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ALBA. Home of Nutella Mothership.
(always thought it was American)
Hazel-nut trees vie for space, with traditional vineyards.
On a windless day (because of the factory), u can recognise the aroma miles & miles away.
Those in our group with hired german cars (u know who u are !) by not using their own Tom-Tom GPS's... were constantly getting LOST. Alba was the ONE town they could always orientate back too ... by following their nose.
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If driving in Italy - well worth loading up your Tom Tom and taking it with you OS.
(Alister never got lost. So easy driving in Italy).
Oddly (everyone else's) on-board vehicle GPS's and Google, had a 40% FAIL rate ... driving thru rural areas.
But Piedmont's vineyards, aren't yet a foreigners mecca. Tourists here are Italian. Hence road signs (once off the autostrada) can be confusing or non-existent.
The largest park in the center of Atlanta, Piedmont Park was created in 1887 from the prestigious Piedmont Driving Club for exposition space for the 1887 Piedmont Exposition. The exposition was a success, visited by President Grover Cleveland and with many claiming that it represented a resurrected South. It was purchased by Atlanta in 1904 and redesigned by the Olmstead Firm.
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia
Piedmont Park near downtown Atlanta has a long history of horse racing. Dr. Benjamin Walker sold his land to the Gentlemen's Driving Club (later known as the Piedmont Driving Club) in 1887, and the land thus became home to an exclusive club and horse track. The Piedmont Exposition took place here in late 1887. In 1895, the Cotton States and International Exposition opened here, with the track oval being converted for the expo. An ad for the 1902 Interstate Fair indicates that 6 horse running races were held here. Fairs were held here until 1905, but a newspaper ad indicates that Bobby Walthour once again raced on foot against a trotting horse here in 1911. Motorcycle races were held on the horse track oval in 1912. The Piedmont Driving Club lives on today, although without the racetrack, whose footprint can still be traced as a jogging path within Piedmont Park.
Governor Warner went to Gretna, where he toured Piedmont Biofuels, a plant that is working on a community-based way to produce “green gasoline.”
Governor Warner tours Piedmont Biofuels in Gretna, a plant that is working on a community-based way to produce “green gasoline.”
We took a small detour from Verbania up into the hills and had a brief stop at the small hamlet of Cambiasca. I thought I'd apply an aged effect in Lightroom. It suits the mood and atmosphere.
My wife did the Atlanta Arts Festival last weekend... this year they had it back at Piedmont Park. (last year we had a drought) The park is 1 block east of the edge of Midtown Atlanta and is about 25 times as large as what you see here. Her tent was located on the right side there...