La Sorgente del Po

I feel like a tourist; we have been taking my Mom to see the sights here in and around Torino. Later this month we will be in Toscana, visiting Pisa, Florence, Sienna, San Gimignano and others, but almost all will be day trips from Florence so that we can pack in as much touring as we possibly can during M's brief vacation time.

In pregnancy news, I am doing very well, everything is progressing normally as I enter into my 24th week today. I am trying to follow my midwives instructions on napping each afternoon for two whole hours at a time, but usually I can only make it for an hour. My blood pressure has remained low since the last episode where I had to go to pronto soccorso, so I am feeling much more relaxed. Also of great relief to me is that nearly all of the awful morning sickness that I was experiencing has gone away, and I have just learned to breathe through my mouth when around smokers which means I don't smell the smoke, hence no nausea! All of this means that after months of being housebound because of nausea in the beginning of this pregnancy I am now revelling in my freedom to go out and about.

On Saturday last week end we went to La Sorgente del Po, the source of the Po river. It was especially fun for my son Gabriel who had gone on a class trip to see the Delta of the Po just a few months ago on a class trip. We left a hot and humid Torino and felt very fortunate when we arrived high in the mountains to feel refreshingly cool air. The vista was clear and expansive, the air pure and fresh, just the way I love it! We had bought bread, mayonnaise, some really great Toma cheese as it turns out, some salame and some prosciutto for sandwiches which we packed up the hill on the trail to the source. Between watching our dog Delta splash and swim in the creek wending its way down the hill, and the expressions of the boys as they soaked their shirts in the icy water and then put them back on, it was entertaining. Why is it that dogs who go swimming wait until they are right next to you before shaking?

Oh, and la sorgente del Po? I have just fallen in love with another part of Italy.

Bellissima, no?