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...
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...
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...
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 at the ready having a chat in sunny Perugia. Just daily routine, nothing special.
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...
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...
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...
One of the joys of having a garden this time of the year is leafy greens. Spinach, chard, rucola and many different types of fantastic fresh juicy salad heads and leafs. We eat kilo's of the stuff and the only thing that bothers now and then is cleaning it. A lot of...
This picture is over a week old and while our cherries aren't ripe yet I just got a call from the neighbours that theirs are and would we like to come and pick some? On my way!
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