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It had been a while since we came back to our Italian roots. On this trip, Sarah and the kids spent the first few days sightseeing in Turin while Tony was officially on a "business trip". After that, we headed down south a little to see the old sights: Lagnasco, Saluzzo, Melle, and then stayed in Chiusa Pesio for a week in a cute country cottage.
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Torino
the mighty Po River flowing through Turin |
more Po |
porticos |
skyline of Torino with the Mole in the distance |
even italian graffiti is beautiful |
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exploring Torino |
the Raji-man :) |
eating a traditional Piemontese meal... pretty heavy |
Lyra is ready... and little bit sceptical |
Lyra: "You order... I don't speak Italian" |
Bicerin (how Turin does hot chocolate): espresso coffee, chocolate, cinnamon, milk cream. |
Saluzzo
The Saluzzo seal |
throw back photo from the street we used to live on here |
one of our favorite pics from the old days |
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there are few cities which are so photogenic |
perfect way to end a perfect day |
Chiusa Pesio
"The House of the Swallows" - our AirBnB home for the week |
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the view from our window |
Axa gets to pursue one of her favorite past times... snake hunting |
cute little Lyra |
There was one minor hiccup in the trip... Tony forgot his driver's license and we didn't have a car for the first little while :/ |
beautiful Chiusa Pesio |
Axa in Chiusa Pesio, when we lived here 10 years ago |
a trip to northern Italy would not be complete without a drive past our ancestral roots in Melle |
...and gelato, of course |
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