Casale MilleSoli
Travel Blogs from Perugia
Rain, Sleet, Snow, Fog
... of meditation. "Yoga of awareness" is what I’ve heard it called and that sits well with me. It is amazing to sit at table and break bread with folks from Russia, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, Australia, the US and even Iran. Few have the opportunity that we’ve had over the past week. It has been a joy to share in the very healing and open space created by all these yogis. Eating vegetarian for most of the 7 days has been a healthy alternative ...
An afternoon of olives
On Wednesday... I slept in 'till 8:30am, then had a scrumptious breakfast of pastries and bene (good) Italian caffe. (I just had the same breakfast this morning, Thursday, but asked for fruit tomorrow. Otherwise, my clothes won't fit!) After breakfast I headed off to my friends' house, but couldn't remember which direction to go! Virginia, the innkeeper, kindly I offered to take me on her way home -- we still got ...
Io Arrivo!
I made it! It's a looong ways to go! Via Frankfurt Airport which is a HUGE airport, particularly when one lands at gate Z and leaves from gate B. To get to gate B walked many long corridors, two moving side walks, and three elevator rides. Then... a 10 minute bus ride around the Tarmac to get to the small plane for Florence. And, finally a train ride to ...
The Land of Chocolate
... should be since it comes from Perugia).
The festival itself was small so my friends and I explored the corridors of the city for a couple hours.
Sadly, there's not much else to say except I saw a man playing songs from "Amelie" on his accordion and my heart melted. ...
Day Six - Orvieto
Off for a long drive today, but the time seemed to pass very quickly. Read a little, snoozed a little and watched the countryside change from Tuscany to Umbria, where we stopped in Orvieto. This is a town on top of a cliff, so we had to queue and take a funicular up to the station. This was fun and as the weather has been steadily improving the further south we go, the views from up high were really lovely.
We took a ...
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Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking