Jenni Stevenson »
The Italian who came to tea
Posted on 9:40am Thursday 21st May 2009
Having couchsurfed my way around Turin in March, I was delighted to get a chance to return the favour when I got a request to surf my couch from a fellow couch surfer.
Jenni Stevenson »
Olympic dreams
Posted on 9:48am Tuesday 14th April 2009
For my last night in Torino I am staying in the former Olympic village. Unless eating ice cream becomes an Olympic event it is without doubt the closest that I will ever get to being an Olympian. Having been Beardless for nearly a week I can't help but fantasise that maybe an Olympic bob sleigher may have stayed on and need someone to ride along with him.
Jenni Stevenson »
Leading to a TV debut
Posted on 12:21pm Monday 23rd March 2009
If there is anything better than sitting in an Italian piazza under a blue sky with the sun on your face then I have yet to find it, well actually I think I have .
Jenni Stevenson »
The choco pass
Posted on 12:09pm Monday 23rd March 2009
So, down to the important business of Torino. Chocolate. I have bought a ‘choco pass’ is it me or does this sound wonderful? It reminds me of when I got my first credit card and I felt that Etam was my oyster.
Jenni Stevenson »
Riding the glass elevator
Posted on 12:23pm Thursday 19th March 2009
By nine o'clock it's already quite warm and the ladies of the Torino city gardening services are out mowing and strimming the grass in the park.
Jenni Stevenson »
The wonders of couch surfing
Posted on 12:11pm Thursday 19th March 2009
I have walked under miles of lovely colonnaded pavements to get to the piazza which is rumoured to be the largest in Italy if not Europe. It seems like most of the people in Europe are here too as thousands of local chocolate lovers stream over the bridge into the square to enjoy the 10 day chocolate festival. There are dozens of stands all selling top quality chocolate in fancy shapes and big bow tied boxes. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Jenni Stevenson »
Girl power in Italy
Posted on 12:00pm Thursday 19th March 2009
Today is International Women’s Day and in Italy they make qute a thing of it so hello and girl power to all my sisters.
Allan & Rose Davies »
Signing out in the sun
Posted on 11:00am Thursday 12th February 2009
Happy New Year to you one and all, and did anyone make a New Year resolution they broke the next day? Well I did! Needless to say that I promised myself a physical workout first thing followed by a bowl of muesli before starting the day with a song and a skip. Sigh, didn’t happen, because due to catching my first heavy cold in a long time.
Jenni Stevenson »
Happy Burns Day
Posted on 2:46pm Thursday 5th February 2009
Xmas has come and gone and it is a new year and that means .......time for another Ryanair special offer. Hoorah !!!
Jenni Stevenson »
Pisa. Feeling the need, the need for speed
Posted on 2:39pm Thursday 5th February 2009
I am staying at a camp site that is ,wait for it ..... 400metres from the leaning tower !!! How great is that ! I booked it through hostelworld.com and for 20 euros a night I am in a shared two person tiny mobile home. It has just a bedroom and shower room with walls as thin as paper. Each unit is jammed up against each other but outside they have a little covered terrace with kitchen equipment and table and chairs.
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