Viaggio in Italia

Here are some photos from our day trip to Ravenna, a small neighboring city that used to be the western capital of the Holy Roman Empire.

one of ravenna's famous mosaics

Pug in a blanket! This is the second time in Italy I've seen a dog in a stroller. There was no child in sight, so the stroller was clearly meant for the dog. I just can't get over this trend.

Statue of Garibaldi, a must for every town

On our way back to the train station we stumbled across a random extremist right-wing protest. 'Via Prodi' means 'Go away, Prodi,' the current center-left prime minister. These people support Berlusconi, currently leader of the opposition and maybe returning to the presidency soon.


There were even members of the Lega Nord, the real extremists whose main platform is anti-immigration: they want to kick all the immigrants out of Italy. They also believe northern Italy should secede from the rest of the country and start its own country called Padania. I've always heard about the Lega because they're so extreme, but it was hard to imagine people actually belonging to it... but here they are.