Craftmanship

I was over at some acquintances. They live in a rather remote location. A telephone line had been installed. Fantastic that a thing like that is possible. However, through the years there were some problems and these days the line is a sorry sight. Strangely enough...

Jet set in Umbria

For years i have been renting out a lovely villa near Spoleto. It is part of a village bought by an enterprising man who restored it all bit by bit. He made a real paradise out of it. Today he sent me an email with an article about a wedding wich took place in his...

Umbertide festa dell’ottocento

Yesterday evening was the first night of the annual Umbertide festival. The old centre has miraculously been transformed back to 1800. Wherever you look there are stands with foods and people performing handycrafts of yesteryear. We had joined a local couple who had...

Torta al Testo

Torta al testo (or crescia)is a traditional Umbrian food. A sort of flat bread shaped like a pizza but apart from that there are not many similarities. Traditionaly it was baked on a hot stone (testo) placed over the coals in the fireplace. These days Torta al Testo...

Restaurant Perugia

Yesterday we wanted to go out for dinner. What a luxury to be able to decide at six o’clock you fancy a nice dinner and at eighth you find yourself in a nice comforting space drinking some delicious wine. Well yesterday was our lucky day. I had phoned two...

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