Bucket List ✓
The Alba Truffle Festival! But first, I went back for one more Pilates class in the morning. This was a group class and it was a group (10 people) mat class and to my chagrin, mostly on the foam roller–not … Continue reading →
Jan
Finalmente, il Sole
Finally we awoke to a different kind of light, sunlight. The sun was shining and it was glorious. We met our friends on the corner and went to the Bar Italia for coffee before setting off into the Langhe for … Continue reading →
Alba Day
We started off the day with coffee, as always, and a nice walk through Alba. Each of the neighborhoods has a special banner and it adds to the general loveliness of the city to see them hanging out the windows … Continue reading →
They’re Here!
Our great friends and neighbors, Steve and Linda Service, arrived yesterday. We met them at the Torino train station and I was jumping up and down like a child when I saw them walking down the binario. After all those … Continue reading →
Just a Fine Day
This was one of my favorite kind of days in Italy–when we just “live” here and do our daily routine. We started with coffee just down the street but it wasn’t nearly as good as the previous one. And on … Continue reading →
Reunion Lunch
A little less than a year ago, I messaged Diana about our dates in Alba and the possibility of a visit. And today was the day it actually, happily happened. We started out the day with coffee at the same … Continue reading →
On to Alba
We awoke to rain again. Here is our side view, of the restaurant, from the little balcony outside our room. Anyway, after a very nice breakfast in the agriturismo we drove, about 3 minutes, into Orta San Giulio.The original plan … Continue reading →
One of those days :(
We had to have the car back to Frankfurt airport by 9:00, so we left Julias thinking we would have plenty of time for our 11:00 flight. Returning the car was smooth, as was checking in at Luftansa, despite the … Continue reading →
Mainz and Kloster Eberbach
It wasn’t raining at breakfast so we decided to go to Mainz for a German city experience. Of course, the rain began as we were parking the car there. Feeling my most intrepid traveler self, I put on my rain … Continue reading →
Miles and Miles of Grapes
The harvest is over and the grape leaves are putting on a show of yellow. Everywhere there isn’t a village there are vineyards. Like Napa, Chianti or Piedmont, this makes for gorgeous landscape views. We started out the day with … Continue reading →