and were off

Today I woke up ate as much breakfast as I could, and headed out to the cinema museum. Ada and Bruna recommended it and they were right, it was amazing!! They start the museum with shadow puppets and move slowly through all of the oldest forms of moving pictures and photography ending with the Movies of today. The museum is in the building that has come to be a symbol for Torino. Photo above. My faviorite screening room was the red bed with the screen at the top showing romance films. Another super cool feture was the glass elevator that goes up throught the center of the main room all the way thru the ceiling. It was totally something out of Charlie and the Chocolate factory. On the roof you can see 360 degree views of Torino. Hey did you know that Turin is Torno? I just put two and two together. And that the shroud of Turin is here in Torino?? Anyways, after I met up with Ada and Bruno we headed on a car tour of some of the beautiful parks around the city and ended up at this replical of a Medieval city that was built at the turn of the last century for a fair and kept because it was so authentic and beautiful. It was one of the worlds first theme parks. It was like walking back in time.We were lucky because it was a weekday and there weren't any other visitors. After our whirlwind tour we had a wonderful dinner and for dessert we had these little yummie pastries that are typical to the piedmont region. It is great getting to experience some of the things that are local to my family. Its been a great experience so far!!