Olympic Turin

... stretch out better late than never.<br>We pushed on Gary carefully negotiating hairpin bends, Kev desperately looking for something to hang onto, Rich resisting the urge to hang onto Gary's seat belt for fear it would cause him to loose consciousness.<br>We were soon climbing the mountain again this time heading for Italy through the St Bernard Tunnel. There a change of driver with Kev back at the helm and only an hour to Turin.<br>We were going to make it or at least ...

... 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>

... playing field. (Pun pun pun pun)<br> <br> Not much happened during this, I ate a hot dog that tasted like a bad banana and covered that awful taste up with a belgium waffle, one which did not match the one I had purchased in belgium I am afraid. <br> <br> THe tournament was a round robin sort, so every team played each other. I would have liked to stay longer, but after four hours, randomly a security guard comes us and tells us we need invitations to sit in those ...

... went for a while, past Savonna and he dropped me off at an Autogrill. By that time it was 10pm and I had probably travelled 900kms.<br><br>I was waiting there for 10mins when I saw a girl and a guy coming out of the Autogrill. They were waiting in the car so I went to speak to them, there was another girl and guy in the car aswell. I asked the guy where he was going, he asked me if I knew English and where I was from. When I told him ...

... blow my hair dry (because if I don't, my new coif somewhat resembles the middle-aged female politician mullet), put on dance clothes under sweats, and grab an apple on my way out the door. 9,00. Take my bicycle to two different outdoor markets to find a grey hooded sweatshirt for under 10 euro, because on my way home from H&M yesterday I realised that the 20 euro sweatshirt I'd just purchased from an international corporation could be easily replaced by a less expensive market ...

Written in my notebook<br><br>Clara had an appointment and left quite early. Ricca and us went to his papa's apartment for lunch. The food was great. We had beef steak, risotto with porcini mushroom, white wine, etc. I was already stuffed by the steak. Ricca's brother is very good in pool. It was three or 4 something when we set out for ...

... looks like those expensive books you get in a <br> bookstore. Anyway, we ended up teasing each other the whole day, <br> which was fun :D<br> The <br>next day, we got up and drove to the airport. We stopped at Bennet on the <br>way and I bought a coffee maker (Moka Express), coffee, coffee cups and some chocolates. <br>Lorenzo parked at the airport for 45 ...

... of the higher floors. To get to the top of the 'spire' for an amazing view of Turin you can take a glass elevator up through the inside of the museum and look down at the people looking at the exhibits- it's like something from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. - The piadina shop! The piadina is a magnificent Italian snack that I actually discovered properly in London's Borough markets. It consists of a tortilla-like pancake-flat bread inside which various ...

... me to sit anywhere. Fantastic! So I sat there for a while, but discovered when I tried to go out and buy a program, I had been sitting in the mayor's seat so then had to go and find my own which was still good but not as good. I was really close to the front and was right at the entrance where the skaters would be coming on and off the ice. I couldn't see the 'Kiss & Cry' but there was a screen for that. They'd also run out of programs for the public and were saving them all for the ...