Alla Posta Dei Donini - Residenza D'Epoca Perugia

... today. That has to be my favorite saint. Very busy here even though end of season. No wireless interent. We have one more day and we start home. I think we are ready to get home. It has been beautiful here and I have learned so much, but all good things must come to an end. See you all next week I hope.

... pizzeria where I had delicious lasagna. After lunch we browsed through the many stands. Sample after sample led to some major purchases. It was hard to pass up the various chocolate products when the smell just filled the air. There was everything from chocolate beer to chocolate &#8220;pills&#8221; to chocolate pasta!! <br><br>Heaven.<br><br>I&#8217;ll update you soon,<br><br>Siara

... absenthe.<br><br>Next we decided to explore the surrounding village before entering the crowds above. Perugia is a beautiful midieval village and very well preserved. Incorporated into this ancient setting are some very modern things like an underground moving walkway, taking you through the mazez below the pallazo. On this day, there were special booths set up for children and chocolate vendors.<br><br ...

So Licia and I both had to work on Saturday morning so we decided to meet at her house when we finished and then drive up to Montecastrilli for the night. The weather was nice and as it was late afternoon, we had little traffic.<br><br>It was a pleasant 2 hour drive to Montecastrilli. This is a small village near the center of ...

(Steve)<br> After saying goodbye to the splendour of the seas, we made our way to the Venice train station and boarded the next train to Perugia. Known as the 'green heart' of Italy, Perugia reminded us a lot of Tuscany but greener. We were staying in a farmhouse so we had to catch a bus out of the city and after finding a few helpful locals we were pointed down a long dirt road. <br>Our first day at the hostel was spent lazing around ...

After seeing most of what Florence has to offer we decided to head back to Perugia our original stop six days ago and see if we could actually get further than the train station. <br><br>With our 11 o'clock departing on time for a change we were soon headed out of Toscana and into the rolling hills, jagged mountains, swathes of olive orchards and ancient stone buildings that make up Umbria. <br><br>The scenery on the train ride down (although we had ...

... time but, ultimately, growing from 50 in the mid-seventeenth century to more than 130 years of 1798-99 (between 3 and 4% of the global population). Their life is not always easy. Especially between the mid-seventeenth to mid eighteenth century (the age of the Counter-Reformation), are made subject to a variety of oppressive measures that are reduced greatly when the Grand Ducal throne halls the enlightened Pietro Leopoldo of Lorraine (1765-1790) and disappear with the French ...

... Dickey said it was an "unfortunate" point of view, but that's how the voters see it. The other panels included one on the coverage of the Perugia murder- you know the English student whose throat was slit and the American student and her Italian boyfriend who have been in jail since November. Then there was one with three Italian journalists and an American from the Columbia School of Journalism. Their topic was The Race to the White House and we were ...

... dept. down our throats for sure. Walked to the Gelato store and got a cone since we were out. Had chocolate chip - yummy! Well family, that is all for now. Hope you got a few laughs and hope you think of me often, as I do you. We would have all had a blast at the Jazz Festival this week. Just the type of activity we could get into - everyone dancing, drinking, then dancing and drinking more. Maybe next year? Ciao tutti, Vi amo (I love you all)

... I wasn't very keen in entering the place, it turned out to be a wonderful meal! I'm not a big burger and fries eater in the States... but wow does American food taste good after two straight weeks of Italian food. We ended up seeing a Swing band, Funk off (a jazz band with instruments that danced... only entertaining part since the ...