .
On the way back to the train station we found what mom called an "italian totem pole"
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| Obviously she liked it |
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