Welcome, Friends and family our goal with this blog is to help you keep tabs on what we've been up to after moving to Italy in 2007, by sharing some of our experiences with you. We have many of our old favorite places yet we always seem to stumble into something really cool just when we think we've seen everything. Our goal is to share these new experiences, along with an occasional wine or travel tip.
Sincerely,
Robert and Leslie Alexander

Leslie has been busy painting, take a look!

New Paintings, if you want to see more go to www.cellarpaintings.com

Serralunga d’Alba, a village in Barolo



Colori d’Autunno


Set Quintai


Arneis

Hot and Humid


It has been very hot with almost minnesota like humidity making gelato
a daily instead of a weekly requirement. Desmosedici opened this spring
on Via V. Emanuele in Alba and has become our favorite! Pictured is the
young owner / entrepreneur Elisa Grimaldi.

The shop opens mid morning until 2:00 A.M. only in italy do we get
bar rush in a Gelateria.

More than "32" flavors

Looking across our table down the quaint streets of Bossolasco, where we
took part in our first outdoor art fair. Robert was too busy watching the tractor- pull
to take more photos maybe next year.

New art show in Treiso


This is a beautiful old church on the piazza in Treiso, it was restored
last summer and made into a cultural center for the town of Treiso.
My art exhibit opened here last Saturday.
The show is from April 11 to May 3, 2009

After getting the keys from the mayer of Treiso we started setting up our
spring art show by first taking down christmas decorations.

Even Cotta' "helps

"Vineyard with Chickens" most popular painting of the art show.
Who knew chickens were so popular????