Del Lago Spoleto
Vocabolo Mazzelvetta 3, Piediluco, Terni Spoleto, Umbria, Italy
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Lunch with a Princess? Tom's Take....
... and revealed private escape passage ways behind hidden doors. It was amazing!
She
later took us to her family's church a few blocks away, where the church organ
was designed by George Frideric Handel.
I know, I said "who” too. Handle
is the great composer who wrote Handles
Messiah
and he was commissioned by the Ruspoli family to build the organ for the church.
Floriana, the ...
Lunch with a Princess
... And on yet another day Floriana and her talented friends entertained us with an opera dinner at the Palazzo. The talents of this little troupe was very evident and we all enjoyed the evening immensely. These activities allowed us a rare peek into the lives of the local Italian people and each of us came away feeling richer for the experience.
We had numerous wonderful experiences in Italy
, more then I can possibly share in ...
Picture Perfect
A sad day indeed to leave our villa....even though I will not miss the scorpion that I dispatched Dan to kill near my side of the bed last night! Today, we are actually leaving for Rome and Dan suggested that we take in a new destination in the picturesque town of Spello. This was a two prong suggestion, as he knows I do not like the A-1 and all the Italian Nascar wannabe's, and this lovely town would take ...
Orvieto for 3 days
... I had to ask! It turns out that she was born in Australia but her family returned back to Italy when she was very young and now she has become very Italian but the accent has not gone…very funny! And she was very nice too. Anyway, after some quick calculations we decided to purchase these passes and also booked for the next famous ‘Underground city’ tour.
We took off for our tour with a very knowledgeable guide and about 20 people hanging on ...
Biggest Surprise
In every town we went to, from Venice to Verona, the water that flowed out of the public fountains was safe to drink. Not only safe to drink, but excellent in taste and quality.
In the photo, Cathy is filling a bottle from a drinking fountain in Assisi. Most drinking fountains flowed continuously. A very small few had faucets to turn on and off.
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