AT#208 - Travel to Turin and Bologna (or Eating our way through Italy)

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2009

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Bernstein about two lesser visited cities in Italy - Turin and Bologna. Turin has the reputation as the Detroit of Italy because of its long association with Fiat but that nickname does not express the beauty of the city, the warmth of its people nor the quality of its wine. Bologna has a reputation for good food in a country known for its good food which may be one of the reasons that Bologna is known as "the fat". The city is the home of bolognese sauce and lasagna. It also lays claim to one of the oldest if not the oldest university in Europe. Ira takes us on a tour of surprising museums (like the largest Egyptian museum outside Cairo), pivotal history and of course wonderful food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good
0:08.0	in my passport photo. The Amateur Traveler episode 208. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about museums,
0:17.0	Palios, palaces, and of course food as we go to Turin and Bologna in Italy.
0:23.0	I know that I should be heading home
0:32.0	welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. I'm going to
0:37.4	skip the new segment of the show today because I just didn't find any news that
0:40.9	caught my fancy. I will remind you at this time to vote for
0:45.0	the amateur traveler for the podcast award that we're up for go to
0:48.3	podcast awards.com you can go every day if you like and that closes at the end of November and then with no further ado on to today's interview
1:01.5	I'd like to welcome back to the show Ira Bernstein who is coming to us from
1:05.1	Dallas. Ira has been on the show before talking about Venice and the Veneto and
1:09.1	Ira you've come back to talk about two more Italian cities. Welcome back to the show first of all.
1:15.2	Thank you. Thank you. It is wonderful to be back. And where did you?
1:19.8	Congratulations on your double century of shows.
1:24.7	Thank you.
1:25.6	And where did you go this time?
1:27.6	This past year, we went to Lake Como.
1:32.4	We always go to a northern city because we have friends there. Then we went to Bologna, then we went to Florence. We always end up in Florence. Next year we're going to go back to Florence. We always end up in Florence.
1:43.2	Next year we're going to go back to Turin, Bologna, and Florence.
1:49.3	What is drawing you to those cities, first of all?
1:51.8	Well, the food and in particular the wine in Turin are just
1:58.5	so magnificent number one number two well we have friends in Turin, number three in the area because it is not so
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