Working in the orchard harvesting Olives. Actually Mary and my job is making sure everyone has a hearty lunch and dinner. It has been...

Firenze, Italia   November 1 is Ognissanti or I Santi. It is an official national holiday in Italia. We Catholics call it All Saints’ Day...

Torino, travel day, to Firenze   Good morning, a beautiful morning it is. No rain in sight. Woke Mary up at 8:30 and went for a...

Torino, Italia   Good morning. Today is a get ready to leave day. Tomorrow we are off to Firenze, olive harvest and then school in Siena....

Torino, Italia   Ok, another relaxing day. We played cards in the morning and worked on planning a little for this summer in the morning....

Torino, Italia   Buongiornio, not a whole lot to report. Babysat this afternoon while they went and did their COVID shots. We did go out...

Torino, Italia   Sorry just relaxing. Watched the grandchildren in the afternoon and made polenta taragna for dinner. Mary made...

Torino, Italia   Good morning. Yet another relaxing day. This morning we got up and went to The Palace for a cappuccino and brioche. We...

Torino, Italia   A relaxing day. No tours or excursions today. It is a kind-of cold drab day. The kind of day you want to take a nap. We...

Torino, Italia   Buongiorno. Today we met Sara at Palazzo Madama. Serra was supposed to join us, but the children still aren’t feeling...

Torino, Italia   Back in Torino and looking forward to see the Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace). The kings, queens and princes of the...

Legnano, Italia   Buongiorno I miei amici. This morning Damilia and I took a good walk around Legnano. It was an opportunity to show her...

Torino, Italia   A new adventure begins today. We are off to Legnano to see if the city records department has Italian birth certificates...

Torino, Italia   A very lazy day. We basically slept in until 10. I made cappuccino at the apartment.  I worked on the blog, and packed...

Torino, Italy   Working on getting up at 08:30 and hitting the street. We managed it again this morning and walked over to The Palace for...

Torino, Italia   Taking it easy again today. We got going at 08:30 and went to The Palace near the university for cappuccino and brioche....

Torino, Italia   Good Evening. We met Damilia outside our apartment at 08:30. We walked to Torteria 40 on Via Giuseppe Mazzini for a...

Torino, Italia   Today is an easy day. I did laundry this morning. Mary & I Played some cards. Then we walked down the street, Via...

Torino, Italia   Buongiorno! Yesterday was a big day, so today is a quite one. We did a lot of planning for the trip to Legnano on Monday...

Monday, October 14, 2025   Torino, Italia   Good morning, we are going on a tour with Serra & Pietro’s friend Sara Nascetti. Sara is an...