'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...
Accidenti!
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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!),...
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...
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...
Italian lizard
While taking pictures and a simple video at a vacation rental near Lake Trasimeno I suddenly had a feeling that someone was watching me. There seemed no one around till I dropped my gaze and saw this...
Scivolo means slide!
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...
Gun in the sun.
Gun at the ready having a chat in sunny Perugia. Just daily routine, nothing special.
Snocciolatore
That is Italian for a stoner, a machine which removes pits/stones from fruit. Now we had loads of cherries from our neighbours that we could come and pick and now the cherry trees on the grounds where we...
Tractors in Umbria.
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...
Flowering Acacia in Umbria
Well not one but a gazillion of the. It is an amazing site when you drive through the country site and your eyes hit upon a white sea of flowering acacias. I'm not sure which type it is (it is a family of...
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