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](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uX62vOJdA43QuyllNA_FJZNQxdUNNMZ0bwLHdeFQzMzTEudsKx5YcdvcjP-I35Vl4nvQqpo9_NTT76QWnq1r2WnabrbjTNqf5-UmQEw2J2Xxo0n2H-shqYnmFmoFL8ta8=s0-d)
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So we got off the bus and had to walk past the protesters.
![Student protest in Torino](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uTDWs5SPrTDHLiz9YtG2MQHOJ1pJDqPIMWjwoHFVBVDw8kaS8LuB-y7RB-qvAF3UPhcbajYISYRGY3LxevCCnQywmihnHVAm-oxVgAJTLesNVjGyM1yP-mdTpS-ILUu_I=s0-d)
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![Major student protest in Torino](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_unH1vybyyrcc2UY6Yn8sne3YbczyqxGC83s-amgcQtzSmL6yVlExxczUcphYpgM6fuInjE6FDnDyWTLLKYzqwFpL-P5Loa9YjzZVH-7vM0-W8s6186z0NKKvNxkxxFFBQ=s0-d)
Then, there were a group of clowns.
![Clowns protesting](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tJLG_gHLNF85i3CUkvHJm7qs-HqDAn4Dxr4gs-cdndTD5yWl-9NSndrJhqood-46D-tj2xeJvZRvUXCr_Ob3O-yK2t6WWjpTCLHAvoFbc-THzg8IzepvtFClFD985eae8=s0-d)
![Clowns in student protest](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sQx-2vj8PKBijVTy1CHz1F8xnb84Dzyn30uGxzraML_zEQb_b2CAHV-ka5tKvxaxlaf1iI1Ich_FwtZ9uWMIzqukimghX8y_g_gLadK7yH4G6W4VRdrJRQk6RbZtHY9wQ=s0-d)
![Clowns in student protest 2](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u1RB8JA3jvTafEFQAP3tfW7f7nxIP6OZAntUE5I2SJqYheKKRTpzG_cn4ZyRbLGxn6U__gaI_JkJaMAIy4fc2cDkOr9dkjn_EkRIq1Qx4gqVr7y0PNB3SYSFaSQhO4Fw=s0-d)
I watched them in action.
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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)
Video
So we got off the bus and had to walk past the protesters.
Video
Then, there were a group of clowns.
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