Olio Nuovo

It’s that time of the year again to persuade a certain type of tree to let go of its fruits. Yes we are talking olives here. We have a mixed bag of trees on the premises. Some very old ones, some more junior ones and basically everything in between. Picking...

Sonidumbra

Yesterday we attended a concert of Sonidumbra followed by dinner and a traditional ‘Castagnata’ (i.e. eat as many roasted chestnuts as you can). The place where the event took place was an agriturismo near Assisi. We had a great time. The musicians were...

White gold in Citta di Castello.

Last weekend it was off to Citta di Castello a lovely town in the north of Umbria for a truffle feast. All over town there were covered areas and stalls. The first one we encountered was filled with producers from all over italy. If you were on the hunt for some great...
Walk on Monte Tezio

Walk on Monte Tezio

While flicking through my pictures, or maybe I should say clicking, I came across these. They were taken in December during a walk on top of Monte Tezio. From the windy top I could see Lago Trasimeno and the old part of Perugia. The biting wind made me have the whole...

40 quintale

As we use mostly wood for our heating we need to top up our supply now and then. This time we went for some 40 quintali. 1 quintale is 100kg. In large parts of rural italy most things are measured in quintali. Wether it’s olives or wood, quintale is the magic...

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