Hotel Perugia Plaza

... 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.

Hi Everyone!<br><br>This past weekend was the Perugia Chocolate Festival&#8230;It was amazing! Basically, I was in heaven. It was a chocolate lover&#8217;s paradise. We took a bus from Florence and arrived in Perugia by mid morning. It was a bitter day which gave me a perfect excuse to have some out of this world hot chocolate and churros. A bunch of my friends and I had lunch at a ...

So the morning came and Licia and I each took our turn getting cleaned and ready for our exciting chocolate adventure. <br><br>It was about an hour drive through the beautiful Umbrian countryside to the Perugia exit from the highway. At this time traffic was getting quite dense as was our anticipation growing.<br><br>Arriving at the base of the hills, we came to an enormous parking lot with carnival rides and ...

... br>We had a traditional dinner consisting of foods from that region. I had a pasta followed by the most sumptuous lamb. And Licia had the same. We took a stroll through the charming village and then drove back to our village for the night.<br><br>It was quite cold but with the fresh air and quiet, I got a great night's sleep.<br>

(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 ...

When some Umbra students discovered that I knew something about Passover, they prevailed upon me to do a Seder. So we did! The Seder was held in the library at Umbra and we had 13 participants. I made an abbreviated version of the Haggadah (we joked that it was a Wikipedia Haggadah). Mike and I provided chicken, potatoes, matzah, sponge cake, macaroons and sweet Italian wine (trying to get as close to Manischewitz as one can in Italy). We also ...

... we learn something and then use it at a shop in the same hour. Yesterday, I was able to order a sandwich from Parma [an amazing deli-like place] and then "freshly squeezed juice" - about the juice, I really just wanted to say the word lol. And my roommates are great. I couldn't have asked for anyone better : ) Although they are quite athletic and I'm quite...not. lol But I can tell that we are ...

... go in, we walked through the empty parking lot to the Perugina museum/welcome centre. This is just a little museum with a bunch of old pictures of people with Perugina chocolates, a few old boxes themselves, and a display about how chocolate is made. However, before we were lucky enough to get that far into the museum, we were shuffled into a little room to watch a 14 minute video about Perugina and how awesome it is. I agree, it is awesome. They have some great chocolate ...

... look to have greater potential. We will go to both nights. Having abandoned any hope for Jazz in Perugia, we hastily cobbled together a tour of the main tourist sights. The Duomo is only interesting for the unfinished pulpit built on the outside wall, facing into the piazza. It was being built for a Franciscan who regularly preached to huge crowds in Perugia. The rest of the Duomo, both inside and out, is monumentally dull. But not uninteresting. It seems that the Perugians weren't ...