While in Bologna, I decided I wanted to climb up Torre degli asinelli, a tower in Bologna that is over 400 steps. I didn’t realize I needed a reservation to climb it, but once I reserved a spot and got my ticket, I was able to climb up the tower. The three other people in my group that were going up with me had to stop every now and again to catch their breathe, but I didn’t. I was the first person up top during my scheduled time allotted to be up there. I could see a large portion of Bologna from this vantage point. I took in the view, but eventually had to head back down the stairs. Going down was a different story than going up. Because I wear size 15 shoes, the portions of the stairs that had very thin steps had me standing in my heels. I couldn’t go very fast down a majority of the steps because of this, but every now and again the steps would become wider and I could walk down normally. I could also see down to the next landing because nothing was blocking my sight. Overall, I would definitely go up it again because it was so beautiful, but I would either go up and night so I can see the city lights throughout Bologna or I would try to bring someone close to me to Italy and have them go up with me and witness their experience for the first time up there, or maybe both.