Time is passing quickly

Ciao,

Monday was a holiday here in Italy, it was the day that the king a abdicated from the throne.  It was one of these two King Victor Emmanuel III

King Emmanuel III

abdicated in 1946 to giving it to his son Umberto II,

King Umberto II

then he lost it in the same year by a referendum abolishing the monarchy ( a little Italian history for you)

Volterra is a walled town in Tuscany with medieval and Renaissance buildings, a Roman theater, and Etruscan sites.  For all you Twightlight fans this the home of the Volturi in the second book and the action scene

It was a cute little town. Off Elba Island today and Rio Marina.  I think it's where Napolean  was held captive?????

Ciao

Torino Città

The days have just passed by so quickly I can't believe that I have been in Italy almost a whole week. The plane ride over was great, I love flying Condor Air, you watch 3 movies eat, and before you know it your are landing in Frankfurt.

I landed in Frankfurt, then flew to Milan, then took a train to train to Torino.  Torino is the city that the Fiat Automobiles are manufactured.  The city is lovely I toured the city using the Hop-on-Hop off bus.  However, before I started the tour there was this shop in the train station that caught my eye. 

Desigual, I thought it was an Italian company but I learned from Victors daughters that it was Spanish designer and it was the hottest line of clothing in Italy at the moment.

So do I have an eye for the fashion trends.  I picked up a new bag an  scarf.  I'll post pictures later.  Enough about my amazing buy.

Here are a few pictures of Torino

No funny stories yet.  More come from Tuscany!!!

Ciao

Back to Italy!!!!!

 I had no plans to Blog on this trip but the last week so many people asked me too, so here we go again.  I hope it will be as entertaining as it was last time.  

Here I am again traveling on my own.  I feel such a sense of power that I can travel alone and not feel lonely.  This trip started with one of my teacher friends joining me but it didn't work out, and I was to meet two classmates from school and both could not make it., but we have plan to meet is Sweden and go to the Swedish Curling Team Workshop.  You know me always looking for something outside the box. Did you know that Anchorage has a place to Curl.

Breakfast

I have been traveling all night, I love Condor Air the time just passes so quickly.  I sitting in the Frankfurt Airport waiting for my plan to Milan.  From there I will go to Turin, which is along the Swiss border.  I will spend 3 days there before joining my Italian group from Anchorage, I will tour Tuscany with them until Sat, then head to Paris.  I just added Paris last week.  I love traveling alone because you can do what every pleases you with out discussion.

Right this minute I'm sitting beside an Italian, I love the way the language sounds, and I can pick out a few words here and there as he is talking on the phone.  One day with a lot of study and practice I just might be able to have a conversation with out code switching between English and Italian.

Ciao for now,
Natalie