Barbaresco Day 3

A reminder this morning that vacation does not mean a trouble free time. I’ve been in constant prayer for a dear friend of mine who is in ICU at Harborview. Woke to an email from our water association that we have a HUGE (their words) leak somewhere on our property. Thankful for Davis who is at our place for a wedding this weekend so he is helping to troubleshoot. And thankful for my friend’s amazing life.
After some phone calls and work on the water leak this am, we had breakfast on the terrace, and headed out to explore the upper Langhe. Last night, after sharing with our hosts our plan for today, they questioned why we were going where we had planned and offered a different itinerary. So happy we listened! We explored Treiso, Borgomale, a darling village decorated with children’s art explaining the legends around their town castle—Nella and her tragic imprisonment. A couple of towns we were in today reminded us of Onati where Fran’s sister Sheila lives. Other villages were Cortemilia, Cravanzana where we met the delightful Marco who is producing and selling hazelnuts/products so proudly with his wife, sons, and daughter in law. Marco opened his doors when they were closed for lunch and treated us to a first class tour and tasting. We fell in love with him. And need to now eat a lot of hazelnut products before we get on the plane:) To Serravalle for lunch overlooking the valley and mountains.
At our lunch I ate a salad with maybe more honey in the dressing than is good for me:/ ended up resting in the shade at a children’s park in Montforte while JD hiked up the hill to explore. We definitely don’t recommend travel to this region in August. 95 degrees today. Home to immediately get in the pool where we read, rested and guided Davis through water shut off. Anna, the matriarch of the family we are with, recommended a pizzeria for us and it was wonderful.Read more