Day 19

Pasta, pasta, pasta today. But all of it delicious. We found a cute little cafe near ECCo for lunch called Caffè Opera e Tulipani (Via Alessandrini, 7; 39-051-245-122). They had a nice selection of food, reasonable prices and a really nice, relaxing atmosphere. There was a big grand piano and microphones in there too, so judging by the name of the place I wouldn't be surprised if there was live music (opera, perhaps?) at night or something. I'll have to check it out. Also, probably the coolest aspect of this place is that it overlooks one of the cities open canals. Yeah, I didn't know it either, but Bologna is built on a series of canals. A great article on Bologna from the New York Times explains (http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/travel/23hours.html):

Few visitors realize that underneath the city's cobblestone streets lies a medieval network of canals originally used for trade and transport.

Pretty cool. Here's a picture. There is a small porch outside with nice tables that overlook the canal, but unfortunately it was too cold and rainy today to sit outside. I'll have to go back when its warmer.


I had fusilli with sausage in a cream sauce, which was some of the best pasta I've had here. The pasta was perfectly cooked, the sauce creamy but light.


Leah and Solveig both got the tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms. Oh.So.Good.


For dinner, made some great pasta with Mark and his roommates. Used some of the leftover broccoli with peppers and garlic from last night with some chicken, penne pasta, parmigiano and chili flakes.


Tomorrow? Another cooking class, so get excited. Very, very excited.