Roadtrip!

What to do with a few days off and a friend's cousin in the counrty?.... Rent a car and go see her!! Gen's cousin was in Turino at an international fencing tournament.. she is the #1 fencer in Canada.. so we decided to go visit her. Mind you, this is a four hour drive and we don't have a car. Plus, we had already decided that a train just would not do.

So we rent a car under the assumption that I would drive, since I know how to drive a manual, although I hadn't done so in years...

Getting to Turino was crazy! I drove the entire time... only had a few mishaps. No wrecks... did have a leaky gas tank that we didn't know about until the drive home. The mechanics freaked us out but then I called Stefano and had him talk to them... everything worked out. We stopped off at Lake Como on the way to Turino - George Clooney has a house there. Its really pretty, but I can guarantee it'll be better in a few months. It was SO cold.

Turino is like a large colony of Sicilians, they are the forward Italians you hear about. I have never been whistled out/ talked to in a way that I'm sure they were (thank goodness I couldn't understand a lot if it) We took cabs at night bc it was so bad.

On the way back we hit massive traffic on the outskirts of Milan. What normally is a 4 hour drive took us 9 but we did eat in a town, Brescia. We found some enoteca (which is a wine bar) and they made us some food, they didn't even have a menu. It was the best pasta I've had. Artichokes and fish, but it all blended so well. YUMMY!

That's all for now folks! Love you guys!!