20 february 2024
On the 17th of February I went on a trip to Torino with some friends. Had to be
at the bus station by 6:30AM. It was pretty early but it was worth it for
round-trip tickets at 4€. As soon as we got there we went to Pisciatella (a
place I really wanted to try out) to have breakfast, I got a sweet bun filled
with Chantilly cream, I really reccomend it if you're ever in Torino. I also got
to try what my friend got, she got a Coda di aragosta, it means "lobster tail".
It's a puff pastry that is shaped like a lobster, it was filled with custard
with some strawberries on top, that too was very good.
After having breakfast we spent the rest of the morning at the Egyptian museum, the tickets were only 3€ each since we're university students. The place is huge, we got in at 9:40AM and we left by 2:00PM. Overall a pretty nice experience but if it were me I'd streamline a bit more the route to follow in the museum, just to make it easier on the visitors, maybe by showing stuff in chronological order instead of having big sections to choose from.
For lunch most of us broght food packed from home, I had to go and buy it. I ate a sandwich filled with roast beef, caramelized onion jam and some kind of cheese (I forgot which cheese it was).
For the rest of the trip we just explored the city, went from landmark to landmark. We even happened to stumble upon the department of law of UNITO, their university has a pretty gorgeous upper floor filled with busts and statues.
We had to be back at the bus station by 7:55PM. I really enjoyed my time in Torino, we'll see which city we'll visit next.