Wine and olive oil museum in Torgiano
Yesterday some pretty bad weather had been forecast. In reality we had hardly any rain, but I have a friend staying and we had already made 'rain plans'. Visiting a museum. In all the years that I have been living in Umbria, I have hardly visited any museum at all....
Palazzo Trinci in Foligno
Foligno is often overlooked by visitors to Umbria, despite there being many interesting events, often food and drink related (to name a few, I Primi d'Italia, Miele in Umbria, Festa della Birra Artigianale). Yet, it is a lovely town with beautiful square, a few nice...
Prison?
A rather sad picture ... made in Assisi. Mary behind bars (if she is Mary, I am not well introduced in this subject so I might well be wrong ...). On the up-side ... she is nicely standing in the spring sunlight.
Guided tour of Assisi every Thursday morning
Last Thursday we were invited for a guided tour in Assisi. The 'Guide in Umbria' are organizing these tours this summer every Thursday morning, starting at 10.30 hours. The price is 7 euro (including 2 euro for the ear piece you get so everybody can hear the guide...
Civita di Bagnoregio – La città che muore
Today we my colleague and I went to Lake Corbara, visiting a house to add to our Umbrian vacation rental portfolio. Since we were in the area, we made a short touristic detour to visit Civita di Bagnoregio, a small gem of Etruscan origins. Not any longer Umbria, but...
Early spring … some more pictures
Asterix and Obelix in Umbria?
I passed this huge rock on my way up, but I did not really notice. On the way back however, I was impressed. Truelly an impressive rock. Made me think maybe Obelix passed by!
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