We dropped Grace and friend off at the airport today.  They were anxious to get back to London and their lives there.  After a quick kiss she hurried off to the gates without a backward glance as I rather sadly and pathetically watched her.  That's it now.  My reality is that I'll always be watching her walking away from me.  So the rest of the day I've spent eating cookies, drinking tea, reading and napping.  Generally feeling sorry for myself.

Yesterday I took the girls into the city to go to the market and then to visit the Mole Antonelliana.  (http://www.museocinema.it/mole.php?l=en) It is the tower that represents the Turin skyline and houses the Cinema Museum.  It's a beautiful building topped by a spire with an elevator that goes way up to the top and an observation deck.   It draws thousands of visitors and yet until yesterday I had still to see it.  You know what they say about your own backyard.  Anyhow the view from the top is spectacular and if I weren't afraid of heights I probably could have gotten some even better shots but that's tough while using one arm to cling to a marble column.  At least I wasn't as bad as the lady actually hiding behind the column.  xxoo me

Looking towards France

Anarchist occupy the building below.  Says "occupy and resist"