News travels slowly in the hills of the Langhe. It took us more than a year to get a news stand in Alba to pick up the International Herald Tribune and our success rate with it being sold out is inconsistent depending on the tourist traffic. Whenever someone asks "what can we bring you?", the answer is inevitably.. books!

We heard that Travel and Leisure wrote a story on the Langhe that included a mention of several local places and photos of our good friends Marco and Flavia from the restaurant, la libera. It took about six weeks for a copy to come in the mail, which only makes me slightly crazy since the magazine cost something like five dollars but it cost 12 to ship and it takes forever to get here. I add this to the list of things I do not allow myself to complain about because.... I am living in Italy!

The day after the magazine arrived we stopped by la libera after shopping at what would be our last Saturday market until after the Alba Truffle Festival was over. The Saturday market in Alba is crazy enough normally but the spike in tourists and activities around the Fiera d' Tartufi makes the crush of people and lack of parking unbearable. A boon to the local economy for sure, but too much for me.

Marco was understandably happy to see the story and photos, some customers had already mentioned it.

...lalibera, la libera, Travel & Leisure