Volumni Perugia

... the pool but the second day we went back into Perugia and had a look around before catching a train to Assisi. The train station isn't in the centre of Perugia, so we had to catch a mini-metro to the top of the hill which gave us a great view before exploring the town on the way back down. We spent the afternoon in Assisi, a short train ride from Perugia.
Assisi is a major destination for millions of pilgrims due to its religious ...

... Today the square is still a local meeting point for tourist and students alike.
The heart of the square belongs to Fontana Maggiore (Great Fountain) built between 1275 and 1278 by father and son team Nicola and Giovanni Pisano.
At the other end of the Piazza is the Cathedral of St Lorenzo with its pink façade, which was never truly completed. Work begun in 1345 and continued until 1587, however the door way was only built in the late 1700's.

... that, everywhere, is the Jewish citizens like everyone else.

Just reached the emancipation of the Jews drew the reaction of peasants belonging to the movement Sanfedists of “Viva Maria”, which starts from Arezzo and is spreading throughout Tuscany. In the summer of 1799 Savinesi Jews are attacked by the population and driven out of town, where they will not return. Some of them will be victims of a real pogrom, which occurred in Siena, where they had ...

So we are really excited that we are getting to go swimming and sunbathing. In goes Castiglione Del Lago into Harriet... we arrive and both said... oh... it was gross. All muddy and nasty. So we then drive to Passignano thinking ...

... red and gasping for air. Was it worth it? not really! To make it worse I ran into some people I saw at the top the first time... the road that I thought didnt go anywhere did so I had walked down and up again for no reason! On the way back down again my legs turned to jelly and I thought I was going to fall over! Oh dear..... learnt that lesson. Luckily Kathleen was driving as I was dead!!!

... ceramic store and found a little dish with the iconic olive design and a little egg cup to remind me of the first leg of our romantic journey. Then nap time.

Dinner at home tonight with last night’s leftovers and a sauté of fresh eggplant, tomatoes, garlic and olive oil. We ate outside and enjoyed the caress of the evening breeze. Tomorrow off to Orbetello with our friend Alessandro behind the wheel.

... was expensive and disappointing. We made our way back to the hotel to pick up our stuff and caught the bus to the train station and sat down for the hour wait for the bus to Perugia. I was still feeling a little average with a sore throat and very tired so I napped most of the way there. Was a bit of a shame as I think I missed out on seeing some pretty great scenery out of the bus window. Once we arrived in ...

... it, let me know what y'all think. We have been mildly obsessed with this here. We are also celebrating the Giants' victory. You can take the American out of America but you can't take America our of the American! 55 and sunny in Perugia today. Will write more in a few days. It will be interesting to see what the European press makes of the results.

... to use up the pencil during the stay! don't worry we did our own inventory with the camera in each room. We have seen her 2 times in 2 days...................i hope this is not a sign of things to come she will have us worn out. Anyway time to wrap up this yapping. Will give a report tomorrow with our first day of school should be VERY interesting. This is a test for Dave are you reading my blog!!! Ho comprato due paia di scarpe! Ciao M

Can I start with I think that if UC Davis adopted the Italian time schedule, students would never be late to class. Hence, teachers would avoid ever having to give those glaring looks to students that habitually sheepishly walk into class 1-5 minutes late. This would be because although our schedule states that class begins at 9am, actually, it is 9am in "Italian time" which means class begins at 9:15am. For all the Kappas out there, kind of like Kappa time ...