• 1 5kg fresh turkey
• butter
• thick salt
• thick pepper

Topping

• 5-6 oranges; 2 will be grated and will use the juice of all of them
• 3-4 spoons of honey
• 1 cup of apple vinegar
• 3 spoons of brown sugar
• a bit of salt

Filling

• 1 Kg ground beef (can be pork)
• 200 gr. peeled and crushed almonds
• 200 gr. peeled and crushed nuts
• 1 medium size onion
• 1 small garlic
• 1 ltr. tomato sauce
• 1 cup red wine
• salt

Other things you will need

• kitchen rope
• foil
• plastic paper

Time table for a 5 kg. turkey

1. 30 minutes to 220ºC without foil
2. 2.5 – 3 hours to 170ºC breast covered with foil ***
3. 30 minutes to 200ºC without foil

*** check every hour and spread the topping with a kitchen brush all over the turkey skin.

Finally … for the preparation instructions watch our video.

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This picture is a piece of a set of photograps I took to create my first photosynth.

Piazza Statuto is one of the most important places in Turin. With a long rectangular shape, you can arrive to it from Corso Francia and Via Garibaldi (the oldest street in Turin). Piazza Statuto is a nice place to have lunch or a drink with a friend.

On these days most of Piazza Statuto is used as a meeting point and a parking lot.

During summer it is common to see a lot of people just hanging around this place.

True Italian life!

Piazza Statuto from the side.

In the center of the square there is an important monument, dedicated to the development to the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

The monument is a pyramid of huge boulders originating from the tunnel excavation.

The pyramid is surmounted by an winged Genious, under which there are marble figures of Titans. The whole represents the triumph of reason on brute force.

I don’t know what this old man was thinking of the young fellow sited next to him eating pizza.

Baby Leo just saying hello from Piazza Statuto.

View of the square as a whole.

I don’t think this is the most comfortable place to take a nap, but it happens from time to time.

A little bully stealing frame!

A young girl taking her first steps!

I love watching this little construction cars. They seem so small like toys.

Do you like walking downtown? Which one is your favorite square in your city?

Bike Pride was a peaceful gathering in support of cycling as alternative transport in the city. The aim was to give awareness of the ecological and health advantages that this medium provides. It was also an opportunity to ask the people who travel by car some respect for those who use a bike every day.

Hundreds of people joined Bike Pride.

Baby Leonardo is here as my trusted co-pilot.

The route started in the Parco del Valentino and advanced towards the Piazza Vittorio Veneto.

In the next picture you can see La Gran Madre.

There was a great variety of bikes. The most interesting to me was this one… judge by yourself.

The route then took us through the streets of downtown Torino.

The building to the left of the next picture is the Museo Egizio of Turino.

Believe it or not but a lot of people carry pets in their bikes.

Half of the route we had a little break and Leo was already tired.

There is no minimum age to enjoy a bike ride.

Finally we continue the path next to Torino’s Railway Station Porta Nuova.

Corso Vittorio Emanuele II was our road.

Turning right in order to continue again into downtown Torino.

Via Roma is a huge street where you can find the best Italian shops in Turin.

Crossing Piazza de San Carlo.

At the end of Via Roma you will find Piazza Castello, end of our route.

At the end of the event there was a ceremony to officially open ToBike service, which will allow people from Torino and visitors to rent a bike from anywhere they want in downtown Torino.

Do you use your bike as a transportation medium in your city?

First of all, Sofia and I got a couple of Italian flags, but we decided to keep one in original state and convert the other one into a Mexican flag.

So, both of this flags began as Italian flags, but for our surprise both were ‘Made in China’.

Ok, so this is the Italian flag. From left to right you can see the only thing missing here to make a Mexican flag is a Mexican Coat of Arms.

I have placed a Mexican Coat of Arms digitally on this picture. If you know the Mexican flag as I do, you can immediately say that something is wrong… something is out of order.

Now, take a look at the next picture. Is the same flag as before but with some drastic changes, I ripped off some extra fabric from below and …

Now take a look to the ‘new’ flag with the Mexican Coat of Arms. Can you tell the difference between this flag and the last one with the same Coat of Arms?

Well as you can see the difference is more than a Coat of Arms. The Italian Flag has a size proportion of 3/2, this means that for every 3 cms. you take to the right you MUST take other 2 to the bottom. Mexican flag instead has a size proportion of 7/4, this means that for every 7 cms. you take to the right you MUST take 4 to the bottom.

So, the Italian flag looks a little bit ‘taller’ next to the Mexican flag only if BOTH share the same width just like in the next picture. On the contrary, if both flags share the same height, Mexican flag will look larger than the Italian flag.

The next is an animation that shows graphically the size differences between the Mexican and Italian flag.

Another topic of differences among the two flags are colors. Italian flag uses lighter shades of green and red on it’s flag. As of 2010 the original shades of both flags according to Wikipedia are:

Mexican flag

Italian flag

As you can see there are more subtle differences than you thought of.

Santa Maria delle Grazie is a famous church and Domenican convent in Milan, included in the World Heritage sites list. If you are planning to visit this place in order to see this work of art you must buy your tickets online here.

Leonardo’s Last Supper is probably Italy’s most famous painting. It is also one of Italy’s most visited works of art. Remember, this is why we remember you to buy your tickets with time because only small groups from 20 to 25 people are allowed to view this work of art at a time … and only for periods of 15 minutes, so if you arrive without a ticket you must pray that someone don’t show up for you to be able to get a ticket. Reservations here.

This work of art is 4,6 meters height x 8,8 meters wide. Leonardo began working in this painting on 1495 and finished painting on 1498.

As you can see this work covers the back wall of the dining hall of the church. This means that monks used to eat under this wonderful peace of art.

Being there and watch this work of art made me feel amazed by Leonardo’s work. He was really the man.

This is the view from the top of my PlayStation 3 without the cover.

First look to the inside and I am already waiting for the worse.

PlayStation 3 is really a dust attractor device, look at this mess.

Dust in here is so hard to remove, even with compressed air.

Too much dust into the power unit and you may have over heating problems.

The BluRay unit is also nasty and needs some cleaning.

View from the top without the BluRay unit.

A lot of work and I am just cleaning only the top of the console. This is what I call a nasty job.

This Photosynht was taknen from the inside of the crater.

This one is taken from the top of one of the outside sculptures.

Have you ever been to ‘Espacio Escultórico’? Did you like it?

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