Category: Europe

December 3, 2018

Arrivederci, Torino

This little town is quite unremarkable, really; about the most exciting thing it's known for is its annual reenactment of the Battaglia della Marsaglia, which the locals carry out every September with great vigor and panache. Though goodness knows why they would choose to remember a battle which they decisively lost to the French.

November 25, 2018

Left my heart in Torino – 5

Good magic, bad magic, and just the normal sort of every day magic

November 11, 2018

Left my heart in Torino – 4

A genie’s-eye view of Turin

November 3, 2018

Left my heart in Torino – 3

Italy does spoil a person so in plenty of imperceptible ways, even if one must always be on the lookout for errant little cars that are likely to run one over. 

September 20, 2018

Left my heart in Torino – 2

From a lively market to the first-ever Eataly to church and a palace and finally a Michelin-starred dinner

September 10, 2018

Left my heart in Torino – 1

It is only my first day in this northern Italian city and I am already completely bewitched.

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