What I can hear through the open windows on a lazy Sunday morning in Torno… lots of birdsong, a piano recital at a nearby art gallery, some people talking (can’t hear what they’re saying, and even if I could, I don’t understand Italian!). Waiting on a friend to arrive from Poland—she’ll be joining us for the rest of our few days here.
Just took it easy today and hung around ‘town’ after yesterday’s long day of travel and negotiating steps with luggage! We decided the best way to get our friend and her luggage to the house was to meet her at the municipal offices, go down the steps to the area near the ferry terminal, then along the path to the 40 steep steps up to the house—there were now 3 of us to deal with her luggage, which fortunately was only a medium case and a carry-on.
The weather was a little cooler today, with cloudy skies and some light rain.
Bar Italia on the Torno waterfront, where we spent many hours and Euros over 5 days on their food and drink. There were a couple of other places to eat and drink, but they were in the two much fancier (and far more expensive) hotels.
The waterfront area in Torno (ferry terminal is at the end of the pier, where all the people are gathered)
One of the 2 hotels on the water employs a local to move luggage via the steps! Yes, we asked him if he could take our luggage when we were leaving, but no, he could only take luggage for the hotels he was contracted to.
Pizza from Bar Italia. I wasn’t used to seeing big slices of ham/proscuitto like that—in Australia, we’d chop it up into much smaller pieces
Bar Italia’s virgin mojitos certainly hit the spot on hot days
Torno harbour, with the ferry terminal in that shed at the end of the pier
Torno harbour on a lazy Sunday
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