Autumny in Umbria?

by | Sep 14, 2010 | General

We have been blessed by the weathergods lately. Not to hot, some rain now and then but still weather to walk around in shirt and shorts. I’m a ‘septembermember’. Warm enough to linger in the sun, cool enough to get some gardenwork done without having...

Wild boar and grapes

by | Sep 12, 2010 | Food and wine, General

No, sorry no recipe. It is the time of the year that the majority of the grapes have become sweet enough to be called ripe. So in the morning you stroll over to your vineyard, eye a nice bunch or two, snip them of and  dive back into your home to let them join the...
Umbrian Pasta Dogs

Umbrian Pasta Dogs

by | Aug 31, 2010 | General

This might come as new to you but Italian dogs eat pasta and very skilfully! We have three dogs and all managed to eat the spaghetti like pro’s and con gusto. Dogs love pasta! Not sure if they learned it or whether the dogs are just naturals, I’d say the...

Fruit trees.

by | Aug 8, 2010 | Food and wine, General

Earlier this year a friend gave us some, what I thought of as ‘canes’ with a few tiny springily roots on them. Figs, hazelnuts the lot he said. Now I know that you can make big trees out of almost nothing but certainly in the Umbrian climate one would like...

Looking for directions in Perugia….

by | Jul 22, 2010 | General

I was looking for a street called  Via 5 giorni di Napoli. Arrived at the exact place where the street should be I only saw Via 4 giorni di Napoli. Turned out they made a mistake… the wrong street name plate has been there many years already.
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