Viva la Italia

I confirm that, on occasion, Mother Nature smiles down upon us, as shown here, at Piazza Castello on Republic Day. We are patiently waiting for the symphony to start playing their concert in celebration of said holiday and it’s not raining! Grazie, Madre di Natura! I mean shoot -- I have been in Turin 4 days, and it has rained every day, sometimes a lot! Lucky break for us!


Here’s a girl we were standing near to – she was absolutely fixated on me, and I couldn’t figure out what could possibly be so interesting about a pale Norwegian like me? Maybe it was all that incomprehensible English I kept using. 

Anyhow, the concert was great – Rossini, Puccini, and Verdi are all required material, of course…and given the celebratory nature, what better selection than the theme from the Lone Ranger, a.k.a. William Tell Overture?! Oh…did I mention it starts with a solo for 5 celli?