We started off the day leaving the beautiful city of Ferrara. An hour later, we arrived at the city of Bologna, also known as the city of music due to its rich history as the birthplace of many famous Italian musicians. Throughout the city, we even saw many people playing instruments along the streets. We began our day of exploration at the Piazza Majora, the main square of the city. Our first site was the largest church built by bricks in the world, The Basilica of San Petronio. From that center point, we explored the city in our assigned units for game number two. One of the other major sites of Bologna we visited was the University of Bologna, the oldest university in the world (founded in 1088). The beauty and integrity of the infrastructure of this university blew us all away. Another popular stop for the team was a basketball shop called Back Door, which was essentially the Italian version of a Foot Locker, with a wide selection of basketball shoes like Jordan retros as well as basketball clothing.
After several hours in Bologna, we made our way to Montecatini to check into our hotel, Hotel Giglio. We played our second game of the trip in the evening against a local team in the second Italian basketball league. Although the outcome of the game was not what we wanted, it was an awesome experience for our team. The opponent was a great challenge, and the game itself was very physical and intense. We showed a lot of resilience throughout the game, so we were content as a team from a growth standpoint.
-Alec Warren, Class of 2019
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