All this rain we've had in the NE has had one advantage--given me lots of indoor time to finish up the photos from our trip. So here's the fourth and final group from our week at Borgo Vallone. Acqui Terme, the surrounding wine country, Alba and the Barolo zone... the full gallery can be found here:

http://www.jczinn.com/Italy/It...onte/italyindex.html

Janet, your photos have brightened up this dreary day in Philly.

Stunning pictures Janet - it was wonderful to revisit the places in Piemonte we enjoyed so much!

Janet, Beautiful pictures and so much fun seeing everything through your lense as opposed to mine. As I suspected, yours are way better. Still can't believe we missed meeting you at the Borgo Vallone by one day.

Sharon J

Beautiful! I love the night photos. My favorite is the one of the bridge. The colors of the water & reflections are wonderful. Thanks, Janet.

Jeanne

Janet ---- I've never before felt the real pull of the Piemnonte, until I saw how beautiful it is through your lens.

great memories of Piemonte.

thanks, Janet,

jan

Thanks so much everyone. Personally I think Piedmonte is more scenic than Tuscany--more hilly, more open somehow. Not that Tuscany isn't beautiful too!

Thanks Janet,
Our one day trip from Turin to Monte Carlo & back through the mountains was just so beautiful but too short to enjoy. Thank you for brining it back to us. I have got to know what camera you use! The night shots are great!

Wonderful Janet--as always.
I really liked the wild orchids.

Janet,

Your photos are just gorgeous!

I am SO looking forward to going to Piemonte in September! I know my pix won't be as good as yours, but you have just added to my "trip anticipation".

Nancy

Stunning! As always you are incredible.
Barb Cabot

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Originally posted by Mac1947:
Thanks Janet,
Our one day trip from Turin to Monte Carlo & back through the mountains was just so beautiful but too short to enjoy. Thank you for brining it back to us. I have got to know what camera you use! The night shots are great!

Thanks for your comments! The funny thing about those night shots---normally I use a Nikon D300 DSLR. However I always feel a bit strange using it to take food shots and don't like carrying it, and a big lens, to dinner. So this trip I brought along a point and shoot, a Canon SD990IS and those night shots were all taken with that. They came out much better than I expected, because generally those little cameras don't handle low-light well.

Thanks all for your compliments

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Originally posted by BOB THE NAVIGATOR:
Wonderful Janet--as always.
I really liked the wild orchids.

Thanks Bob, the orchids there were amazing, you can't even get an idea from the photos how tiny they were, but trust me, they were small. I was hoping Marta (the wildflower expert) might chime in and help me ID them!

Beautiful photos, as always. We just returned from there too, including to Monastero Bormida from Roccaverano and Acqui Terme. Did you see that spectacluarly scenic tower (Vengore? Vengone?) on the road to Roccaverano? That's some pretty amazing country, and your photos get it right on. Thanks.

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Did you see that spectacluarly scenic tower (Vengore? Vengone?) on the road to Roccaverano?

hmmm we must have seen it, as we went on that road several times, but I'm not sure which one you mean...there were so many towers!

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hmmm we must have seen it, as we went on that road several times, but I'm not sure which one you mean...there were so many towers!

...big tower, round, purty. Alone, along an open ridgeline. Imagine, a tower in Italy. It was east of Roccaverano on the way from Denice to Rocca... -- a pretty darned HUGE uphill from down in the valley. Hot, sweaty day on bikes up the hills from Castelleto d'Ero, too, eventually with a great downhill to Monastero Bormida and back into cool old Acqui. What a place. Pretty good life.