We're leaving soon for Milano. A trip to the US consulate because someone lost his passport. Wasn't me.
Then to Verona tomorrow afternoon. Then Friuli on Wednesday.
I have an important announcement:
This is Richard Kaplan's birthday! My boyhood friend is 62. He has the enthusiasm and affection for life of a kid. Happy birthday, Dickie.
Other odds and ends before leaving Turin...
Americans are rare as hen's teeth here. Most of those who come to Turin are probably business travelers. This isn't an town of easy and obvious charms. But I suspect it's more interesting than the tourist meccas; it seems to have an Inner Life.
It's smoggy here. The smog capital of Italy?
From the charming Chiara Martinotti of Cascina Gilli we learned a hilarious Italian expression. It has to do with the fact that so many Italian women are very very thin; from behind they look young, but the face less so. Chiara told us the expression to describe that is:
Di dietro liceo, di fronte museo.
High school behind, museum in front.
Get it? Unusually pithy for Italy, eh?
I know it's a disjointed post. But I have to get Google Reader View going again for all of you, my fans.
You're right, Turin has a Inner Life!
Turin loves Terry Hughes...
Posted by: tirebouchon | February 12, 2008 at 04:09 AM
Grazie per tutto, Vittorio, era un grandissimo piacere rivederti e scoprire un pochino della tua citta'. Saluti calorosi.
Posted by: Himself | February 14, 2008 at 05:50 PM