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It’s too darn hot! The River Dora and Vanchiglia

Monday, 10 September, 2018 30C

It’s just too hot, but today Krish persuaded me to come out for a walk. We walked along the river for quite a while and checked out the engineering that’s been done on the Dora to divert the water and create a weir.

Coming along the road, looking south (Campanile in the background) to start our walk, which is northwards
Coming along the road, looking south (Campanile in the background) to start our walk, which is northwards to the Fiume Dora

Along the river, there’s some older and newer development. Then there’s this large, not yet tagged, Roa piece.

Art by Roa
Art by Roa
This artist does the same piece over and over in slightly different ways. I can't find out who s/he is. Torino Affonda means Torino is sinking
This artist does the same piece over and over in slightly different ways. I can’t find out who s/he is. This is new since last year. Torino Affonda means Torino is sinking – not sure if it’s done by the artist or afterwards
A fairly modern community, which overlooks the Dora
A fairly modern community, which overlooks the Dora

We headed back to Via Regina Margherita, which is the main street that runs a very long and straight way parallel to the river and directly to the south of the flat. The tram ride along it is quite wonderful, lined as it is with trees on both sides, for  miles.

We headed into Vanchiglia for a little while. Most things were closed but we checked out some supermarkets for vegetables. Seems it’s the wrong time of year. Everywhere had plenty of zucchini and that’s about it.

By now I was too hot and didn’t care about taking photos. It was also hazy so everything around us seemed shadowy. And we had the closest view yet of The Mole Antonelliana. Another, cooler, day for that! Back home before I melted!

Dim sum tonight. I miss my pans and my bamboo steamers!

The Mole, tantalisingly close but not today
The Mole, tantalisingly close, but not for today