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Alba was a town with lots of towers, some still stand, most fell down or like this one, partially fell down.
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I love this building, it is known as the "torre abbassata" - the lowered tower.
We satisfy our coffee cravings at La Douce Maison on Piazza Rossetti overlooking the Duomo - we heartily recommend their still still warm from the oven, crema pasticcera filled brioche.
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Tower of the Duomo |
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Looking over Piazza Duomo |
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We can't dilly dally around Alba for we have plans - it may have taken us 4 years but we are heading back to Bra to attend Slow Cheese. It's less than a ten minute walk to Alba station were we pay the heady sum of €4 for a return ticket.
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and in around twenty minutes we're at our destination.
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As our day at Slow Cheese is quite photo intense, it has its own post - you can read about the day here - Slow Cheese Day 1
On the way back from the station, we stop at one of the other supermarkets to see what it's like and chance upon a quite interesting looking liqueur that I couldn't help but purchase.
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Granger Genepy Nature Chaberton - a regional speciality liqueur of Piemonte. It's a distillation of the Genepy herb which is found in the alps.
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After all the cheese, dinner is going to be simple - I'm using these fantastic freshly made tajarin
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beautiful Beppino Occelli butter
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an extremely generous serving of our bargain truffles
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put them all together and you end up with this
Ahh, today was a good day.
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