Kind of like the amazing race

When Joe joined his fraternity at NAU, part of the initiation involved memorizing facts about the founder, who taught at the University of Bologna centuries ago. He learned about these two medieval towers which still stand in the historic center of Bologna. So, armed with that information, we set off for Bologna in search of the two towers. We bought some postcards and showed them to people, asking "Dov' e? After going round and round, we finally figured out that we were perhaps being given directions to the nearest post office rather than to the towers, but eventually we found them. For three Euros we were allowed to climb the winding, worn wooden staircase to the top. Joe searched for signs representing his fraternity and eventually found something carved into the wood of the staircase. I would tell you what it said but I fear that fraternity rules might specify that I would therefore be hurled from the top of the tower.