We went to Bologna for dinner, drove straight for the Centro and left* the car. We found a friendly bar, ordered mineral water con gazo, doppio espressos and asked for a recommendation for the best restaurant in Bologna. After a lively discussion the unanimous opininion was the Pappagallo, or parrot.
The boy's menu has the prices (the wines are ordered cardinally), the girl's does not. (Don't blame me.)
*Left and lost. We got accustomed to losing the car. For one thing, there isn't a straight street in any Centro we explored. Rome was absolutely the worst. Our hotel concierge sent a guide with a map to help us locate our rental Fiat just three blocks away. This layout was supposed to fool marauding Visigoths. It certainly worked for us. But we didn't mind. We realized that getting lost in Italy is half the fun.
Meanwhile maybe someone with more sophistication regarding Italy can tell me how come the best retaurant we enountered in 8 days has the same name - PAPPAGALLO - as the one on my CD language lessson for dining out. Are threre many Pappagallos in Italy? Or did the creators of Italain Lessons from Triple Play Plus (sic) find the one in Bologna? Anyway, they make a good teaching CD for several language - I learned all my Italian in about 5 days. You may assume I feel like a deaf mute in Italy....but I try: Molto bene! Eccellente. Me piache la camice adzura e soi in stat desrubato di la mia video camera...
I may not know Italy or Italian very well, but I know what I like. Food is even easier than paintings and the other arts to know what we like and whether something makes us sick and vomit for 24 hours or adds value to our lives forever. I was healthy and happy in Italy. The stolen Video camera was my fault for leaving it in the trunk. Not a secure spot to say the least.
