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This day’s breakfast spread was amazing … a huge and beautiful array of homemade cakes and breads, jams and spreads, fresh fruit juice and an honest-to-god chocolate fountain! Wandered around an enormous meat, cheese, fruit, vegetable, clothing and household item market then did a self-guided walking tour of old Asti. It’s a lovely town built largely of red brick in the 12th to 14th centuries. Al fresco lunch then drove into the countryside to our next lodging. The view from our balcony was really eye popping – vivid green, vine covered hills, medieval hill towns, and off in the distance, 180° panorama of snow capped Alps. The weather had finally turned gorgeous so we spent the afternoon poolside and had dinner on our balcony.