Turin - February 2010

By now I had been back in the UK nearly two years and it was time for an excursion. Fortunately in 2010 I started keeping a diary of events and so I have something to look back on to create this blog. We went to visit our daughter, Heather in February. The flight in itself was an experience, Ryanair, where no seats were assigned and you simply queued on the tarmac and raced for your seat. I am not sure I like this method but the price was certainly right. We were met by Mathieu and Heather at the airport and drove directly to our rooms where we met the owner and shown our rooms. It was by the Po river and was a beautiful apartment style building. That evening (Feb 1st) we went to Mat's sister Allessa for supper with her husband Luigi and their three children. The following morning we walked up by the Po River where there was a white egret fishing and met Heather near where she worked. We investigated downtown Turin and in the evening (Feb 2nd) we visited and had supper with Francesca. The following day we visited Valentino park  followed in the evening (Feb 3rd) by supper with Ludovica, the family for whom Heather worked. The next day was a visit to the Museum of Cinema housed in the most prominent structure in Turin and in the evening (Feb 4th) we went for a pizza in a traditional pizza restaurant. The following day we spent the morning at the Egyptian museum and then headed for the airport for the homeward flight.