Carmagnola to Alba • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

Actually for the trip from Carmagnola to Alba I went from Asti To Alba and I had some extra time and wanted to stop and see Carmagnola So I just got off the train and walked around with my suitcase on wheels and actually had a very interesting stop over

Carmagnola

walking from the train station down through the busy area of this small town I passed by a fresh food market and then a dry goods open market and then wound up in a cute little park area where I sat down and checked places to eat. I found some comments on this new restaurant with good food and good attitude so I decided to stop by. It turns out this restaurant employees mentally disabled young people to help out and try to get them to learn how to get around in society by working. I stayed in a hotel once with the same kind of social model and it was extremely pleasant as this restaurant was. And the food was excellent. So if you have a chance to stop by this little town make sure you go to this restaurant. Everyone was so interested in trying to speak a little English which they really don’t but it was a good experience and a lot of fun.

Ripe melon Carmagnola to Alba — The melon was very ripe and sweet

Crushed tomatoes Carmagnola to Alba — If you were outside of the tourist areas you will find the food to be always extremely good and fresh. For example these tomatoes were crushed tomatoes not from some canned sauce.

Caprese Carmagnola to Alba — Caprese with totally fresh vegetables

Nice church Bill Smale — The church was not open but I like the front façade

Nice gelato Bill Smale — Very good gelato and not tourist prices, only three euro which is common in every non-tourist town

Food bag Bill Smale — In the green bag is everything I need to eat and have coffee in the morning. It’s almost as heavy as what’s in the suitcase which shows you my priorities. Actually, managing your own food saves a tremendous amount of money

Fresh food market — The fresh food market

Cheese — There were at least six cheese stalls

Beautiful vegetables — Look at these beautiful vegetables

Drygoods market — The dry goods open market which closed at about 2 PM

Alba

Wine sausage — The one thing about being in this area is wine. Even the salami has some wine in it, this one with the famous Barolo Wine

Ancient church — Below this grid you can see the ancient church from over 1400 years ago

Main plaza — This is the main plaza with very interesting artwork

Parking — You can see how people are parking here, a little bit on the sidewalk

Nice campari spritz — Not only do you get a nice Campari Spritz but also some little side dishes which is not often true in the big tourist cities

Political commentary — You see political commentary graffiti in many places

End of the war — The horrible things which happened towards the end of the war

Some of the old Roman Temple has been uncovered for public viewing

Alba truffles — Alba is very much a truffle area but they are seasonal so you have to be aware of the right time to eat them

Roy Rogers store — I didn’t know that Roy Rogers (different spelling)) had a clothing store

Bar sausage — Special Bar (nearby town) sausage and Azuki beans with vinegar and oil

More side dishes — Another day with different side dishes

Villages on the hills — On the train there are some interesting little towns on the hills. You can imagine they are in a very good position for defense which I’m sure is a major reason they are on the hill

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