The Olympic torch made its way to the Mole Antonelliana in Torino, Italy, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. This was one of the last legs of the torch's journey to the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics Friday night in Torino.

Spectators wait for the arrival of the Olympic torch in front the Mole Antonelliana. The Mole is a reference point on Torino's Skyline. You can't always see it, but when it suddenly appears in the sky as you turn a corner, even the directionally challenged, such as myself, can figure out where they are.

Red Fiat Cinquecentos parade down Via Nizza, in Torino, Italy, Thursday evening, informing the crowd that the Olympic torch would arrive ten minutes later. The writing on the windshields of the cars reads "The Olympics Flame's Journey."

A torinese woman waits on her balcony for the Olympic torch to pass through Via Nizza, in Torino.

Alberto Barbera runs the Olympic torch into the Museum of Cinema in the Mole Antonelliana in Torino, Italy, on Friday, Feb. 10. Barbera is the director of the museum and this was one of the last legs of the torch's journey to the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics Friday night in Torino.

Matteo Cravanzola, 5, waits for the arrival of the Olypic torch off of Via Nizza Thursday evening while sitting on the shoulders of his grandfather Bruno Manzin. There was worry among the crowd of people waiting to see the torch that the route would be changed at the last minute as had been done earlier in the day because of the fear of no-global protests.

Fireworks illuminate the Olympic Stadium in Torino, Italy, at the end of the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics on Friday, feb. 10, 2006.

Daniela Fontana and her dancing partner Candido Rosa Clot, of the Compagnia della Citta` di Torino, dance to traditional torinese music outside the Olympic Stadium before the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Veronica Graffagnino (center) and Ervin Lami (right) struggle to understand Masaru Azama (left), of Japan, at the ticket office outside the Olympic Stadium in Torino, Italy, before the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics on Friday, feb. 10. Azama was attempting to purchase tickets for other events other than the opening ceremony.

Rich Cohen, of Atlanta, goes through security before entering the Olympic Stadium in Torino, Italy, for the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics on Friday, feb. 10.

more fireworks and, of course, the flame.

Italians celebrate after the end of the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2006.

The much-awaited lighting of the Olympic couldron outside of the Olympic Stadium was one of the final touches of the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.