L'Ancora

When you come to South-Piemonte and you can read a little Italian, then you must read L'Ancora. In this local newspaper you can find everything about festivities in this region and a lot of useful information.
And lucky us, you can find this newspaper on line: http://www.lancora.com

Piedmont, wine region

A lot of peolple think Tuscany when they think of Italian wine, but Piedmont is also famous for his quality wines. The Piedmont Wine Region, particularly in the Langhe sub region, is a land of castles, vineyards and romantic hills .

In fact, the region attracts gourmet travellers from all over the world who go there to simply eat and enjoy fine wine and it's no wonder that the Slow Foor Movement is very strong in Piedmont, a region where people celebrate their wine and gastronomy every time they can.

Pictures of enoteca's (wine stores / restaurants) where you can taste a variety of Italian wines :

Carnevale Italiana

It has been a while, but between the restoration project and other work, I've had the time to participate at a real Italian Carnevale with all the kids of our little village, Merana.

And ... we won the contest of most beautiful car in Cairo Montenotte !!!

Winter pictures

Snow fun in Piemonte

November pictures

... finding mushrooms in the woods
... a blue sky even if it's a bit chilly in the morning

... lots of working in the future agriturismo

... truffle season

Our first autumn in Merana

Waking up, walking through the garden with the dog and then looking up en admiring this view.
It feels like a dream but this is now my reality.

At the other hand we don't have a real bathroom, no central heating and only two rooms to live in at this moment. But that's all forgotten when I'm standing there realizing the beauty of it all.

Camminata di San Carlo - Dalla torre ai "murion"

Last week there was a big walk organised by our village.

17 km in a beautiful landscape and afterwarts we received a very nice lunch (for 10 euros).

The organisation was superb, even if there where almost 200 people walking (in a village with less than 200 persons)

Enjoying nature

Yesterday we made a great walk with the dog through the regional parc that starts just around the corner.
That's one of the things we love here: you don't need a car to see nature, you're living in the middle of it and it really is part of you life.

A few pictures we took (notice the blue sky, it's october !)

Stormy weather

Stormy weather on ferragosto (Assumption Day) in Piemonte, ... a tragedy for many Italians because they all want to do an outside activity that day.
For us just another beautiful moment, see it for yourself: