29 May Bologna
So, I was in Bologna. I saw many cool and interesting things while I was there. I went to the University of Bologna and saw the Operating/Anatomy Table that Galvanize did his anatomy work on. Autopsies were performed on this table to see how someone died, to study the workings and structures of the human body. He also took electricity posts and put them on a dead frog, electrocuted it, and it started hopping around on the table. It’s nerves came back to life. People would come and watch dead people being opened up, thus it being called a theatre. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein got her idea from watching him perform with electricity and the frog coming back to life and jumping on the table. The University of Bologna is also the oldest school in the entire world. It has been around since 1088. It is a very prestigious and high ranked university. Bologna is actually nicknamed “La Dotta” meaning the educated, because of the University. I also went to this really good gelato place called Creamaria Cavour. It has some good gelato. I got grapefruit and blueberry. While I didn’t like the grapefruit because I thought it was too sour and bitter, I absolutely loved the blueberry. I am not surprised at all at the quality of food in Bologna. After all, it’s nicknamed “La Grossa” meaning the fat because of it’s amazing food products and just food in general. I saw the last remaining two towers in Bologna as well. Back in the ancient times, they had towers everywhere. The towers marked the elite and wealthy. The higher the tower, the wealthier you were. Everyone was competing to be the one with the highest tower. While I would have loved to climb one, nobody in my group wanted to, so I didn’t. If I’m in Bologna again, I’m definitely climbing one. Bologna was a cool place to visit. Just I wish, I had explored just a tad more, but it’s okay. I liked what I got to see.
