Real Trattoria.
Chomping on my last bit of lunch, ...telephone! Amai..... 'We are going to a good restaurant this evening, wanna come?' Urmmm, chomp, chomp.. yes! We hadn't seen these friends/food and wine buffs for a while and it is always great fun so who would say no? We ended up...
Accidenti!
'Look at that! 'my companion yelled. A truck had gone off the ramp and landed in a cornfield 2 meters lower. Hoping no one was hurt we sped on to our destination. 'Did you notice all that fruit?, What a...
Umbrian Falcons
These young falcons are living in one of the buildings near us. I thought crows had chased the young couple away, but no. Yesterday the fanfare of popping heads peeking down (... it is really high mom!),...
Sagra time
The in-the-know are aware that parties, they call them sagra, are on all year in Umbria. However, the main season is summer. We'll probably be posting on some of them if and when we get to visit them. For a superb overview of some of the more interesting ones click...
Etruscan entrance gate
Perugia is old, very old. The city is already mentioned in 310 B.C. All over the town you find remains of the old etruscan civilization, like this age old entrance gate. What struck my eye, besides the humongous stones, was the little plant. Unbelievable how it...
Do good by visiting the 1000 year old Montelabate abbey
The coming months we'll be visiting the more than 1000 year old Montelabate abbey with our clients. Now and then we get requests from people who have not booked a holiday home or apartment through us (Villa in Umbria) if it is possible to join a visiting group. We...
Small dog
We had a little visiter in the passing weeks. Someone apparantly didn't want to look after this little fellow anymore. Unfortunately abandoning dogs in the countryside happens quite a lot in Italy. Also a lot of owners don't think it is necessary to sterilize/castrate...
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