Fortuna Hotel Perugia

Back to the land of pay toilets. Don.t know why that bothers me so much but it does. It just doesn.t seem right. Anyway, we are now in Assisi. We got off the boat and it was raining, and then we had to take a detour to Assisi. the road was very narrow and hilly, It was a little tense for awhile. Saw St Francis ...

... 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

... we made our way to some of the cathedrals and then down to the main center of chocolate wonders. I sasw a block of chocolate the size of a human being that was being cut with a giant saw the crumbled with a sledge hammer and sold by the gram.<br><br>By now the day was winding down and we had a long drive ahead so we made our way back down the hill and drove leisurely home!!<br><br>Good job, well done!<br>

... My friend has a nice, sparsely decorated flat in the heart of the village. We settled in and then went to the neighboring town of Amelia for a nice dinner.<br><br>Licia had worked in that region for a few months and had been recommended to a good restaurant near Amelia. We drove over the rolling hills to the small hilltop village ...

... the pool but the second day we went back into Perugia and had a look around before catching a train to Assisi. The train station isn't in the centre of Perugia, so we had to catch a mini-metro to the top of the hill which gave us a great view before exploring the town on the way back down. We spent the afternoon in Assisi, a short train ride from Perugia.<br>Assisi is a major destination for millions of pilgrims due to its religious ...

... this route before it was through the dark and didn't see any of the beauty) from Florences was some of the most beautiful we have seen so far in Italy. The train takes you past Lago Trasimeno a drop dead gorgeous lake with picturesque islands floating on its crystal surface, surrounded by lush green hills. Now this is the real heart of Italy, were you slow your pace to suit the life around you.<br><br>One of Italy's best preserved hill towns ...

... was good to see it in the day .... since writing last we all went back to the Umbria Jazz festival and had a very good night (didn't get back till 5am - poor Belen and Christina had to work at 7 too) but it was totally worth it, The music was good and there was lots of entertainment in the form of strange Italian men, plus I had a few drinks so was feeling quite merry.<br><br>This ...

... Inglese. If the weather holds out (and if we do) we may also go to Cinque Terre - a beautiful part of Italy - 5 little seaside villages that hug the Mediterranean coast and are connected by trails, so you hike from one to the next along rocky cliffs. I'll return with tales to tell and pictures to upload. We had a delightful day on Saturday, Our friend John, a brilliant Scotsman who has lived here for about 6 years and has turned out to be helpful ...

... America can't have such simple, yet grand venues? While siesta whittled away so did my time reading and enjoying lunch. I still hadn't see the main attraction, Basilica di San Francesco and looking at the map, if I timed it right, I could walk the 5km down hill to the city below and see Basilica di San Maria Degli Angeli before the bus came. Off I went strolling toward San Francesco, it is an amazing sight as you approach this massive structure ...

... mine was heavy! My hostel turned out to be pretty much someone's apartment with a large amount of bunk beds. It was actually a really nice place (Firenze Inn, on hostelworld.com for anyone who's gonna be around Florence...) with free breakfast, free dinner, free internet, and a free pub crawl every night. On the downside there was a grand total of two bathrooms, and normally around 30 people sleeping in the hostel. This also meant a couple of mornings we ...