The Giardini Reali is actually a big park which is linked to the Royal Palace.
These days since after the first fase of reopening, many people are there to enjoy the sun, walk their dogs and gathering with friends.
Some people even grouped up to practise yoga on the lawn.
Location : Giardini Reali
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The government offices at Piazza castello with banners suporting the reopening of the Piedmont regione. The offices should be mainly empty, as the employees are working at home.
Location : Piazza Castello
At 3 PM, military planes were flying above the center of the town, spreading the colors of Italian flag, green, white and red across the sky.
To celebrate the 'Festa Della Republica', which is the national day of Italy, these planes are arranged to fly over various cities everyday, until the 2nd of June which they will fly over Rome.
Today, they flew over Torino and from my balcony, I could clearly see them flying across.
Lots of people who didn't want to miss the event gathered in the piazzas and via Po, all the way until the
Gran Madre Church which is across the river, to view the event. Of
course nobody was obeying the restriction of safety distance.
Location : Via Pietro Micca
People were everywhere in the center on Saturday, the first day after the lockdown restaurants, bars and shops were allowed to reopen for business.
Under the arcade along via Po where there are many restaurants and bars, tables were setup under the arcade, placed in a safety distance between each table.
Due to the fact that tables were setup along the arcade where people walked through, so the space to walk was reduced significantly, so basically there was no safety distance between people walking under the arcade, either one was brushing with other people walking along or one was walking too close to the people sitting at the tables.
At the piazza, group of people were enjoying their freedom to take a walk and to gather with friends to chat, it seems that the restrictions for the reopening were forgotten completely.
Somehow, I miss the empty street during the lockdown.
Location : via Po/ Piazza Castello
Saturday, restaurants, bars and shops are officially allowed to reopen, even the stands selling household goods at the open air market are allowed to start again.
The chinese shops are opened too, chose one with less people queuing up and got in just after waited for a while, and of course was obliged to disinfect my hands before able to shop.
Every procedures are in order and people are behaving well in the shop.
Outside the shop is another story, many people are walking around, plus the queues in front of the shops, the scenerio is quite chaotic.
The household goods market is crowded and there is no control of the flow of people getting in and out. Whereas, at the fruits and vegetables market, the entrance and exit are monitored and there is a long queue.
Location : Porta Palazzo
This was taken at the initial of the pandemia in Italy, when the complete lockdown had yet to be started, but already certain restrictions such as forbidden of crowds had been implemented.
However, when passing through via Garibaldi, a pair of legs protruded outward at vai Botero caught my attention, looked funny.
Then, noticed further down the street, there was a long queue of people crowded together. Later found out that they were queuing up for the Monte dei Pegni, which provides pawn/loans service.
Location : Via Botero
As usual after the rain, small pond of water remained along the curd by the road, couldn't resist to snap a photo of the reflection on the water while the two cyclists dashed across the road.
Location : Via Pietro Micca
