La Rupe Orvieto

Via della Commenda 25 Orvieto, Umbria, 05018, Italy

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Lunch with a Princess? Tom's Take....

A travel blog entry by slmcmillen

... 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

A travel blog entry by slmcmillen

... 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 ...

Suzie’s Yard: much ado about olives

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

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... are both clearly nervous. After six weeks in one country, one month of solid traveling through no less than five countries – each with their own many cultures, dialects and (often troubled) histories – is a worrying prospect. It is hard to shift into this new consciousness, where you learn a few key phrases in a language and spend your time in youth hostels or tourist honey-traps. Nevertheless, into a bitterly cold Slovenian night we step and, like Orpheus, try our best not to look back.
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Farm Stay, Amanda Knox, Chocolate!

A travel blog entry by kuhlman5

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4

... on a chocolate factory tour in town where they let you sample as much chocolate as you want, it was lunch for us. They may change their rules after our tour! Fact: Perugia holds the world record for largest piece of chocolate made, ever! Their biggest seller is the “Baci” which means…Kiss. Nice stealing Hershey’s!
Saw the biggest waterfall in Europe, was ...

Orvieto for 3 days

A travel blog entry by marymichael84

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... we were exhausted yet exhilarated, we applauded our TG, she had been wonderful)

We retired to our rooms to get ready for dinner, met outside again for a nice bottle of white wine (but no food this time) before making our way (and getting lost) to our second recommended ristorante. The L’Antica Fure Ristorante turned out to be very special indeed with excellent food, excellent service and a great atmosphere.(and an excellent way of sharing our last ...

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