I Primi d’Italia in Umbria
Every year the lovely city of Foligno in Umbria, houses the festival 'I Primi d'Italia'. All about pasta, risotto, soup and other first courses. As you probably know, in Italy a decent meal consist of: Antipasto Primo Secondo Dolce The Primi d'Italia makes it possible...
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...
Different Chocolate Festival
For quite some time Perugia has had its yearly chocolate festival, Eurochocolate. It is quite an event these days, lots of people and not easy to get into town. Besides people there is a lot of chocolate for sale. More alternative minded italians are of the opinion...
Zafferano
Zafferano, Saffron is the dried stigma of the Crocus Sativus Linneaus. These three tiny threads are taken from the flower, dried and then most end up in tiny pots to be sold at high prices. No surprise considering the amount of (hand)labour involved. You can also buy...
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...
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