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La Piccola Venezia / Finestrella di Via Piella in Bologna

 

La Piccola Venezia / Finestrella di Via Piella in Bologna is a small network of channels, similar to those in Venice. In fact much of Bologna is built over these channels, but unlike Venice, the channels run underground.

Passing under the Porta Govese or Torresotto dei Piella you reach the famous window on the Canale delle Moline and the bridge, both overlooking the canal.

This small window can be seen here, for free:

https://www.google.pt/maps/place/Finestra+sui+Canali/@44.4983545,11.3448053,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xade61d8937e7a6d!8m2!3d44.4985811!4d11.345205?hl=en

A poem about Bologna

 

“There was something unique about old Bologna
The red one, the learned one, the fat one
Whatever adjective you choose
As a tourist is hard to see Bologna
To look to the streets and see past the melancholic beauty of the ages
The deep history, the monuments
Even to look past the very map I held while I visited Bologna

As a tourist I could only be grateful
It welcomed me like I was no stranger
Served me her best food, showed me her stories and secrets
Even sometimes ….even if for a brief moment , I was no longer a tourist

As a tourist I look at Bologna as a gem
People might put it in 4th or 5th place in a map of wishes
But I was immediately attracted to her
Tall medieval structures raised my eyes to their impossibility
Streets filled with joy and pride,
Restaurants with delicacies I would eat with my vision

A graceful word in italian and people would just speak back
Embarrassed I tried to explain my condition
As a portuguese tourist with just basic knowledge of italian
Amazed by bologna
Wishing to stay , to be there, maybe forever or a long time
No longer as a tourist, looking at the watch
At the camera
At the map
No longer passing by
Just crossing everyday in the impossibility
Of not being a tourist”

Porto Invicto #Segunda Video

 

Porto (occasionally also known as Oporto in English) is the second-largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon, and one of the major urban areas in Southern Europe.

Porto, é a segunda maior cidade em Portugal, a seguir a Lisboa,e um dos maiores centros urbanos do sul da Europa. 


http://www.visitporto.travel/Visitar/Paginas/default.aspx

Visit Porto !

 

 

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Frida Mexicana #Segunda Video

In July 2015 we decided to celebrate my birthday in a very special restaurant in Porto, Frida

Em Julho 2015 decidimos celebrar o meu aniversário num restaurante muito especial no Porto, Frida.


http://www.tripadvisor.com.br/Restaurant_Review-g189180-d6528136-Reviews-Frida_Cocina_Mestiza-Porto_Porto_District_Northern_Portugal.html

 

 

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