Ferrarra

After the two weeks in Como went by, our group set out for our second journey around Italy together.  We set out to go to Ferrarra, Venice, Vicenza, and Verona. Starting out in Ferrarra, we had a great time in a small town.  While in this town, we all had bikes to get around, and so we had a blast everywhere we went.  We rode in circles following each other, and all over the city to see the various architectural things we were to see.  Some of the best parts here are when I took off by myself for a whole day riding from place to place stopping wherever I feel.  I rode around the whole city, circling the city wall, which is one of the few still standing.  That night, we went to an incredibly jazz club.  A crisp ride through the fog surrounding the city took us away from the ordinary day and the luminous orange light on the walls made it seem we were soaring through the clouds.  One of the towers on the city wall had been converted into a jazz club so magnificently.  An Israeli Jazz musician with an accompanying band were there that night and they were great.  The tower had the big timber beams exposed and the underground room with the bar had a huge brick dome as the whole ceiling of the room incredibly retained.  The mix of Israeli and contemporary Jazz lasted for 2 hours and kept us all in rapture the entire time.  It was an amazing night, capped by another brisk ride through the night back to our hotel which was a convent that was transformed into a hotel.