Month: October 2014
San Marco Ristorante, Canelli
When we checked in at Villa Pattono, the receptionist gave us a list of local restaurants. There were two Michelin 1-star restaurants in the area. One day we decided to try of the restaurants. San Marco Ristornate The restaurant located in Canelli, is at least 60 years old. The lady chef Mariuccia received the star more…
Villa Pattono, Constigliole d’Asti
Our late summer vacation was spent mostly at this villa situated in the middle of the Piemonte (Piedmont) countryside of Italy. Rather than moving from one place to another several times during the week (like we did in France in June), we stayed here for a good five days. The nearest town is Constigliole d’Asti.…
Random photos #96 – #100
These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #96 – face2face —…
Domaine des Bidaudieres, Vouvray
If you have been following our trip to the Val de Loire, and our story about finding the chateau we booked (click here to read), this is the second place where we ended up. Because we cannot extend our unplanned stay at Chateau des Arpentis (click here to see it), the owner, Sylvie offered us a room…