Turin Stories


The looooooooong journey home

After a rushed day in Paris Matt and I were up late talking to some people we met from California at the hostel. We were up till past 3 with them, then we had to make some phone calls. The next thing I knew it was after 4am, and I had to leave shortly after 5am to catch the metro to the airport to catch my flight back to Italy. So, I didn't sleep... ...


Strikes

Well, we were warned before we came to Italy that Italians like to strike. They have organized strikes all the time. Dates and times that they are going to strike are posted on the internet via news sources. However, over the last few months we sorta forgot that. Additionally, we were never taught the italian word for "strike" So today we went to the...


2nd day exploring Turin

Today we went back to Turin.... we went to a very large Ancient Egyptian Museum, then had lunch at a little outdoor cafe. My roommates and I shared several pasta dishes and pizza, but luckily it was the best pizza we have had yet. That is probably the thing we are the most sick of right now-- and that is pizza. The food in Italy is wonderful, but we...


1st Day trip to Turin (Torino)

Turin (Torino) Today we went to Turin as a group. In case I didn't say this before, Turin is the home of the 2006 winter olympics. Turin has a population of over 1 million people and is still getting ready for the olympics- building new tourism offices, etc. Turin is a 30 min-55 min train ride from Asti, and we took the train as a group. The first th...