Torino Italy: A trip out to Mirafiori

So my hunt for a place here took me out to Mirafiori (which is by no coincidence, where my school is located)

The scenery is very different out here. The buildings are more modern, and there are a lot of apartments.

Here's Matt just enjoying the scenery.

Torino Italy 29/09/2011: The CENTRAL market!

So here we are at the central market, you can see Jeff walking in front of the fresh pasta stall.

The next stall is the wine stall, the below picture will show you how cheap they are.

3 bottles for only 5 Euros! Now the really crazy thing is that cheapest wine I've bought thus far (a white wine that cost 2 Euros) was much better tasting than the $10 ones found in Canada! Crazy!

More wine! We're getting to the good stuff now! Only 6.95 Euros!

Here's the clothing section of the market, you can find a lot of cheap clothing here. However, I did hear that they sell used clothing too, just be weary.

I'm not sure what church this was, but it was in the central square.

Just some shots of the side streets.

Here's another market a few blocks down from the main one. The big thing about this one is that it's all organic food.

Another Church. All those statues are tributes to saints.

Some closeup of the saints.

Here's a walk along the parkade street. It's the same on both sides of the street and it's full of shops that you can check out.

A random street corner.

This was the market outside my dorm. Instead of selling veggies and fruits, it's now turned into collectors records, CD's and posters.

Another shot of the huge quantity of stuff.

I dropped by the bakery to pick up a nice huge meringue.

A Lizard! These are pretty common here, and you'll find them where you find shrubbery.

This is the shot of the residence from the center courtyard. What you are looking at now is the central stairwell. If you look closely at the "tiled" windows, those are actually solar panels.

This is the other meringue that I bought. It was smaller, but the chocolate added some depth to it.

Torino Italy 23/09/2011: Onwards to the Central Market

So thus our adventure continues and this time we're walking towards the central market! The issue that you'll notice here is that I'm not going to be able to label these pictures because I don't know the name of what they are!

Here's a nice park. The museum of natural history is here. It's to the left off screen tho.

Some of the side street shots. I really like the cobblestone roads!

Here's a random church that I noticed and took a picture of.

This is the square whose name I don't know. However, I can tell you that it houses the Statue of Emanuele Filiberto on a horse (he was the prince of the Piedmont region).

More shots of the square. Since it's the 150th anniversary of Italy (Torino was the first capital), there's been really neat events every week!

Here's a closeup shot of the statue.

This is a shot of an interior promenade.

Here's another unknown building.

The really big building in the back (white) is the Royal House of Savoy

Close up shot of the Royal House of Savoy. It housed all the old Italian kings. Like the British Buckingham palace. There are a few of them scattered around.

Shots of the inner square.

More inner square shots

Here's an exit.

This was an ancient Roman mosaic that was found during excavation. It has been preserved where it was originally discovered.

Here a fence separating you and some ancient ruins.

Here's the ruins, however, I don't know the background of them.

Torino Italy 23/09/2011: Just some sites on the way home

Here are some pictures of the neighbourhood on the way home from school we dicided to travel off the beaten path and check out a bit more of the city.

Here's the public water fountain!

Its the shape of a bull's head and water constantly flows from it. Humans and dogs can drink from it.

This the REAL Mr. Panino, what it is on the outside is the same inside. (Those of you from Waterloo will know what I'm talking about)