Weekend Three

Another week has passed! It is crazy to think that I get up everyday and go to work...in Italy!


Saturday morning I walked into the office as I forgot my cell phone charger at work (who is surprised) and then walked around to a few shops on my way home. I took some photos of the wonderful piazzas so I don't forget what they look like. This photo is of Piazza Citta. I usually walk by this one on my way home from Via Roma or sometimes on my walk home from work.

These two pictures of Piazza Castello. The picture on the left is the old Royal Palace of the Savoy family. The picture on the right is Pallazo Madame which is ancient castle.

This is the restaurant where I ate last weekend. Great Piemontese food!

I had a great Saturday with two of my coworkers, Elena and Eliana. Elena called to say we would meet at 3:30 at Cafe Torino in Piazza San Carlo (so much more fun than saying I'll meet you at Millinium Park).

The picture on the left is Piazza San Carlo and the one on the right is Cafe Torino which is a very old and beautiful cafe! The afternoon was filled with shopping (and returning my wonderful bag that the zipper broke on...thank goodness I had my two Italian speaking friends with me) and great conversation.

My friends took me to many different shops that I would never have found on my own. We walked through this sort of arcade which was enclosed and filled with antique shops. In it I saw these mugs which reminded me of some my grandfather use to have and also a little bit of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World.

We had coffee at Gatsby's pictured left. I laugh every time I go by it as we had to read this book in high school and I read the cliff notes and still couldn't tell you what it is about or even who wrote it. We parted ways and I walked back to my flat of course stopping to find those perfect black boots...and yes I finally found them!

On the walk home I saw this pillow and thought of Cork. I do think that yellow labs are the most popular dogs here too as I see them everywhere. Don't worry Cork none are as cute as you (why I think my dog is actually reading this blog is beyond me)!

I met Elena and a few of her friends for dinner at a Mexican restaurant by my house. The food was good as was the sangria. I had some tostadas with mushrooms and cheese that were fantastic. Chiara, Elena's friend, asked for a fork and was told they didn't give them out! We made due and no food went to waste. After dinner we walked over to a Moroccan tea house and I had a very good tea that tasted similar to my favorite tea at Argo back home!