Hotel Domo Perugia
Strada dei Cappuccinelli 3A, Zona Percorsco Verde - Pian di Massiano Perugia, Umbria, 06125, Italy
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Random thoughts and observations Part 2
... 50 cents and one Euro to go to the toilets here. Every now and again, our TD Andy will tell us we are having a biological break and he will take us to a place that has free toilets. At most tourist places, however, there is a toilet fee.
Too many 6 am wake up alarms begins to wear down even the most enthusiastic.
After the hot chocolates here that are like melted chocolate in a cup, ...
Myfavorite saint was worth the wait
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Another few blocks of movement to the actual ferry and floor while people remarking, "shouldn’t the dog be pulling that", I was on my assigned floor. I managed to convince the reception people to let it stay near them. Maya had to go into a special metal kennel on the top floor. I tried to make it as comfortable as possible with a towel and blanket.
When I get to Split, I hope to find an alternate way to carry my ridiculous baggage throughout ...
An Umbrian Excursion
After Valfabricca we cozied up in a quiet room of the Hotel Umbria for a few days of decompression. Our arrival in Perugia was welcomed by an escalator ride through what appeared on the face to be a medieval dungeon. Which was in fact the underground remains of the papal fortress Rocca Paolina which has been dutifully excavated. The medieval atmosphere of Perugia is astounding with brick and cobblestone making up the construction of ...
Suzie’s Yard: much ado about olives
... but relatively slow and methodical; such that you only realise you’re completely exhausted once you stop. Large nets are carefully laid out on the ground, before the ‘clappers’ begin their work. The clappers are every seven year-old boy’s dream – long poles with huge, yellow combs of teeth that sound like machine guns. They effectively slap the olives from the branches extremely quickly but causing minimal damage to the tree.
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Mazzaforte: England in Italy?
... chocolate festival in the city of Perugia the following day. Big-name stalls with brightly-coloured signs advertised their newest plastic-wrapped concoctions with only the occasional small artisan producer in attendance. We each bought a €6 card which entitled us to a certain number of free samples, requiring extensive Italian-style queuing – this chiefly seemed to involve crowding around a stall and pushing forward by all means necessary until you ...



