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Ventimiglia to Cuneo

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since I’ve been to Genova, Torino, Milano and some other big cities in the north of Italy I decided to take some time in the smaller cities. They aren’t crowded, everything is much cheaper and people are extremely friendly and they are very safe and fun to walk around.

Ventimiglia

this is the first major stop on the train from France and it’s a cute little town. There’s not too much to do here but it’s by the ocean and the beaches are very nice and so it’s just a relaxing place to be for a couple days.

You can see the churches on the hill which I didn’t venture out to see but look like they would provide some interesting views
I stayed above this restaurant owned by the same family and with the same name. It was very adequate for what I needed and well managed. The food in this restaurant was very nice.
Pasta with pesto sauce. It was very filling and had a very rich flavor
Hawaiians are imperial the world even here with their Poké bowl
The beaches are very inviting though I did not go in
Beautiful flowers in the small park
Some of the buildings are showing signs of wear and tear. But as you can see there is a tower among these which is kind of interesting

Cuneo

This is the center of the province with the same name. They seem to have quite a few interesting things going on especially the fair which was set up well I was there to promote local agriculture

This must’ve been a famous guy
This might be a statue of Dario Fo The director of this opera Or musical created in 1966
This was a little event for kids. The video below shows some of the fun they were having
For several hours the streets were lined with vendors of all sorts of dry goods
At the cinnamon café, a Chinese restaurant
The food was very good
The local church has some very interesting art
This church has its own tower for the bells
In France I order coffee cream and I get coffee mixed with some cream. So without knowing what that is in Italy I ordered it here and I got coffee ice cream.
Beautiful countryside on the way up to the city
This is the agricultural groups getting together to promote local farmers and their wonderful farming goods
They were even promoting McCormick tractors
This was an educational experience for the kids
Interesting rooster
I didn’t know that California had its own kind of bunnies
These are strange looking chickens
These birds were very noisy
A demonstration of certain kinds of crops and a group of kids learning about them
I think almost all the schools were here with the children
I didn’t look into this fellow but he seems to be famous
These are some views climbing up the mountains going to Cueno
Just a small train station
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