After a better night’s sleep we packed up our stuff, went to our breakfast spot and had our juice and croissants. We returned to the apartment to collect our stuff. I double checked that I had my passport before closing the apartment door. (Two years ago I closed the door and left my passport in the apartment which meant we missed our flight, etc. etc. but not this time!)
As we were leaving the wheel on my mom’s suitcase started to break but we pushed forward and essentially dragged it the 1/2 mile to the train station. We are traveling from Padova to Bologna and then on local trains from Bologna to Ravenna. This meant we needed to go to two ticket offices to purchase the tickets. Tickets secured, our next challenge was the ATM, after several tries we got money. We are very accomplished travelers. 😉
We had to wait about an hour for our train. The train worked well for us. We traveled through farm lands. All the trees and plants are greening up with spring. Farmers were out planting. Here’s a picture of mom on the train.
and a picture of the landscape.
Switching trains in Bologna was easy. When we arrived in Ravenna we walked 0.4 miles to the hotel. Mom’s doing great with all the walking. Ravenna seems like a very cute little old town with a nice shopping area. Our hotel is very centrally located.
After getting checked in and settled we went out for a late lunch. We were told that piadina, essentially stuffed flat bread, is a specialty of Ravenna so that’s what we had. While it as tasty, it didn’t agree with mom so we spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing in the room.
We didn’t go out to dinner (gave mom’s stomach a rest) and just stayed in. You might have noticed I added categories to the blog!
Tomorrow . . . Byzantine mosaics!