Alba, Italy

 We left our "somewhat less than satisfying" accommodation in Asiago at about 9 this morning. Booking.com will be provided with a suitable review. We then had a wonderfully controlled descent off of the plateau with all kinds of time to sightsee (we followed a transport truck down and you don't pass on that road unless you are a crazy Italian driver). Check out the GPS view below.

Italian alpine architecture

Plateau scenery

Descending

Switchbacks on the GPS

Volcanic cone

Our hotel is a bar/restaurant and the room is up the stone stairs

But it is nice up here

We are staying in a quintessential Italian apartment above a restaurant/bar which has very good air conditioning - yep it's hot again. We followed the GPS instructions and found ourselves on cobblestone streets, not for cars. Luckily a police officer who spoke some English directed us to a parking area where we used our phone GPS to walk to the hotel. It is very much what we expected of a smaller Italian town, lots of shops and things to explore. Even a gelato shop where a young family coming out told us it is the best is Alba.

We will spend two days here. Glad to be having a rest from the freeway and the hundreds of transport trucks. It is all toll roads, or at least where we are going. Every toll booth has a different way to insert the ticket and pay. We have watched many YouTube videos for hints and think we have it only to find yet another different type of booth. None are manned. I guess if we were here longer we could/would find other roads but with our limited time we have picked the quickest route.. We are already over $150 CND in tolls!

Tomorrow morning we meet Marco and his truffle dog - don't know the dog's name yet.  Then we go on a truffle hunt.