![Covered sidewalk. Covered sidewalk.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1830-hotel-walker.jpg)
Covered sidewalk.
![Rental bikes. Rental bikes.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1663-rental-bikes.jpg)
Rental bikes.
![Train station. Train station.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1819-train-station-inte.jpg)
Train station.
![Italian street corner chat room. Italian street corner chat room.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1824-street-corner-grou.jpg)
Italian street corner chat room.
![Snack. Snack.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1825-snack.jpg)
Snack.
![Torino, typical building and environs. Torino, typical building and environs.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1826-building-trees.jpg)
Torino, typical building and environs.
![Statues everywhere. Statues, everywhere.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1827-wires-building.jpg)
Statues everywhere.
![Ancient Roman stone walls give way to something slightly newer. Ancient Roman stone walls give way to something slightly newer.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1700-tower.jpg)
Ancient Roman stone walls give way to something slightly newer.
![Tracks. Tracks.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1844-people-tracks.jpg)
Tracks (actually not in Torino, but on the way north back to Austria.)
Study up on Turin at the Wiki.
![Italian desert. Italian desert.](http://wildsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_1710-italian-desert.jpg)
If you made it this far let's lighten things up from the greyscale with a nice Italian desert offering. Any of you Italy experts know what this is?
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.