A day with bewitching Bologna

It was on 2nd of Nov, late at night when my friend Umutcan, forced me and my roommate Prince for the trip. I with lot of hesitation, agreed to him. I was not at all willing to move away from my couch and cozy room. My place Piacenza has made me more tardy and lazy. Also I am doing exceptionally well at procrastinating almost everything. I had made many plans to visit Milan, Como and Lecco but my laziness was stopping me to go. But i guess Bologna, was a place which had beauty in every nook. Its one of the oldest historical place. The buildings, the color of the buildings, the pleasant climate, the people,and all together the atmosphere of the place was appalling to the eye and mind which helped me forget my other mental problems. So it was on 3rd morning when me, Umut, Prince and Juan got ready to visit Bologna, and we boarded the train at 8 17 am at Piacenza. We reached the place by 10 10 am, and Juan whom we had woken up from a terrible sleep, boarded the train without a ticket, and unfortunately he had to get down at the next station to avoid a terrible fine. He told us not to buy the ticket and also was at the station well in advance. This can happen when you sleep late talking to your gf and have to wake up early for a trip on a chilly morning. I am sorry for him to miss such a nice trip. At Bologna we had a quick breakfast and started walking.This is a small place and Umut had marked the important places in google maps which made things easy. So from the station we started to walk to wards the oldest university, University of Bologna, which was built in 1088 AD. This is such a big university and it is well maintained with the relevance of its history enticing the naked eye.

The pic shows one of the buildings of the economics department in the university. The pathway underneath the arches is a very long one, and the other  departments can be seen on both the sides. It was a very delightful walk in the lane, to see the departments. The thing which catches your eye is that color of the buildings, which are different for each of the building but are very soothing to the eye to watch. I had read sometime long back, that Bologna is a very beautiful place and I could see, what was everyone talking about. After walking around the place for some time, we walking towards Piazza Maggiore which is around 45mins walk from the railway station, if and only if you walk slowly looking at all the places and universities on the way. A brisk walk can take you in less than 30 mins. Piazza Maggiore is the place, where half of Bologna, is .The two towers, the cathedral,the fountain of neptune etc. 

On our way to Piazza Maggiore, The two towers were in the visibility slowly just like a giant dinosaur hiding in front of a big building ( of course there were no buildings during the age of dinosaur) I had to have a high angle of elevation to capture the height of  the tower.It was like seeing the skeleton of leaning tower of Pisa. 

These are the two towers, well the inclination is also clearly visible. I didn't have the time to know about its history as it was just a one day trip and had to see many things with ease. So have to rely on google to know about its history. I dont mind going one more time to know about its history. 

We took many snaps, here, as each one of us wanted a full pic with the two towers in it. A better camera would have captured our faces much clearer. After seeing the twin towers, we talked down the street in front of the towers, which took us to the cathedral. The walk from the two towers takes you to the beautiful streets of Bologna and the duomo.walking towards the Duomo you first meet with the fountain of Neptune, which is very artistic and the sound of water from it is like listening to some mind revival music. We took few shots here.

Street infront of two towers

Fountain of Neptune  , Prince and me

We then visited the cathedral. This cathedral is too breathtaking and very beautiful just like all other cathedrals in Italy. Its beauty, the paintings on the walls, the history associated with it and the mental peace which you get in a holy place. But photography is not allowed in side the church.

duomo

We also went to the terrace of duomo, by paying 3 euros and i dont have words to say about its beauty. Just see the pictures.

straight view from the duomo

view opposite to the face of duomo

left side view from the duomo

At the top of duomo

It was a great trip for a day, it eased my mind, and i walked a lot to see the place around which in itself a good exercise. There are many more places to visit like the Osteria del Sole which is since 1645 and its a very famous hangout place for the local guys and tourists. Here you only get booze, finest of wines. You have to grab your food from some other place, buy the wine here and enjoy with your family and friends. The wine here is worth trying. It is just for 2euros. 

We then returned to the station in the evening to catch the 6 24 pm train, and we went were in a very hurry to buy the ticket, pack the dinner and board the train and we boarded a wrong train and went to the other side of Bologna. It was after half and hr I realized, we are moving in the wrong direction and at Imola we got down and took the ticket to Bologna, and from there used the same ticket to Piacenza. Wasted 2 hours here, but the day and the whole time spent was worth remembering. 

P.S.: sorry for the bad english, cohesion etc, it was after 2yrs i felt like writing. 

LOVE

Never I can be alone in life,
expending my time....
The precious moments spent,
Has given me eternal happiness,
Which has shrouded in my heart,
unaware of the destination to go.


your exquisite eyes,
and your fantabulous smile,
have hidden deep,
in my heart,
blossoming with your
love and care

carvened you the creator,
sent your for me,
A gift which I will never loose,
love and protect you,
with special care.

you going away today,
far and far,
its for you I am ,
Oh My dear friend,
My sweet love,
I love you a lot.

The First Step Over the Barrier

They are good friends. Just good friends. And their friendship stems from quite a common way now-a-days, through internet. They chat for really long hours and they became quite fond of each other’s company thought they haven’t met each other in person. The conversations were mostly written or through voice chat. Yet, there seemed to be a mysterious bond hat was getting stronger each day.

 Once, there came a time when she travelled out of the city and he couldn’t get to talk to her. And he sent her signs that he would be missing her. And she said cheekily that ‘hmm.I don’t miss you at this moment. When I do so, I shall tell ‘and she giggled.

 Time flew by. They were really becoming close friends. Every time, whenever one of them pings to chat, the other person would feel a blanket of happiness over him/her or rather a sense of excitement blooming from within. They shared almost everything about themselves and what happened for the entire day. Naturally, this meant that both were pouring out their feelings to one another and both acted as good receptors.

 Now, he had to travel outside for a month and he won’t be able to access internet. They could have kept in touch by sms or calling each other. The problem ironically is that when they called each other, emotions used to get suppressed. They felt more comfortable in typing as they both were not very articulate on the upfront. Hence, if they wanted to do an emotional talk or felt like thanking or saying sorry, typing was the only medium in which they felt comfortable. So, what was she going to do for a month? 

 If you do not have the one to whom you pour out your every feeling, imagine the mental agony that she was going through. She knows that his trip can’t be avoided. But at least she wanted to put across how she felt and finally how much she would miss him. But would she ever get the courage to do so? Was it so difficult to go up to him and look into his eyes with just pure affection and care and say that ‘I think I am going to miss you, my friend’ 

She really wanted to get this message across. But how, words just got locked up in her mouth. She just couldn’t verbalize her feelings, not that she forgot the grammar or does not know how to construct a sentence, but the problem was with her guts. She had absolutely no guts to articulate her emotional feelings.

This task became harder because he was also the same as her. Falters, when it comes to emotional talks and was equally bad as her when talking in front of a person. At least if he said something like ‘I think I will not find good company like u over there’ she could use that as a platform and get her overflowing feelings out.

The day came when he was about to leave in a few hours. She went to the railway station to send him off. They both took an auto to the station. That was her best chance to express him that she would miss him. He was very excited about his trip and he seemed bustling with enthusiasm. So, she didn’t want to spoil the mood by engaging him in sentimental talk. So, she also pretended to be energetic and enthusiastic about his trip. And after a while, they ran out of topics to talk and the rest of the journey was made in silence to the station. He started putting suitcases in the train. There was just half an hour before the train leaves. And he was almost prepared to get on the train. So, she told him ‘all the best’ and extended her hand to him.

He shook it firmly and said ‘thanks’. Just then, she put her other hand over him and she broke down immediately. She thought, “Why am I behaving like this? I would surely look childish”

Just then, he shook her arms…’hey, is something wrong? You seem flushed’ she just regained her senses and immediately left his hand.

The train master whistled and waved the flag. He boarded the train. “Nothing’s wrong. Just take care of yourself”, she said. As he left, she put on a very fake facade and appeared cheerful.

She was non-chalantly walking out of the railway station. She doesn’t know herself that she is slowing down, willing for the train to comeback, for him to come back. She wants to tell him that she is going to miss him badly and the reason she wants the train to carry him back, is that she already is missing him. Missing him real bad!

After about 5 minutes, she received a sms from him saying that “hey…I know this is weird but I had no other choice... I think I am really going to miss u so much. I tried so hard to get the 3 words ‘I Miss you’ from my mouth but the efforts went in vain. I knew you were like me –hard to express the emotions. But I was waiting for a miracle where you would say ‘I miss you too’. It is actually a shame that I had to depend on something so lifeless as a mobile phone to actually voice my emotions. But, it does put me at ease when you could get to know how I feel”.

Do it NOW

Now is the time for every good deed
Say it Now, the kind words
Give it Now, the goodness
Show it Now, the friendship
Share it Now, the sorrows of your mind
Smile it Now, the joys in your life
Prove it Now, the love in your heart
Do it Now, someone’s life a home of happiness!