Alba, laundry and dinner with Luca and Sara
We are mentally getting ready to leave the beautiful Piedmonte countryside and make our way to Venezia and the Veneto. We needed to do some wash and Analisa told us about one of the few Laundromats in Alba, Aquazzura. It was a small place, 4 washers and 2 dryers.
Went for a walk while the laundry was drying and we walked into an apartment courtyard to look at an old Fiat,. We found a fig tree loaded with ripe fruit and had a great snack! We had to do a last shopping trip in Alba- but first a glass of wine at an outdoor café. Then to the salumeria for Barolo salami, fresh hazelnuts, torrone, truffle pate, truffles and corn meal and more! Now we have to schlep all the goodies but it will be worth it. The 2 ladies in the last store were charnming and sold us the most luscious almond cookies ever. Back to Ada Nada for a quick change and then we were meeting Luca at his factory in Granzane Cavour. We were being treated to a true family dinner with Luca, Sara, Isabella, Geneva and Claudio.
Luca and Sara’s house is only a year old and it is elegant and fashionable. Elliptical in shape, the two ends are made entirely of glass. At one end is a dining room with an enormous chandelier from Murano, and at the other is Luca’s book-lined library. The central part of the house has a marble fireplace and blond wood curved staircase. All very chic and beautiful.
We were greeted by Isabella and Geneva, two very lively and beautiful children- 5 and 3 years old. Sara was in the kitchen with Claudio in his countertop infant seat. The kids were finishing up dinner and clamoring for Dad’s attention. Happy, noi\sy and boisterous! We had a marvelous meal of marinated sushi fish, pasta with octopus, sweets, figs, grapes and very good wine. Lots of fun and good conversation . Dan showed off Charlotte via the Jessica’s Flickr picture gallery. It was a fantastic evening.
We are mentally getting ready to leave the beautiful Piedmonte countryside and make our way to Venezia and the Veneto. We needed to do some wash and Analisa told us about one of the few Laundromats in Alba, Aquazzura. It was a small place, 4 washers and 2 dryers.
Went for a walk while the laundry was drying and we walked into an apartment courtyard to look at an old Fiat,. We found a fig tree loaded with ripe fruit and had a great snack! We had to do a last shopping trip in Alba- but first a glass of wine at an outdoor café. Then to the salumeria for Barolo salami, fresh hazelnuts, torrone, truffle pate, truffles and corn meal and more! Now we have to schlep all the goodies but it will be worth it. The 2 ladies in the last store were charnming and sold us the most luscious almond cookies ever. Back to Ada Nada for a quick change and then we were meeting Luca at his factory in Granzane Cavour. We were being treated to a true family dinner with Luca, Sara, Isabella, Geneva and Claudio.
Luca and Sara’s house is only a year old and it is elegant and fashionable. Elliptical in shape, the two ends are made entirely of glass. At one end is a dining room with an enormous chandelier from Murano, and at the other is Luca’s book-lined library. The central part of the house has a marble fireplace and blond wood curved staircase. All very chic and beautiful.
We were greeted by Isabella and Geneva, two very lively and beautiful children- 5 and 3 years old. Sara was in the kitchen with Claudio in his countertop infant seat. The kids were finishing up dinner and clamoring for Dad’s attention. Happy, noi\sy and boisterous! We had a marvelous meal of marinated sushi fish, pasta with octopus, sweets, figs, grapes and very good wine. Lots of fun and good conversation . Dan showed off Charlotte via the Jessica’s Flickr picture gallery. It was a fantastic evening.
1 comment:
The idea of eating fresh figs right off a tree ... amazing.
:)
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