Fall Stroll in Torino

The weather surprised us today.  The prediction for the weekend as of Thursday (checking from Korea) looked pretty dreary.  But this morning seemed pretty good.  We had some errands to run that took us toward Torino, so we decided to leverage one of the few remaining fall afternoons to go to Parco Valentino along the river Po for a walk, lunch, and to take a few photos.

I got lucky that there were a lot of crews out rowing in the early afternoon and the place we picked for lunch had a perfect view of the activities on the river.  With the fall colors in the background, the setting was perfect.  Lunch was good as well with sliced beef (cooked with lemon juice as they say... aka raw), saffron  risotto, a glass of local wine each, and a nice macchiato to finish it all off.

After lunch we walked around the park and took some photos of the gardens and statues.

Winter will be here soon and with only a couple more months to spend in Italy, it was nice to get a chance at a good fall afternoon.  Very nice day!

Room with a view, this is the riverside terrace where we had lunch.

someone rowing solo.

A crew of women out for little work out.

 My portion of the "roast beef". (should have taken the photo before
splitting it with Queen Bee)

Crew of women in training.  

Capuchin monastery overlooking the Po.

Club in formation?

A glimpse of a portion of the park.

The fountain of the seasons with female statues representing 

each of the twelve months of the year.

One of the women of the seasons.  

Miss July in this case.