Diplomatic Turin

... tyre rubbing against the wing evertime we turned right.<br>What a view as we came in to Switzerland towards Martingz, the town was bathed in sunshine as we emerged from the cloud amongst the seemingly endless Apricot sellers.<br>It was then that we heard the the WAG'S had arrived in Turin.<br>Rich was beginning to regret not stretching out after his chariots of fire attempt the previous evening, leghs beginning to seize up from sitting in the back of the pooper, decided ...

... br>we were busy minding our own business when we saw a Giant Coq, looming menicingly above us!<br>After ignoring Doris yet again, ready to take on the Mountain for the first time, Rich at the helm with gay abondon, ignoring the acrid smell of burning rubber and hot brakes, Kev was strangely quiet in the back. as we edged our way towards Chamoinix for the promised night in a hotel room with its own bathroom!<br><br>

... down and watching fools play beach soccer was the best medicine. Sitting down at a front row table, though every seat was basically front row because it was a small stadium, us mushy brained tourists watched this event, sun glasses covering our faces foru 4 straight hours. It was absolutely delightful. Something about trying to control a soccer ball on the sand really makes whatever skill you may have slightly obsolete. The grainy, bumpy surface, it a sense levels ...

... days were spent relaxing with my friends from Ivrea, the time we spent together only solidified out friendship further. Manu and Andrea are truly very special guys, and very special friends. I made many friends in the town, and everybody was very pleasant and hospitable towards me, and it was genuine. Manus mother was almost like a mother to me for 3 days, his nonno made us Agnolotti and was a very pleasant guy. We swam in the lake ...

... br>-re spectful people who appreciated my attempts at Italian, and returned conversation in decent English<br><br>-cafes everywhere<br><br>-mucho gelato<br><br>-"the old with the new" attitude. 2,000 year old buildings next to modern arhictecture.<br><br>DISLIKES<br><br>-t hey drive like maniacs, and I nearly had off-the-wall heart palpitations every time I crossed a street. I think I&#8217;m going to develop ulcers.<br><br>-they seem to think food is ...

... the main toll highway, and once we are on we can't go back, so we go on and get off at the first town and take the country roads. Lots of round-abouts instead of traffic lights.<br><br>We see a camping sign and check it out. Looks like a nice place, clean washrooms and free wi-fi. It is Camping Mombaroni in Torredaniele Italy, just north of Turin. Very friendly mom, daughter and grandma run it. I think they gave ...

... bus that stops that says GTG ALBA and ask for a ticket to Canale. It is about 1245 when and I am set to get to Canale. Sitting on the corner of some street in Torino Italy, with a knife kit, back back and a 36 inch duffle bag, on wheels. Yeah I got looked at a lot. Had to do a lot of "scuzza's " and "sono Americana" So I wait, and wait and wait and, well I was there a while. I was told that a bus was scheduled ...

... they left for McDonald's. I met with Ricca at about 7pm but Mom and Janet were gone. Ricca and I went around to look for them. Later they returned to the plaza. After that we had a long meal in Shanghai Restaurant with Ricca's papa and his gf. They don't speak Cantonese. Food came really slowly and they weren't authentic. <br><br>Ricca ...

... 7 <br>euros we had a buffet and included a drink. I ordered something with nut <br>and pineapple in it. It was nice but big that it took me a lot of efforts <br>to finish it. Lorenzo has a mojito which Sally likes a lot. Sally <br>ordered a virgin pina colada (a variation of that). We were all so full...<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br><br> <br> <br> <br ...

... all hiked around for a little while. After cleaning up, we headed to bar and had a few drink, where clark dared to be bold and try grappa. Then we went to dinner at a nice place on the seaside. Kristi and I both had a seafood pasta dish, it was different but good. Later we went to a pub where the world cup was on. The place was packed. Apparently this bar we were at has a lot of american travelers visit it. There were US 1 dollar bills on the wall with ...