The day begins with the ample hotel breakfast . . . and what a spread!!!
. . . where you can get everything you might desire! Here are the meats, tomatoes, cheeses, and scrambled eggs.
emJay nearly created an international incident with a coffee machine malfunction by improperly pushing the “macchiato” buttons. Luckily we had become friendly with the breakfast attendant so she just laughed at us.
Today would be a walking/shopping tour of the Turin area around our hotel. Newest Prada fashion: a banana dress! Look for it soon at a shop near YOU!
We considered touring around on bikes . . . but it may have been overkill. Here is one of the “use and leave” community bikes. You locate an available bike via your app . . .
. . . you scan the bar code, the rear bike lock unlocks, and off you go!
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Because it is vacation time in Italy, and factories and many businesses shut down, so too do many shops and restaurants. However, this exception to that rule adamantly states: ‘We are Open all of August!’
Clever street artists create a sand dog.
Captivating! Looks like a 3-d printed art object, reflected upon itself.
Soon it was time for a light, little lunch . . .Oooh! Looks like emJay bit an olive pit!
She had a lovely lunch of chicken salad (with olives), mixed vegetables, and yummy potatoes.
I enjoyed a mixed salad with tuna.
emJay had picked up some special chocolates that come with their own pack of dry ice keeping them cool enough not to melt!
YOU may receive a postcard from Italy!
As we walked around a corner we realized we were back with the sand artists . . . they had made good progress on Fido! Wonder what they do with it once it is complete????
We admired the beautiful Mole Antonelliana, originally designed as a synagogue and now holds a museum of cinematography. Its recognizable shape is an icon of Turin.
Young children from all over Europe have made their own artistic versions of the Mole. Kind of like the cow or Bucky Badger sculptures in Madison!
This bike has been parked here a loooong time!
Back at the Piazza Castello, this sculpture honors soldiers from many eras. Italy has been involved in many wars and occupations!
The Angelic fountain. Not so hot today or we might have taken a dip!!!
We explored the trendy neighborhood called Quadrilatero Romano. It features Via Garibaldi, which is Europe’s longest pedestrian mall! Here we are looking to the northwest . . .
. . . and here we are looking southeast!
The sundial along Piazza Solferino is only one hour off! We learned that Italy does observe daylight savings time in October.
Luciano in earlier days . . . he has put on a few pounds like many of us. Too much pasta!!
View from the river Po. In the far distance you see a new office tower being built, one of few in the area.
At the end of the bridge sits the church the Gran Madre di Dio.
Interior of the Gran Madre.
View from the Gran Madre, back across the bridge to the heart of Turin. Beautiful day for walking.
Tormented street art. No explanation or mention of the artist.
Turin has many homeless people. This person made his/her bed right along the walkway. They seem to exist peacefully alongside the rest of the Turinoians, sort of a ghost population. Many have mattresses they lay out inside the colonnades. The police don’t seem to hassle them. Too bad the authorities can’t do something about the graffiti in Turino. It has REALLY changed the urban landscape. Very ugly and demeaning to the beautiful architecture of the city.
We love the graceful hanging vines attached to balconies of apartments.
We walked to the lovely LaPerola Rosa for our last dinner on this trip in Turin. emJay had the veal and I had salmon . . . and of course a nice bottle of Piedmonte bianco vino!
. . . since it was our last night in town we decided to splurge on the calories and EACH have our own dessert . . . I had the tiramisu . . .
. . . and emJay had the hazelnut dark chocolate torte with vanilla gelato and fresh fruit. Yum!
A nice walk down the promenade and soon we were back at Hotel Genova. Tomorrow it is on to Milan!!!