Art in Umbria – Torre Strozzi
Yesterday I went to visit Torre Strozzi. A friend of mine invited me and I am really happy I went. The tower is from around 1200 and alone worth a visit. On the 4 floors you can see modern art made by different artists. Some ceramic, some paintings, some sculptures in...
The return of the Wild Boar
Yesterday I walked through the garden. The path I usually take is no more. Wild boar dug it up the night before. They did not only dig up the path, their noses looked for all kinds of lovely foods also in the garden. What a force! It reminds me of a meticulously...
Da Baffone in Umbria – excellent for truffles
Having friends over can be a real joy! (whether it is a joy or not depends on the friends ...). With one couple who love food, we went to eat truffles in 'Da Baffone' near Gubbio. Well ... 'near' is not exactly the right word. Da Baffone is about 20 minutes and...
Where has time gone?
Time flies ... it really does. Especially when friends are visiting and life is good. Hence the terrible silence here ... but I will write something tomorrow (or at least very soon) about a lovely, very Italian, truffle restaurant!
Finally some rain
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoJ_Ac6r-o] The small white car you see in this short and loud video is mine. Too bad I remembered only after the rain had stopped that I had left all 4 windows open ...
Nice day trip Umbria: Isola Polvese
Isola Polvese in Lake Trasimeno is a small gem worth visiting. You can take the boat in San Feliciano, the boat trip takes only about 10 minutes and during these ten minutes you will really start feeling you are on holiday (suppose you did not yet feel that way...
Roe deer at sunset
This year the drought is terrible and the wild animals suffer. One consequence is that they are easily visible. I guess they come to drink in the Tiber and hang around in the valley. I have never seen so many roe deer before (and actually I hope never to see so many...
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