Restaurant Castelluccio

If you are planning to visit Castelluccio (and it will be worth the trouble) try to get a table in Dal Capitano. Dal Capitano is not a place of gastronomic pilgrimage but it serves local dishes, well prepared, simple but with real tastes. It is a very down to earth...

Fagiolina del lago

A friend of mine directed me to a nice initiative last september. You were allowed to harvest the famous fagiolina del lago at agriturismo Melagrani. It started at 17.30. First there was a short talk about the history of the bean (wich is harvested by hand) We were...

Funny restaurant Perugia

Last week i had dinner with my brother who had come to visit me. We wanted to go to a restaurant where we hadn’t been before. We opted for Fontanella di Porta Sole (via delle Prome 2, just behind the duomo, take the rather steep alley up) a stones throw of the...

Views

This weekend my colleague Saskia and I looked at some new houses to rent out near Lake Trasimeno. The terrace of one of the houses gave a breathtaking view over the lake. Closeby is a long driveway with large cypresses. Those remain a joy to behold.
Monks in Umbria

Monks in Umbria

Some years ago on a beautiful day monks from a nearby monastry passed my house singing beautiful hymns. It was magic. Yesterday four monks came by to see the small church in front of our house. No singing this time. For a while they stood there like normal tourists...
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