Hotel Perusia & La Villa 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.

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 ...

... the market emerging in the center. Che bella!!! The festival was in full force with booths of chocolate and related prodects as far as the eye could see. Unfortunately, also were crowds as far as the eye could see.<br><br>My camera batteries had taken a surprize turn and I needed to go find a tobacco shop to buy more and Licia opted to wait in the center. Unfortunately, i got a little lost on the way back ...

... 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 ...

(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 ...

... br><br>There are sun lounges with little shade things all around the pool and I managed to fall asleep in one for a while (not very sunsmart) but after about 45 minutes I was only slightly pink in the places that I am pastiest so thats good - I may come back with a decent tan ... woot!<br><br>Tomorrow in my first day off and I am planning to catch the train to Perugia to explore, will let you know how it is ...

... I might like to look for a synagogue. Sadly, though, none exist (Spain was not very kind to its Jews, as we all know). By 1401, every single synagogue and Jewish cemetary in Barcelona was demolished. However, there are apparently some remnants of the Jewish Quarter, so I'll see what I can see. News Flash - if you'd like to read about the mess of Italy that I have hinted at in many of these blogs, try this website: www.newsweek.com/id/12727 Adios, amigos.

... great detail, all the while chattering in Italiano. We began to wonder if she would ever leave!!! She told us to proceed unpacking and she proceeded to sit on the sofa. We really couldn't understand why, but oh well, when in Rome. After we unpacked, she told us to phone her the following day and she would return to conduct the inventario (inventory). Oh well, we now had the apartment to ourselves, but soon decided to venture out ...

... flops. A fireman joined me but he had equally unsuitable running shoes and the guy got away. I saw the other one as I was walking back, and called over a police woman on a motorbike, but by the time she'd explained to me she was the wrong type of police, the guy was long gone. However, I'd managed to get a camara back that they'd dropped while running off, so a dopey American kid who hadn't even noticed his stuff had gone got it back, while my athletic ...