Last weekend was party time in Tuoro sul Trasimeno, a small village near the house of my colleague. As normal with these village parties there were quite a few places where one could do some 'liver maintenance' or...
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...
Well of course you knew that but did you know that the public swimming pool of Umbertide has just opened the biggest slide in Umbria? I'm no expert on slides in Umbria but I haven't seen many big slides here so being the biggest what does that mean? Well since we are...
Though it has changed somewhat in the last ten years Italian mechanics didn't use to have a stellar reputation and that is partly justified ... Alfasud anyone? However Italians have been making and in some...
When we came down from the Eremo we carried on to do a little more hiking. The initial steep path covered with loose gravel under a baking sun made us doubt our decision for a moment but when we saw these waterfalls…..ah...
Umbria is known for its lovely sloping green hills. But would you be surprised if there are some nice vertical mountainsides to be found as well? Well of course not. Umbria is great for hiking but if you want to test...
Bevagna, for those in the unknown, is a pretty little village on the flood plain of the Topino river. Originally an Etruscan settlement it later became a Roman outpost called Mevania. I won't give a guided tour here, just go you'll love it and if old Italian marvels...
GMB isn't a name that gives me hope of finding delectable cakes, tarts and other good things. GMB to me sounds more like something participants in the annual Tour de France use to find some extra pedalpower, or it sounds like a builder of offroad motorbikes. However I...
Now that is a nice present for Christmas! If you are planning to stay in your villa in Umbria or southern Tuscany but come from Belgium or Holland, you can from the end of March next year take a Ryanair flight from Brussels to Perugia. The bi-weekly flights will start...
Loads of blood, sweat, pasta and wine was what it took but we have finished our new website. Handmade with care in a converted pig stable somewhere in rural Umbria by the Umbria specialists themselves. We always had lots of positive feedback on our old site so...
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