When I heard I would be travelling to Torino on work 6 years ago, I thought my boss was pulling my leg!...thanks to my sparse geographical knowledge. The orange colored soft drink that used to be famous in India ages ago 'Torino' kept popping in my head...along with the ad's jingle in the background of course. The internet then revealed this as an industrial city in Italy famous for the company - Fiat!! I went ahead to get my visa stamped for the first time in my passport and days later landed in this charming city of Italy and the month long stay here happens to be the travel experience closest to my heart.....Paris, Rome, the US, Singapore, Malaysia notwithstanding. It was not really a sight-seeing paradise, but set the tone for my travel experiences abroad and I always end up comparing each one of them to this one.....the first of its kind while learning to be on my own, learning the ropes. It was a total high as I experienced it...the friends I made, the culture, the warm people, my work, the places i got to visit around Italy, the chocolates, wining and dining!! Turin may very well be on the Olympics map lately, but I will always remember the spirit of this charming city as I saw it so many years ago....
Cheers Torino!
Cheers Torino!
