City Center

Not really sure why it has taken us over 2 years to get to the city center of Torino to do some sightseeing and exploring. (Besides the hospitals and passing through on the way to some other destination). Maybe it's the habit of being in a routine and venturing out takes more effort that sometimes is not there just by the fact that all your energies are spent on just surviving in a cross-cultural setting. Maybe it's because we have had Italian friends telling us that they would show us around and we are still waiting for that to happen. Maybe it's because city driving is less than ideal if you don't know your way around. (Although, our new GPS App is most helpful and will no doubt make us more adventuresome.) For whatever reason or excuse, it was finally nice to cross a "tourist visit" to Torinio off our list of things to do. So next time, Fishers, we will have more to show you with more historical interest than the contemporary art museum. haha!


Catherine is a fellow co-worker of ours that lives in the city center. Apart from the summer months she has been coming to our house on a weekly basis to dine with us and then watch the kids so I can attend the Bible studies with Jonathan. She has truly been a blessing to us. So thank you dear friend, for your loving service and ministry to our family! On Tuesday, we finally made a visit to her apartment and spent the day together walking the city.

After just visiting Paris we have to confess it was a little bit anticlimatic. But no matter, it was good to visit some highlights of Torino. Jonathan is reading a book in Italian on the history of Torino so that will definitely increase our knowelge and appreciation for this city.

We had lunch at a sidewalk cafe' in one of the piazzas complete with a musical ensemble stopping by to play whilst we ate. We enjoyed our pizzas and the opportunity to sit and converse while soaking up the final days of summer warmth.

Mole Antonelliana

One of the five pieces of the original Roman wall that used to surround the city. This was the main gate.

Our ever growing munchkins

Main gate with statues of 2 different Ceasars

A gate leading in to the palace in Piazza Castello...a little less extravagant than the French version.

Inside the Chapel of the Holy Shroud

Behind the glass inside the large wooden box is where the Shroud is kept. You cannot take pictures any closer than this. The Shroud was last out on display in 2000 to celebrate the Christian Jubilee.

Pictures of the Shroud