Cioccolatieri in Torino

This weekend was my first weekend staying in Torino, so it was great to finally explore more of the city. Weekend events included going to the Gallery of Modern Art, the Egyptian Museum, and conveniently discovering a CHOCOLATE festival. The chocolate festival was probably my favorite part, and Ashley, Arianna & I literally sampled every chocolate at every booth. Except for the fact that we felt a tinsy bit sick after, it was totally worth it. ;) The festival started at that white tent (pic below, center-ish) and went on for about a block. 

 

Kaitlyn at the Museum of Modern Art

I also really liked seeing the Egyptian museum. It's apparently the second best Egyptian museum in the world, after the museum in Cairo, and was complete with crazy mummies, dead bodies, tons of artifacts, and lots of amazing statues. After exploring the museum for awhile, Ashley, Arianna & I headed to Piazza Vittorio for appertivo (dinner). The entire city was packed and so much was going on, so we weren't sure if it was just a typical Saturday, or if there were special events happening. It was definitely very fun and lively!

Museo Egizio

In other news, this past week was great, but went by so fast. On Tuesday, everyone in our group had to go to the police station to pay our residency fee & get fingerprinted, etc. We ended up having to wait for hours and sit through the slowest process of all time. There was also a metro strike that day, so we had to walk back (it had been a 30min metro+bus ride to get there before the metro strike started), but Maddie and I stumbled upon the largest open market in Torino (and actually the largest in all of Europe!) on our way home. It was HUGE and the veggie and fruit stands literally went on for miles. There were also massive amounts of clothing, accessories, and basically every item in the world for sale. 

Also last week, Kelsey and I were woken up at 3am one night to guys outside yelling and fighting SUPER loudly. It was ridiculous and after listening to them for fifteen minutes, Kelsey got up and called the police. 

We weren't sure if they would respond right away, but within minutes we heard sirens and had the great experience of watching the entire situation go down. Yay Italian police!

Other random good things included:  

Hope everyone had a good weekend too!