We started our epic journey about 8:30 am with the rumble of luggage wheels on cobblestones bouncing off the Monterosso close passageways. The plan had been to take the train to Pisa and spend a few hours looking at the leaning tower and having lunch. Laurie decided that he didn't care much about Pisa so we headed on to the next station on our way, Florence. With a small penalty we were able to change our train times so we were off to Bologna on an earlier train. Bologna is a modern three-level train station but it has very confusing signage and the annoyance of local con men who buzzed around like wasps at a salmon BBQ. They wanted to help you with your luggage, to validate your ticket, anything to then ask for money for the service. Thankfully we found a uniformed Trenitalia employee who looked at the posted scheduled pronounced a route then checked it on his hand-held computer and changed his mind. I didn't say anything but the con guys seemed to have this info all in their heads. They are so prolific at this station likely because it is the midway of several routes between the big tourist draws Florence and Venice. 
Ferrara was our penultimate destination and finally we made it to Ravenna about 5:00 pm. We had a B&B booked a short walk from the train station. Unfortunately there was no-one home at the nor did they return for 45 minutes. We decided to return to the NH Hotel where we stayed on our visit with the choir. (Laurie informed Booking.com of the problem.) We walked into town for dinner - Laurie had pig knuckle and I had Guinea hen - yum. Strolling back afterwards we happened upon a free concert in the square. An eight member band called Bandanre were playing the sort of music you would hear at the folk festival. We stood for almost an hour listening.
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