We spent this last weekend in Italy. Yes, lovely sunny Italy. It was great.
It’s going to take me a little time to post everything I want to write about: Slow Food, Turin, M&J, yarn and yarn porn. I’ll just tease you with a couple of photos and write later in the week when I have more energy. We got home late last night and I’m just beat after working all day.
We flew Thursday night, EasyJet, which of course was VERY late into Milan. We stayed just outside the airport that night, then drove to Turin Friday morning. The rest of the story will come this week…..
Vespa at night in front of a church in Turin. If I had 5,000 euros laying around I’d buy one in a second.
DB walking into the square. The building across the square is the National Library.
Bridge over the Po.
And the rest I’ll save for later! Such a tease.
[...] Last weekend we were in Turin. The reason we went was to see M. & J. who were there to participate in the Slow Food event, Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto. I had no idea what this event would be like or what this organization is about. On their web site, they describe themselves: Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. [...]
[...] eind oktober dus wel. Het nichtje van A. M. was samen met J. uitgenodigd om deel te nemen aan de Terra Madre Conferentie in Turijn. En A. [...]