Belveglio Piedmont

After we stayed in Genova for a couple days we headed to the ​Piedmont Region for a taste of the Italian countryside. I (Kylie) also wanted to post a few pictures of a museum my mom and Mikaya and I went to in Genova with some church art through several ages.  Mikaya was enthralled with the art much more than I thought she would be.  The second picture is cloth art from the 15th century that I was not supposed to take a picture of but didn’t see the sign until it was too late.  Whoops! It is apparently made by rubbing graphite or wax over the original stone carvings.  Was so intricate and very well preserved.  Also a nice square in the middle where we took a break.  

Afterwards we picked up our beat up rental van and drove to the town of Belveglio where we head a great place with a foosball table and a few hiking trails nearby.  A few close traffic calls and some confusion around the Italian toll system but we made it!

One day we drove to the neighbouring town of Nezza Monferrato where we happened upon a food festival and ate delicious calzones and cannoli. 

Marc has been reading the kids “The Lord of the Rings” on and off since New Zealand.  Here they are enjoying it in the Italian countryside.   

As usual there were many churches in the area to be explored.  All similar yet unique and some were ginormous.

We also drove to the neighbouring town of Alba which is the birthplace of Nutella.  We had the best waffles ever.  Marc only had a cappuccino but after he tasted Mikaya’s waffle he decided to order one for himself.  By the time his order came all the kids were done and he ended up only getting two bites of his. Little waffle vultures!  😛 

We also travelled to nearby Asti to do some shopping (Mikaya got a Jean jacket to go with her cute braids that Marc did) and some more tasty baking.  

Our place in Belveglio had a lovely sunny front yard looking out over the valley. Perfect for Mikaya’s modelling.

Marc also fired up the grill one night and he and Zeke cooked us up some short ribs.  Mmmmm. 

In Asti the girls found some fun shops and nice parks and the boys fed cabbage to turtles.

Out for dinner in Asti.  Some of the kids have taken up smoking as one does in Italy. 

Our last day in Belvedere we did a hike to a giant bench and our neighbour gave us a taste of the honey from his bees.  Then we dropped off our rental van, said goodbye to Grandma at the airport and hopped on a train to Imperia!