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SUMMER 2010 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEWCOMERS

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To welcome our new girls recently arrived in Torino I would like to start a thread here of our favourite
place to go to during the summer in the city --best gelati, best whatever, please make your recommendations
and make suggestions!

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One of my favourite outdoor restaurants with a view and a breeze and simple, homemade
cooking by Marisa and her husband is Monte dei Cappuccini restaurant (on top of Gran Madre)
make sure you make a reservation at 011-6600302

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Check out how to rent and share a bicycle in Torino
www.tobike.it their website is in italian (I have already complained to them)
but if you look on the map, the green sites are the ones that are working....)
let me know if someone tries it or we can try it together....

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Well my favourite pass time is going to Porta Palazzo , as an Asian living here , i can find all Asian food stuffs there and the Farmers Market is my favourite, fresh vegetables and fruits come straight from their farm . On another note , Torino is surrounded by many small villages , now is the time of sagra (celebration of something) and there are so many to choose from , a great pass time on the weekends ...

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Even in the summer Torino has got a lot to offer: music and drama festivals, concerts in historical palaces and churches, open air markets, etc. etc. Check it out in the local paper and don't hesitate to get in touch with us to get some extra tips and specific info. Also, from Torino you can easily reach lovely places up in the mountains or on the Mediterranean coast and have a great time relaxing and doing some sightseing.

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Easy outdoor place for lunch in a beautiful square

Brasserie Lutece www.societe-lutece.it

Easy salads or order what you like for lunch, all

you can eat buffets on the weekend.

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Check out this website with five different restaurants in town
www.foodandcompany.com
once you open the front page, click on each of the five
restaurants on top and you will find an English flag at the
bottom right of the page with the english menus.....
Once you open the menu, on the bottom right of each
page it says 'sfogliami', which means 'turn the page' !
Hope you enjoy this!
Birilli in the hills just behind Gran Madre is wonderful on
a hot summer evening...
Give me feedback please on the website and the restaurants!
thanks,
Cristina

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If you LOVE beer, check out
www.birrificiotorino.com
you can also have dinner there and
they just opened a big terrace space.

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DECORATORI E IMBIANCHINI
Informal trattoria right behind
Gran Madre with a beautiful garden


via Lanfranchi, 28
10131 Torino

Telefono
011.8190672

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This is at a friend's self service in an industrial area near C.so Alamano.
The price quality relationship has always been excellent at lunch and the menu sounds like fun.
If anyone would like to go, please let me know.
Baci!
J.
PS Please spread the word with your friends.

Judith Stein
info@relocationoverseas.it
+39 338 985 1432
+39 335 691 0988


Per prenotazioni contattare www.building-eat.it

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Ok my favourite place to get out of the city where there is a view and to have a delicious over the top icecream is at - Il Bric, right up at the top of the Parco della Rimembranza where the statue of the Maddalena is check the site for the directions.
http://www.barbric.it/pianobar.html
http://www.barbric.it/luogo.html
Im also told that the last Friday of the month there is a Greek evening held there with Greek food, but Ive not been there for that.

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A wonderful day away from Torino (and in fresher climates as well) is in one of the mountain resorts of the Val di Susa. We go to Montgenevre, which is just over the French border: mountain biking for the adventurous (equipment hire available from several shops), great views and walks - take the lift in the centre of town called "Chalvet", go for a walk at 2000m, have a French brasserie lunch at La Bergerie by the upper lift building and descend via the "summer bobsleigh" (14oom of "sledging" down the mountain, anyone over 1.25m high can do it by themselves, smaller children must go with an adult). There are also several simple restaurants in the centre of the village, and for the children try the tree-climbing adventure area at the far end of town.

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DEUTSCHE VITA
German restaurant and take away
also outdoors area
Via Stampatori 10 (quadrilatero)
011-5620876
Owners Claudia Franzen and Sabine Schumacher
Somebody check it out pls and let me know what
it is like!
Cristina

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I've just done my first 2 rowing lessons!!! My Italian friend has introduced me to the club Armida in Parco Valentino just across from the Architecture school. They have an interesting offer that doesn't make you fork up the usual 700 membership fee to have a go at rowing if this is your first time. They offer 80euros a month and you go as often as you like. For the summertime they have an even better ofter to pay 15 euros a lesson about 1.5hrs long and it's perfect for beginners. Not sure about their English level, but there's a great view from the water and it's first-hand Italian experience with nice people. You can just show up at these times, but come early.

Lunedi 13.00 - 14.30

Mardedi 11.00 - 12.30

Mercoledi 13.00 - 14.30

Giovedi 11.00 - 12.30

Venerdi 13.00 - 14.30

Sabato 11.00 - 12.30

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Try Giuseppe's FUN Zumba and latino/americani exercise classes
at ESPERIA July 29, Aug. 3, August 6 at 18:30. Some of us have
been going and having a blast!
ESPERIA, Corso Moncalieri 2
It is FREEEEEEEE.......
come join the fun, even if you don't know how to dance (like me)
it is easy to follow!

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SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2010

TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF

DJANGO REINHARDT BIRTH

AT 9.30 P.M. - AT "JAZZ CLUB DI TORINO"
Piazzale Valdo Fusi

LOLLO MEIER QUINTET CONCERT

Ticket price: 25 â?¬
I have 20 tickets, email me if you would like some
criburdett@virgilio.it

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If you are in town in August and have children
Check out www.zoomtorino.it
swim with the penguins and visit Bolder
Beach in Cumiana
apparently lots of fun!

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Keep a memo of this place, although it opens again in september: la deutsche vita in via stampatori 10 tel. 011-5620876. It is a wonderful place, somewhere between a beer garten and a bistrò. Great food and superb beer. Avoid if strict on a diet. xxxx

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Anybody around want to have lunch August 6?

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If you want to use the BIKE SHARING yellow bicycles that you see around town the system is NOT
user-friendly! You can only do it on line and the website is only in Italian at the moment. I have registered
on the website and have bought two cards that are valid for one year for 25 euros each which seems to be
the easiest solution. They will mail me the cards at home a week from today. If any of you would like me
to buy them a card, I am happy to do it for you on my account.

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I have selected just some of the many free events during the
Settembre Musica Music Festival
there are many more....
For further info on these concerts and others, go to
www.mitosettembremusica.it which is also in English

Sept. 5, 11 a.m.
CHIESA DELLO SPIRITO SANTO
Via Porta Palatina 9
Lorna Windsor sorprano, Antonio Ballista, piano
music by Paul Hindemith

Sept. 5, 4:00 p.m.
CHIESA SAN FILIPPO
Via Maria Vittoria 5
Cantores Melodi Ensemble, baroque music by Pergolesi

Sept. 6, 5:00 p.m.
TEMPIO VALDESE
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
Johann Sebastian Bach concert BWV1062

Sept. 7, 22:00
JAZZ CLUB TORINO
Mina Agossi Quartet

Sept. 9, 5:00 p.m.
CONSERVATORIO GIUSEPPE VERDI
Piazza Bodoni
Ensemble Bezmara
Classical ottoman music (traditional from Turkey)

Sept. 9, 10:00 p.m.
JAZZ CLUB TORINO
Piazzale Valdo Fusi
Moussu T e lei Jovents (voice, guitar and percussion)

Sept. 10, 5:00 p.m.
SALA 500 LINGOTTO
Piano and cello music by Schumann, Chopin, Nietzche, Liszt

Sept. 11, 4:00 p.m.
CHIESA SAN FILIPPO
Via Maria Vittoria 5
Josquin Des Près, Ensemble solistes conducted by Rachid Safir

Sept. 12, 11:00
PIAZZA STATUTO TO PIAZZA CASTELLO
Great traditional parade of the Turkish army
conducted by Col.Ten. Mustafa Ugur Akten


Sept. 12, 4:00 p.m.
CHIESA SAN FILIPPO
Via Maria Vittoria 5
Missa hispanica for two choruses and orchestra conducted by
Pal Nemeth, music by Johann Haydn

Sept. 17, 22:00
JAZZ CLUB TORINO
Piazza Valdo Fusi
Louis Armstrong Tribute by Luciano Milanese

Sept. 19, 11:00
CHIESA DELLO SPIRITO SANTO
Via Porta Palatina 9
Rene Clemencis harpsichord concert with music by Antonio de Cabezon

Sept. 19, 4:00 p.m.
CHIESA SAN FILIPPO
Via Maria Vittoria 5
Chorus and Orchestra Stefano Tempia, music by Handel

Sept. 23, 5:00 p.m.
CONSERVATORIO GIUSEPPE VERDI
Piazza Bodoni
Archi4 (FourStrings quartet) music by Beethoven, Schubert

Sept. 24, 22:00
JAZZ CLUB TORINO
Piazza Valdo Fusi
The Italian Sax Ensemble

ciao to all,
Cristina

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CINEMA MASSIMO
Giovedì 16 settembre, h. 16.00/18.30/21.00
THE GHOST WRITER
di Roman Polanski (Francia 2010, 131â??) v.o. inglese, sott. it.

When a successful British ghost writer agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang,
his agent assures him itâ??s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the startâ??not least because his
predecessor on the project, died in an unfortunate accident. The Ghost flies out to work on the project, to an oceanfront
house on an island off the U.S.

Giovedì 23 settembre, h. 16.30/18.30/20.30/22.30
THE LAST STATION
di Michael Hoffman (Germania/Russia 2009, 112â??) v.o. inglese, sott. it.

After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoyâ??s devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary,
suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the Great Russian novelist has
renounced his noble title, his property and even his family.

Giovedì 30 settembre, h. 16.30/18.15/20.30/22.15
LIFE DURING WARTIME
di Todd Solondz (Usa 2009, 96â??) v.o. inglese, sott. it.

Ten years have passed since shocking revelations shattered the world of the Jordan family, and now sisters Joy, Trish, and Helen,
each embroiled in their own unique dilemmas, struggle to find their place in an unpredictable and volatile world. The past now
haunts their family both literally and otherwise, and jeopardizes the future.