30th of November, my last day in Torino. It was an eventful day, so I'll need perhaps 3 blog entries to cover them all.
The morning was seemed uneventful, we were in a bus, heading to the Auditorium of the last pitching session.
We were about to reach the place until we got into the way of a huge group of protesting students. (they were protesting against the government-proposed education reforms where the private sector's given a lot more involvement in the state university system, it was a nationwide protest. There were protests in London too. More details here)
![Bus blocked by student protest](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5247538098_8ac3631040.jpg)
Video
So we got off the bus and had to walk past the protesters.
![Student protest in Torino](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5246971157_98a32aac9d.jpg)
Video
![Major student protest in Torino](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5247604820_7d7d3ae380.jpg)
Then, there were a group of clowns.
![Clowns protesting](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5247020629_a0be5b07c7.jpg)
![Clowns in student protest](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5247021355_5f1cb3f602.jpg)
![Clowns in student protest 2](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5247022121_c2e5a69594.jpg)
I watched them in action.
Video
Having not seen that many protests of this sort, I felt excited, they reminded me of the mime troup in Michelangelo Antonioni's BLOW-UP. Hell, everything just seemed like the opening of that film, and I was in it. Nice.
BLOW-UP trailer
The morning was seemed uneventful, we were in a bus, heading to the Auditorium of the last pitching session.
We were about to reach the place until we got into the way of a huge group of protesting students. (they were protesting against the government-proposed education reforms where the private sector's given a lot more involvement in the state university system, it was a nationwide protest. There were protests in London too. More details here)
![Bus blocked by student protest](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5247538098_8ac3631040.jpg)
Video
So we got off the bus and had to walk past the protesters.
![Student protest in Torino](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5246971157_98a32aac9d.jpg)
Video
![Major student protest in Torino](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5247604820_7d7d3ae380.jpg)
Then, there were a group of clowns.
![Clowns protesting](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5247020629_a0be5b07c7.jpg)
![Clowns in student protest](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5247021355_5f1cb3f602.jpg)
![Clowns in student protest 2](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5247022121_c2e5a69594.jpg)
I watched them in action.
Video
Having not seen that many protests of this sort, I felt excited, they reminded me of the mime troup in Michelangelo Antonioni's BLOW-UP. Hell, everything just seemed like the opening of that film, and I was in it. Nice.
BLOW-UP trailer