Tom’s Turin

Turin (Torino) is located on the banks of the river Po and circled by the Alps. In 2006 it hosted the Winter Olympics. It lies in the centre of Piedmonte. After we checked into our hotel, we went to see the Shroud (see pic). The shroud is the cloth they wrapped Jesus in when he was taken off the cross. Then we went for a long walk. We went to an authentic restaurant for dinner. The food was great! On day 2 we went on a hop on hop off tour bus around Turin. We saw all the sights to see in Turin. There were two lines (blue and red). We went on both. The red line took us to the big sights and the blue line took us to the Olympic sights. My favourite line was the red line because it showed more of the real Turin. At night we went to a Serie B Soccer match - at 'Stadio Olimpico di Torino'. Thats where they held the opening and closing ceremony for the Winter Olympics 2006. The match finished as a 1-1 draw. On day 3 you will never guess what happened ...my mum turned 40! When we woke up mum opened her presents and then we went to the Torino del Valentino gardens and Medieval village. We had coffee on the River Po and then went to the Medieval village. It was really cool in there because we got to see how they used to live. After that we went to the gardens and Mum told us what the different flowers were. Then we had a nice lunch and went home for gelato! We had a fantastic time in Torino!