Back to the action at the cafe, where it never stops. I had to stop by Gillette’s today, to look into a new giant refrigerator for the cafe. And a new slicer too. I have some promising new people who are looking for work, so that’s a good thing. I […]
This was taken at the Refugio at the top of the mountain in the Gran Paradiso National Park. While trips like this are full of fun moments, it quickly becomes clear that it’s time to go home. I look forward to at least a month sticking around before heading out […]
Sitting next to Paola Musolino at Piazza di Po restaurant, she told me more about Eataly, this sensational temple to food and wine that’s put Torino on the culinary map. “They are planning to open in Rockefeller Center in New York,” she told me. Then I asked her about Slow […]
We set off in the bus to another awesome promonotory from which to view the Alps and this beautiful countryside. Winding our way through a mountain village, we took a turn and then began winding up steeper and steeper hills. The bus could barely make it around the hairpins, and […]
Shelley photographs Liz while the cow looks on near Perosa Argentina, Italy.
Spending a day up here, walking through fields of green over cowtrails, and meeting a farmer who makes the famous Plaisentif cheese, (only available after Sept 21, but we got it early), and having lunch in a mountain hut. It was a day of Alpine smells, tastes and views. Then […]
Before we left on the trip, I had heard about Eataly, one of our stops here in Torino. I was not prepared to love it as much as I did, since this place has more foodie cred than anywhere I’ve ever been. It’s a cavernous building, about the size of […]
We left France early and drove through the 11 km Mt Blanc tunnel, and it was sunny as we drove the winding road to Torino. This is a delightful city, about 900,000 inhabitants, settled 2000 years ago, and full of porticoes, students and wide open piazzas. Carol our guide pointed […]
This is much steeper than it looks! After watching these ice hikers, we went back down and ran to catch a train. It was the cog mountain railway that took us up a steep grade to the other side of the mountain, to the Mer de Glace. Chamonix, we learned […]
Today I was humbled by the towering edifices which nature has plunked down here in Northwestern France. We got up early and drove to the famous ski town of Chamonix. Our destination was that big ole mountain we saw from the air yesterday: Mount Blanc. In front of the cable […]
