An Afternoon with the Movies

Hello from Sestriere, Italy.

I can't believe that I've been at the Paralympic Games for 2 weeks already. I really thought that I would have more time to keep my blog updated, but that has not proven to be the case. Good or Bad, not too much has happened. A short update:

March 1st
I arrived back from Venice with Lindsay and we checked into our glorious 4 Star Hotel which proved to be much better than what we had in Venice (See Posting: Walking with the Venetians). I didn't have much to do until our 7:30 meeting with the IPC, so Lindsay and I went to the La Mole Antonelliana which is a giant tower in Torino that statds above the city. The Tower has a glass elevator that that leads to the top for a beautiful lookout of the city. Unfortunately, when we were there, it was kind of hazy. Otherwise, I am sure we would have had a beautiful view of the mountains. The Glass Elevator reminded me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Elevator was not enclosed in a shaft but was supported by cables that carried you up as you watched below.

On the bottom floors of the La Mole is the National Cinema Museum. Lindsay and I had a great time there as well. The Museum houses all kinds of relics from the Film Industry. It was funny, but most of the film displays that they had were from the US. One floor contained 'sets' that were kind of fun to pretend that you were apart of.

The Giant Refridgerator





















The Toilet Seat where you could watch a movie






















The Laboratory






















The Bar Fight
















After the museum, I headed back to the hotel where it was time for our meeting where we set a game plan for the next few days.

After a good nights sleep, it was time to head to Sestriere (The Mountains) for the next 3 weeks.