On Saturday afternoon we arrived in Torino. It is very different from Rome. Truth be told it is not nearly as exciting. It’s pretty in its own way; it has more orthogonal streets that were constructed around the same time as Paris, and it is much neater and cleaner than Rome.
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| strange statue on the bridge down the street from my apartment |
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| pantheon knockoff |
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| my favorite space in all of Torino... the only place where people actually go. Plus you can see the alps from here. |
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| Italian flags abound everywhere here |
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| The streets are all decked out in celebration of Italy's 150 years as a nation. Torino was Italy's first capital. |
It’s also a lot colder. But it definitely does not have the same energy as Rome. It has a nice park, our school is in an actual castle (Castello Valentino), it has one or two nice public spaces, and much better shopping (I got 2 pairs of jeans for 10 euro!)… but it also has bugs. Since moving in here we have not been able to keep food in the apartment because of some unwanted house guests. My morning cereal currently resides in the freezer where our new friends cannot get to it. Luckily the landlord was pretty fast in calling someone to put bug poison in the apartment. Hopefully we can actually cook dinner tomorrow night. We had some very delicious pizza last night, but it is definitely not worth the 11 Euro and the stomach ache to eat like that every night. Class is pretty intense. We have group work every day from 9 to 6, but we have no homework. Unfortunately there is also nothing to do. After this is posted I am probably going to go exploring. I need to find some sort of past time that will make my stay here more enjoyable. Everyone from last year said they liked the Torino portion of the trip the best. However I (along with everyone else) am really missing Roma right now.
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