Bologna; Saturday, 29 September, 2012

Saturday started off badly as I discovered my camera was playing up and had decided it no longer wanted to take any photos so having trekked all the way into town I trekked all the way back to the hotel as I didn’t want to carry a heavy lump of uselessness with me all day.

Second attempt into the town centre, this time making use of the camera on my mobile to take photos, I headed over to the Basilica di San Domenico to have a look around.

By the time I had finished at the Basilica it was lunchtime so I found a very nice restaurant on the Piazza Santo Stefano and had a lengthy lunch before turning my attention to the seven church complex of Santo Stefano.

Having taken in all the sights of the various churches I wandered back through town to the old stock exchange building.

The building has been converted into a public library, and in the process they discovered significant Roman remains in the basement, which they have now turned into an exhibition.

I had a good look around the remains before going for an extended wander around the city centre building up an appetite until it was time to settle down for dinner