Autor de Seta, Novecento y otros imperdibles de la Literatura Universal.

1958 Nace en Turín.

1996 Seta (Seda)

Coges la botella de leche, la típica botella de vidrio que el lechero deja en la puerta en las series de televisión viejas. Vas al distribuidor automático, metes la cantidad de dinero necesario para la cantidad de leche que quieres y te rellenas la botella.

Ventajas:

- La leche es más barata (1 €/litro, frente al 1,54 €/litro de leche fresca)

- Usas un único envase, que después limpias en casa y reutilizas hasta el infinito.

-Es leche producida biológicamente y en granjas de los pueblos de alrededor.

- Si necesitas un litro, metes 1 € en el distribuidor, si necesitas medio litro, metes 50 cents, si necesitas 0,1 litro, metes 10 cents. Es decir, que puedes comprar la leche que te apetece y que realmente necesitas en cada momento, de tal manera que no te sobra nunca, no se te pone mala y no la tienes que tirar.

Al ser leche cruda te recomiendan que la hiervas, pero no es necesario. Te dan incluso documentación de la Provincia, en la que te informan que por ley te tienen que decir que la hiervas, pero que no existen riesgos, salvo para la población especialmente sensible. Yo no lo hago, y eso no me ha supuesto ningún problema. Con esa leche hago un estupendo kefir.

If you are looking for a European tourist destination, consider the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Depending on your interests, this beautiful area might be an ideal vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food, and wash it down with fine local wine. Some parts of Piedmont haven’t yet been discovered by tourists. This short article presents Turin, the capital and largest city of the Piedmont. A companion article presents the rest of the Piedmont region.

Piedmont means foot of the mountains, and that describes the area perfectly. Turin, in the center of Piedmont, is pretty well surrounded by hills and by mountains such as the Alps. The Piedmont climate is continental especially in the plains.

Turin’s population is slightly over nine hundred thousand. The 2006 Winter Olympics have put Turin on the tourist map. Turin, the center of Italy’s automobile manufacturing, is more than an industrial city.

This city was once a walled Roman military camp. The French House of Savoy ruled Piedmont for about five hundred years. Not surprisingly a lot of French influence remains. Turin was the first capital of the United Kingdom of Italy.

We begin our tour of Turin downtown. The Fifteenth Century St. John’s Cathedral chapel contained the famous Shroud of Turin. You can see a copy of this shroud near the Duomo’s altar. Other downtown churches include the Seventeenth Century San Lorenzo (St. Lawrence) and the twin baroque San Carlo and Santa Cristina Churches. Cross the Po River to see the Nineteenth Century Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio and the Sixteenth Century Church of St. Maria of the Mountain.

Italy’s Detroit is home to the Museo dell’Automobile (Automobile Museum). Its collection includes the first FIAT model, Bugattis, Ferraris, and actress Gloria Swanson’s Isotta Franchini from the movie Sunset Boulevard.

The Mole Antonelliana, the official emblem of the 2006 Winter Olympics, was once the world’s tallest brick structure. It houses the Museo Nazionale del Cinema (National Cinema Museum) that includes a film library containing seven thousand films.

The Piedmont region is well known for all kinds of food, often with a French style. Grissini (Bread Sticks) were also invented in Turin. See our companion article I Love Touring Italy – Turin, Piedmont for a sample menu and more information on local wines as well as an in-depth examination of its tourist attractions. Piedmont wines include Barolo, felt by many to be Italy’s finest red wine, and Barbaresco.

If you are planning to tour Europe, why don’t you consider the Piedmont region of northern Italy? Depending on your specific interests, this beautiful area might be an ideal vacation spot. You can get classic Italian food, and wash it down with fine local wine. There are even some parts of Piedmont that haven’t yet been discovered by tourists. This short article presents “the rest of Piedmont”, Piedmont outside Turin, the region’s capital and largest city. A companion article presents Turin.

Piedmont means foot of the mountains, and that describes the area perfectly. A large part of the region is surrounded by hills and by mountains such as the Alps. While the setting is beautiful, you should not expect a Mediterranean climate such as found in most of Italy. The Piedmont climate is continental, with hot summers and cold winters, especially in the plains.

Stupinigi is a small village southwest of Turin in central Piedmont. Be sure to see the Hunting Lodge and its Museum of Art and Decoration.

The sunny Alpine valley ski resort of Bardonecchia near the French border hosted some events during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. It includes snowboarding and ski trails for all skill levels. The nearby village of Sestriere was a major site during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and the 2006 Winter Paralympics. The resort offers night skiing and, during the summer, Europe’s highest altitude eighteen hole golf course.

Alba contains a cathedral and several churches worth seeing and a great Municipal Museum of Archaeology and Natural Science. But people mostly go to Alba for the wine and the white truffles. Both Barolo and Barbaresco wines are produced within a few kilometers of the city.

Asti has often competed with its neighbor, Alba. Both produce white truffles. And they are both important wine producers. Asti Spumante, now called Asti, was probably the best-known Italian sparkling wine. Each September Asti celebrates its victory in a Middle Ages battle against Alba in a bareback horse race which is preceded by a medieval pageant. You’ll also want to see the city’s remaining towers, the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta (Saint Mary of Assunte Cathedral), and the Gothic San Secondo Church.

In 1986 in the Piedmont city of Barolo Carlo Petrini founded the Slow Food association as a protest against a MacDonald’s opening in Rome. Within twenty years Slow Food has grown to 80,000 members in 100 countries. See our companion article I Love Touring Italy – Small Town Piedmont for a sample menu and more information on Piedmont wines as well as an in-depth examination of the area’s tourist attractions. Piedmont is the region of Italy with the most wines in each of the two top classifications.

Sosushi is the result of an old stationery store deep seated in the historical urban tissue of Turin/Italy; being – almost magically – turned into a very cool and fashion oriented sushi bar by UAU, an Italian based architectural office. Clearly referring to the minimal tradition of contemporary architecture, the designers and architects succeed in transforming this space –with the help of clean cut shapes emphasized by matte white finishing and furniture details colored magenta- where a deep research on structure and shapes contribute to define a project where each detail is really not just left up to chance. A space, that actually is a harmonious composition balanced through the use of Plexwood, at its best to host hungry yet food conscious and design oriented individuals.

Via & more: Yatzer

NOUS N’EN DOUTONS PAS !

Le Saint-Suaire de Turin sera visible au public l’année prochaine du 10 avril au 23 mai dans la cathédrale de Turin. Il est probable que Benoît XVI vienne admirer le linceul historique. Le Saint-Suaire n’a plus été exposé depuis 2000.

Un article d’Yves Daoudal

L’historienne Barbara Frale, qui travaille aux archives du Vatican, est une spécialiste des Templiers. Elle en est venue à s’intéresser au Linceul de Turin quand elle a conclu que la fameuse « idole » des Templiers était en fait le Saint Suaire (ce que je pense aussi depuis longtemps, mais c’est mieux quand c’est un historien qui le dit). Elle vient de publier un livre où elle expose qu’elle a découvert des inscriptions sur le Linceul.

On avait bien découvert des traces d’inscriptions, lors des études de 1978, mais ce n’était pas allé plus loin. En utilisant l’imagerie informatique, Barbara Frale a pu décrypter quelques mots en araméen, en grec et en latin, de ces inscriptions quasi invisibles parce qu’elles auraient été faites sur un papyrus posé sur le linceul (comme un certificat de décès, ou plutôt d’exécution), dont l’encre aurait par endroits traversé le support. Le type d’écriture évoque pour les spécialistes le Proche-Orient du Ier siècle.

Elle a notamment déchiffré les mots grecs « (I)esou(s) Nnazarennos », « (T)iber(iou) », ainsi que « enlevé à la 9e heure » (également en grec).

Elle souligne qu’aucun chrétien du moyen âge n’aurait pu évoquer ainsi le Christ sans faire allusion à sa divinité (en mettant « Christ » ou « Fils de Dieu »).

« J’ai essayé d’être objective et de laisser les considérations religieuses de côté, dit-elle. J’ai étudié un document ancien qui certifie l’exécution d’un homme en un temps et un lieu spécifiques. »

Quelques liens

- Le Linceul de Turin

Le livre et le site

-Le Linceul de Turin par La CRC au XXIe siècle

- Histoire ancienne du Linceul de Turin

Par le Père Dubarle, Dominicain

Le Saint Suaire de Turin

La Controverse de Paris (1902)

-En Italien:

“La Sindone è vera, vi spiego perché”

La municipalité (gauche) de Turin, avec à sa tête le sinistre Chiamparino, a décidé lundi 16 novembre 2009 lors d’un conseil
municipal l’expulsion de tous les squats de la ville.
Sont particulierement concernés les squats anarchistes (l’Asilo, Barocchio, El Paso, Mezcal, Lostilo, la Boccia squat…)

Suite à cette déclaration de guerre, le mouvement des squats anarchistes et autonomes a appelé à la mobilisation et à la résistance et on s’attend à de dures ripostes.

Le mouvement des squats anarchistes de Turin se trouve être une réalité importante qui existe depuis près de 30 ans.
Vous pouvez témoigner votre solidarité internationale en envoyant des messages de soutiens sur les sites de Tutto Squat ou Indymedia Piemont et manifester auprès de l’Ambassade et consulats d’Italie et autres représentations italiennes.

Tout soutien sur le terrain sera également le bienvenu.

http://tuttosquat.net/
http://piemonte.indymedia.org/

Voici un appel à une grande manifestation contre la répression à l’encontre des squats de Turin. Une riposte (dure) à la décision de la municipalité de Turin de vouloir expulser les squats.

Hello. It is not easy being able to write every day … especially in this period. Despite being without a job … I’m still working !!!…. With the draft of the video interviews I’m wandering around the city to the house of my “candidate” .. the other day I was in Falchera for example, for those who did not know it is a neighborhood in Turin, but today at the Teatro Regio … ! … there’s a bit of difference … I would say it was great! I and the theater are two worlds apart but not because I’m not interested but because I can not go there … or I have approached us so much in my life … some rare occasions ..
But today, while wandering about the stage with an exceptional guide .. I thought that maybe I should get closer to this ‘world’! it was fantastic! … Cross my fingers hoping the experience will surely happen again .. I will give account.
The only problem with this project …. pour out what videos. create the mount …. and index it! Everio .. I use to download it first, then power directory .. I do not know that to change the format and make it smaller … and finally transania to index …: Result: _WHAT A DISASTER !!!!!.. if anyone knows give me some advice is welcome … because I’m stuck at step cuts … messes me too .. me … and hangs the pc ciaooo !!!!.. . are two days that I try …!!!!!!!! Oh well …

Switch to TV:
In this moment are awaiting it to end yet another episode of Dr House … a little bit … I hate to see me Gray’s Anatomy … much better for my tastes. . I hope that the decoder / digital BREAK !!!!!…..
just a final note: I would strike a blow in favor of Silver X Factor yesterday made me much trouble because he forgot the lyrics …
… is a young boy who is going to undermine so poor .. I do not like much but I was sorry too !!!… Morgan to help him get out !!!…
… Bye Charlie

(World Net Daily) – A new video documentary about the Shroud of Turin makes a startling new claim about what some believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus – the body was weightless or levitating when it left the remarkable image.

via New mysteries of the Shroud unveiled.

Green Day's Pink Bunny Downs Some Brew in Torino (Turin), Italy - Photograph by Giulio Lapone

You know you are a Green Day fan when your friends send you stuff from their friends about Green Day. And I’m incredibly happy that it happens! Jon Pack, a great photographer (see Jon’s work here), knows I’m a fan because he sits two cubicles away from me at work and has to listen to me talk about Green Day all the time. So when his friend, another talented photographer from Italy sent him a link to Green Day photographs on Facebook, Jon then sent the link to me. Thank you, Jon!

Green Day in Torino by Giulio Lapone

Italian photographer Giulio Lapone, had the great fortune to see and shoot Green Day’s last European arena tour stop in Torino (Turin), Italy on November 12, 2009. Giulio took some nicely expressive shots of both Billie and Mike, as well as the Italian audience. You can view the entire set of photographs at Giulio’s Facebook page here. While his normal site isn’t quite working at the moment, you can still view his other work here. Thank you, Giulio, for giving me permission to post some of your images here.

And yes, Giulio, you ARE the best photographer in Italy!

What I love about these photos from Giulio is the quality of motion within the images. Just like an actual Green Day show, everything is moving, from the Pink Bunny to the sweat pouring from Billie’s face to Mike’s bass with the video fire behind him and the fan that is in complete emotional synergy while singing with Billie. They also show two-thirds of a band at the end of a brilliant and tiring European tour, where, though it’s obvious that they need a break from touring, it’s also obvious that they love to play.

Green Day has often said how they love Italy, and from Youtube videos of the last show on this European tour, Italy loves them, too!

Billie with Sweat in Torino (Turin), Italy - Photograph by Giulio Lapone, November 12, 2009

Mike with Star and Fire, Torino (Turin), Italy - Photograph by Giulio Lapone

Billie with Fan in Torino (Turin), Italy - Photograph by Giulio Lapone

Who let those Jokers in here? Green Day in Torino (Turin) - Photograph by Giulio Lapone

The Lushie Nuns and Beth posted this awesome video from Turin. The Rev is gone as Billie returns to black and something wonderfully crazy happens at the two-minute mark. Enjoy!

Muchos de nuestros paseos tienen que ver con la arquitectura, más bien todos. No soy muy buena recorriendo museos a menos que lo que muestren sea de mi interés o el lugar sea arquitectónicamente visitable, por ejemplo, nunca he estado en un museo de filatelia o de instrumentos musicales. Visité un museo naval y me aburrí muchísimo ; )

Este fin de semana estuvimos en el edificio que se conoce como “Il Lingotto” (Turín), traducido textualmente del italiano al español quiere decir “lingote”, digamos que le cuadra bien el nombre porque por muchos años fue una mina de oro.  Igualmente el nombre le va perfecto porque tiene exactamente forma de lingote: es un sólido paralelepípedo enorme.

Il Lingotto fue por muchísimos años un centro de producción de la FIAT, una fábrica de coches enorme, la más grande del mundo en su tiempo. Fue construido entre los años de 1916 a 1923, dicen que inspirados a las instalaciones industriales de la Ford y siguiendo la filosofía tayloriana de producción, los de la Ford se sorprendieron de que una fábrica de coches tuviera 5 pisos y que la pista de pruebas estuviera en el techo… como con muchas otras cosas, los italianos se inspiraron en algo, les salió totalmente distinto -a casaccio- y resultó genial : P
Le Corbusier lo definió como “una de las mejores imágenes de la industria” y una “guía a seguir para el diseño de las ciudades”.

Il Lingotto dejó de funcionar como instalación de producción de automóviles en 1982, es talmente grande y su valor simbólico igualmente grande -como el edificio mismo- que era necesario hacer algo. No es fácil inventarse algo a partir de una fábrica de coches gigante y que encima tiene el signo del declino industrial italiano. El proyecto de recuperación de las instalaciones quedó en manos del estudio de Renzo Piano, su recuperación y reintegración al tejido urbano ha sido lentísima -no me cuesta nada de trabajo imaginar las interminables prácticas burocráticas para sacar algo del Lingotto…

Actualmente el lugar se puede decir 100% recuperado, los exteriores no fueron alterados y en el interno se encuentran:
- 1 centro expositor (1992)
- 1 centro de congresos (1994)
- 1 auditorio (1994)
- 1 hotel (1995), Le Meridien Lingotto, con unos interiores increíbles.
- Oficinas (2002)
- 1 centro comercial, seguro que uno de los más grandes en Italia (2002)
- 1 pista de aterrizaje para helicópteros (2002) con todo y una sala de juntas a esfera, que no me imagino cuándo y quién la usa, pero está ahí.
- La facultad de ingeniería del Politécnico de Turín (2002)
- Y una pinacoteca, sólo visitándola es posible acceder a la pista de pruebas que está en el techo.

Turín fue sede de las olimpiadas de invierno en 2006, en la zona del Lingotto fueron habilitados nuevos servicios y edificios, uno de ellos es el “lingotto ovale”. Actualmente está en construcción una línea del metro y, francamente, me esperaba un ambiente arquitectónico mucho más estimulante y revitalizante, hay que decir que las instalaciones realizadas para las olimpiadas están prácticamente abandonadas y los alrededores se degradan velozmente. El centro comercial es muy visitado, así como la pinacoteca y el supermercado Eataly, que recomiendo muchísimo visitar y si es posible, comer ahí.

Vista aérea del Lingotto (click aquí)

> Visita Torino – Lingotto

> Cómo llegar al Lingotto – desde la estación de trenes Torino Porta Nuova es facilísimo, autobuses 1 o 35, recuerde adquirir su boleto en uno de los puestos de revistas al interior de la estación.

I may have mentioned how the weather here in Turin is basically the same as Seattle’s.  This is good in a variety of ways: the city doesn’t smell (unless you step in dog poop), it washes away said dog poop on the sidewalks, there are enough porticoes to avoid most of it, it isn’t a muggy rain, when one is bored on a Sunday because everything is closed–it’s easier to sleep in very very late, etc.  Of course, there are drawbacks: it can be bone-fuckin-chilling cold, buses tend to not run on time, so you must pray for a covered bus stop, people have no problem stabbing your eye out with their umbrellas, and it also happens to rain for two weeks straight at a time.

But, it also makes people feel the need to be all warm and cuddly.  My cellphone has been lighting up for two days with various and sundry men coming out of the woodwork, some of them appearing from the very beginning.  I’ve heard from both the vanished Filippo and Gian, a new one named Giuseppe, I have a date with Michele today (at Artissima), yet another shopping ‘date’ with Mauri, tickets to a Depeche Mode concert on the 26th, an Opera on the 4th, and apparently a visit to my first sex club this Saturday.

This sounds rather busy, and it actually is considering I have even more students now, but it also depends on two things.  A) the Italians not being flaky and B) me feeling motivated enough to get out of the house on these rainy days (mi piacciono..Agatha Christie and a blanket..).  But, in theory, the blog should get interesting as my count-down to coming back home to Atlanta commences.

I added two new posts…here (May 15) and here (Sept 12). They were originally two inane posts to Facebook, that I now feel apply to this blog, as the idea to start it arose from them….

Für alle Kurzentschlossenen: Morgen eröffnet in Turin die Kunstmesse Artissima!

Artissima 2007: Erwin Olaf: Barbara

Turin, vor allem bekannt für den Fuβballverein und den Autohersteller Fiat, zieht nun auch seit einigen Jahren die Liebhaber zeitgenössischer Kunst an. Die Messe Artissima hat an dieser Entwicklung groβen Anteil. In diesem Jahr sind aus Berlin unter anderem die Galerien Izabella Bortolozzi, carlier gebauer und Klosterfelde vertreten.

Artissima 2007

Trotz der kurzen Zeitspanne muss man sich sicherlich nicht vor den Massen an Besuchern fürchten. Ein günstiges Hotel in Turin findet man auch kurzfristig. Die Messe ist bis Sonntag, den 8. November täglich von 12 bis 20 Uhr geöffnet. Die Eintrittskarte kostet 13 Euro (reduziert 9 Euro).

Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora

(Born November 18, 1804, Turin, Italy—Died January 5, 1878, Florence), general and statesman played an important role in the Risorgimento (a nationalistic revival movement to unify Italy).

A graduate of the Turin Military Academy, La Marmora entered the army in 1823 and first distinguished himself in the Italian wars of independence against Austria, especially at Borghetto and Pischiera (May 1848).  He also commanded the Sardinian forces in the Crimea (1855).  On August 5, 1848, he rescued  Sardinian king Charles Albert from  Milanese revolutionaries, who had resented the King’s armistice with the Austrians.  He was promoted to general in October and served as minister of war until November;  he later suppressed an insurrection as Genoa (April 4-5 1849)).  As minister of war again until 1860, he reorganized the Italian Army.

La Marmora served as premier of Piedmont from July 1859 to January 1860, as well as governor of Milan and the King’s  lieutenant in Naples.  In September 1864 he again became premier, and as minister of foreign affairs in April 1866, he concluded Italy’s alliance with Prussia against Austria.  As chief of staff in the ensuing war, however, he was held responsible for the overwhelming defeat of the Italians by Austria at Custoza (June 24, 1866).  La Marmora retired to private life shortly afterwards, although, after Rome was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1870, he was appointed the king’s lieutenant there.  Among his several works, Un po plu di luce sugli eventi politici e military dell’anno 1866 (1873; “A Little More Light on the Events of the Year 1866”) seeks to justify his actions at Custoza.

Firenze, Italia – During the Festival della Creativitá, I was fortunate enough to learn about some interesting projects that I think are worth knowing about, discussing, and sharing. One of these projects, known as ‘rikea’ is the work of Marco Lampugnani and Antonio Scarponi. The project won an honorable mention award at the 4th International Architectural Biennale in Rotterdam, where it is on display until January of 2010.

‘Rikea’ is a prototype for a micro urban structure that conceives the free market Balon (Turin, Italy), as a system of ‘instant urbanization’. The project was prototyped together with IKEA and Italcementi. It consists of tiles for the recognition of the merchants’ position on the public space where it is possible to install elements of the system ‘broder’ produced by IKEA in order to support temporary shelters. The re-use of the foldable sofa ’svingen’ (IKEA) is adapted to realize a trolley for goods delivery. (© mlampu & conceptualdevices)

Rikea is a project by Marco Lampugnani (www.mlampu.eu) and Antonio Scarponi (www.conceptualdevices.com).

Rikea project, folded cart © mlampu & conceptualdevices

Rikea project, open cart © mlampu & conceptualdevices

Specs & diagram for Rikea project © mlampu & conceptualdevices

Specs & diagram for Rikea project © mlampu & conceptualdevices

RIKEA is part of a project involved in Torino Geodesign (promoted by architectural magazine ABITARE and Torino World Design Capital), an experiment in democratic design.
RIKEA has been conceived and realized by Marco Lampugnani and Antonio Scarponi together with Balon’s community (Turin, Italy) and IKEA, as a self-made, foldable market cart.
It mixes-hybridizes former IKEA products (such as beds, shelves, bags etc) to obtain a brand new – more complex – object. (YouTube mlampu)

A huge thanks to Marco Lampugnani for providing images and text.

As you travel on, don’t forget to innovate, create, and discover.

When: 5, 6, 7 November

Where: Turin – Bruxelles

Info: www.clubtoclub.it

www.myspace.com/clubtoclubfestival

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When: 6th-8th November

Where: Turin, Lingotto Fiere

Info: www.artissima.it

Low down up North

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__After 21 days, 6000 miles driving the Land Rover Defender 90 and nearly 1000 miles covered on numerous ferries, our trip to the most Northern point in mainland Europe was complete. From the stunning, moon-like landscapes just North of Oslo to the cosmopolitan bustle of Helsinki, this epic journey provided a healthy dose of practical and personal challenges.

__Leaving Turin early on the Saturday morning, we headed through Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, breaching the arctic circle to reach Nordkapp, Europe’s Northern tip. Heading back through Finland, we explored the Russian border before returning to Northern Germany by Ferry.

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A world, far from here...

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__One of the few familiar reference points was the gradual transformation of day into night, a familiarity that gradually dwindled to nothing as we headed further and further North, into a land without darkness. Vast open spaces and dramatic perspectives consumed endless ribbons of asphalt that snaked across deserted baron landscapes, causing them to disappear into the vast canvas of sky.

Sheer distance makes our trusty Defender appear as a toy.

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__Surprisingly comfortable on long motorway hauls, the Defender came into its own on the off-road trails hidden by the dense Finnish forests. Despite its compact outer dimensions the Defender provided both reliable transport and adequate accommodation for two of us and our luggage. Passing other Land Rovers during the journey provoked an exchange of hand waving and headlight flashing, a constant reminder of the legend that is Land Rover.

Woran man merkt, dass seine Eltern alt werden?
Man muss sie zu Spaziergaengen zwingen.
Also mich haben meine Eltern besucht. 23.-28.Oktober 09
Wir waren Samstag in Turin, haben auf dem groesten Markt Italiens ein Mittagessen aus Brot, Wurst, Kaese und Rotwein gekauft. Gegessen haben wir es auf einer Bank auf einer Wiese in der Sonne. Von Tauben haben wir uns nicht stoeren lassen. Unsere Banknachbaren waren Jugendliche, Roma(vermutlich), Alte Frauen, die Tauben fuetterten (*ZENSIERT*), und aeltere Maenner, die Wein tranken, sie hatten im gegensatz zu uns sogar Becher!
Danach liefen wir zur Mole Antonellina, (167m, goestes Gebeude in TO und auf dem 2 cent Stueck.) und fuhren mit dem Aufzug hoch.
Dann gabs noch ein Bicerin (sprich Bidscherin, besteht aus Cafè, Sahne und heisser Schokolade) auf dem Piazza Re Carlo Albert und ein Eis von GROM (das vielleicht beste Eis der Welt). Hab ich erwaehnt, das wir mit dem Zug gefahren sind? Ab Pinerolo.
Als wir noch zu einem tollen Aussichtspunkt gefahren sind habe ich festgestellt, das meine Eltern nicht so begeistert vom Autofahren in den Bergen sind.
Macht mir aber nichts aus.
Sonntag gabs dann einen Waldensischen GoDI, und Mittags fuhren wir nach Bobbio Pellice, wo Herbstmarkt und Viehausstellung war! So viel ist in dem Dorf sonst nie los! Nachdem meine Eltern das Monument von Sibaud schon von unten gesehen hatte, wollten sie nicht mehr hin.
Als naechstes gab es dann Angrona-Tall. Mit Schul- und Frauen-Museum und Chanfroan und der Grottenkirche. (Die Autofahrt da hin, sowie die Grottenkirche waren definitiv nicht der Hoehepunkt fuer meine Eltern. Sie waren nicht mal drinnen! Selber schuld!)
Danach sind wir noch ins Museum, wo ich einigermassen die Geschichte der Waldenser erklaert habe und dabei wohl ein Paar mit Audioguide genervt habe! Das Ethnografische Museum hat ihnen sehr gut gefallen. Sah es doch in ihrer Kindheit noch fast genauso bei uns daheim aus.
Die naechsten zwei Tage habe ich dann gearbeitet, und meine Eltern haben auf eigene Faust die Alpen und den Piemont erkundet. Am Dienstagabend waren wir dann noch gemeinsam Essen. Piemontesisch, immer nur Pizza geht ja nicht.

Två raka storförluster mot Finland, nu senast med rekordsiffrorna 0-7, var väl inte riktigt vad Bengt-Åke hade hoppats på. Men mitt i nederlagets bedrövelse så vet vi alla att laget som igår fick smörj i Karjala Cup inte är laget som kommer att spela om OS-medaljer i februari. Och när vi på nytt ställs mot finnarna där borta så kommer det garanterat bli en jämnare tillställning, inte minst beroende på att vi då har en viss Henrik Lundqvist i målet och en viss Nicklas Lidström som back. Tror dock ändå inte på mer än en bronspeng som bäst. Det finns alltför många andra bra lag, och vi kan inte ha marginalerna med oss varje gång. Var förresten inne på svenska YLEs hemsida för en stund sedan och läste kommentarerna där om den finska segern. Alla gladda sig såklart över triumfen över dödsfienden, men samtidigt så verkade man sansat inse att det troligen inte blir lika kul att möta oss i OS. Läs mer om brakförlusten här (DN).

För våra damkronor ser framtiden både ljusare och mörkare ut jämfört med Tre Kronors framtid. Ljus ser framtiden ut när man tittar på de fina resultaten man haft mot Finland (vår bronsmotståndare) den sista tiden (man vann ju matchen om tredje pris mot damlejonen i förrgår). Mörk  ser samma framtid ut när man inser att man inte, tillskillnad mot Tre Kronor, har några superstar-förstärkningar från Nordamerika att vänta på inför Vancouver OS. Faktum är att laget kommer att vara än svagare “over there” gentemot USA och Kanada, eftersom dessa båda lag spelar inför tusentals av sina egna supportrar. Att Kanada kommer att spela inför fullsatta läktare under alla sina matcher vet vi redan, men kanske blir även så fallet för USA? Vancouver ligger ju inte långt från den amerikanska gränsen. Dessa båda lag kommer mao att bli än farligare för de våra att möta där borta än vanligt. Allt annat än en bronsmedalj för tjejerna är således en supersensation. Kanske tom en större sensation än silvret var för fyra år sedan i Turin?