Tevere Perugia

... centaines de grottes qui se trouve sous la ville. Ces grottes auraient ete creuse au tout debut, quelques 800 ans avant jesus. Puis elle n'aurait pas ete reutilise jusque dans les annes 1300 ou elles ont ete decouverte. depuis, les gens on commencer a les agrandir , tellement que cela a mis la stabilite de la ville au-dessus en danger. alors maintenant il y a des pilliers dans certaines grottes pour soutenir la ville.

... was out for their evening passeo - walk. The gelateria's and cafes were overflowing with people. I spied a deli with a spit raosted pig lying on display in the window and got the best pork sandwich ever!!! Too late to go on we decided to park up. We had accidentially drained our leisure battery so Kim had to cook by torch but the torch battery was running out..so no other choice, we headed for a bar! Life's tough.

... 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.

So the morning came and Licia and I each took our turn getting cleaned and ready for our exciting chocolate adventure.

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.

Arriving at the base of the hills, we came to an enormous parking lot with carnival rides and ...

... 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 “pills” to chocolate pasta!!

Heaven.

I’ll update you soon,

Siara

... 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.

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 ...

... we didn't get back from Perugia until about 3:30ish so I am quite tired right now and I am trying to decide whether to have a siesta or go for a swim after lunch.

It is pretty hot so I think the swim might win out.

Missing everyone a lot, I think it is because I have stopped moving around and I have time to realise that I am alone. Everyone is really nice here but as English is their second language and I don't speak Italian or Spanish it is quite hard.

... always sound to us like they're arguing, so it's hard to tell about this). I went down to meet them at the end of their tutoring session so I could take their picture. I saw teachers bolt out the door before the kids and I saw both teachers and kids lighting up as soon as they hit the street! Here are my 2 students at the Liceo Scientifica (with some dressed down professoressa hovering nearby).

... street below to be very noisy with many people out walking, laughing, and enjoying the weather. Such is the way here. Unfortunately, it was on the street below. I needed to keep the window open so as to be comfortable so used my earplugs. Outside there were also two lights on the opposite side of the street that shone into my room all night. Out came the mask the airline provided. So, now I have earplugs and a mask on and am ...

... hostel, some of which I'll hopefully see again, and it felt a bit weird to be on my own again as I walked to the station. Got a little (a lot) lost, and then realised I needed to be at a different station entirely. By the time I'd got a train there, I'd missed what train I thought I had to get to Assisi, so went to Perugia and changed for Assisi. Three hours later I realised maybe the trains weren't stopping there today, and so decided to cut my loses and come ...