This Friday morning I thought the weekly market was in Passignano sul Trasimeno. From Castiglione del Lago, the small hamlet where I live, Passignano is only 20 km away. The bike tour along the lake also is an ideal track if you like running longer distances. I...
August 15 is a bank holiday in Italy: Ferragosto. This national holiday celebrates the Assumption of the virgin Mary into heaven, the day when Catholics believe that God took the body of Jesus' mother Mary into heaven to reunite with her son. August is the traditional...
Since a few years there is a wakeboard park in Perugia. During this time of the year that we are busy with our summer season, it also is the time that family and friends spend their holiday with us. By now their children are young teenagers and we thought to try this...
Norcia is the birthplace of Saint Benedict and is associated with traditional gastronomic food: the black truffle and the "norcinerie" (cold cuts and cheeses). Sadly, Norcia, Castelluccio di Norcia and surrounding villages were damaged by the earthquake of October...
Visiting Perugia in a wheelchair is not as easy as one would expect, but here are some suggestions that make it quite worthwhile. I visited Perugia with my parents and since my father has problems walking, he needs to use a wheelchair when going out for some...
Fabro in Umbria is a small medieval hilltop village in West Umbria, close to the Tuscan border. It is a small village, but the views from Fabro over the Umbrian countryside make it worth the effort. There are narrow and charming streets with a few bars where locals...
I’ve already written a blog post about majolica in Deruta, Umbria. But this time I visited the most famous and historical majolica factory in Deruta: Ditta G. Grazie & C. The current owner of the Grazia factory is Ubaldo. He is the grandson of “nonno” Grazia who...
Every first Sunday of the month and the Saturday of the same weekend there is a large antique fair in the old town center of Arezzo in Tuscany. Arezzo is only 40 minute's driving from Lake Trasimeno in Umbria and worth a visit on any day. Arezzo For many people,...
On a cloudy day we visited an ancient monastery dating back to the year 1000 overlooking Lake Trasimeno in Umbria. This restored abby “La Badia” has 16 apartments of which two are made where once the wine cellars were. The convent is in S. Arcangelo,...
Since we had a very mild winter, the second in a row, we decided to go up in the mountains to find some snow. We had a great day out in the Sibillini mountains, bordering Umbria and the Marche: fun for the kids, great food and a stunning landscape. We started the day...
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