Volumni Perugia

Back to the land of pay toilets. Don.t know why that bothers me so much but it does. It just doesn.t seem right. Anyway, we are now in Assisi. We got off the boat and it was raining, and then we had to take a detour to Assisi. the road was very narrow and hilly, It was a little tense for awhile. Saw St Francis ...

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 most interesting surprize.<br><br>Perugia is surrounded by modern buildings and from the parking area there is a very modern, completely automated "minitram" connecting like a long rollercoaster, through the village below and under the mountain to the far side of Perugia. This is probably the most modern and efficient devise in all of Italy.<br><br>Arriving at the far side of Perugia, we were herded ...

So Licia and I both had to work on Saturday morning so we decided to meet at her house when we finished and then drive up to Montecastrilli for the night. The weather was nice and as it was late afternoon, we had little traffic.<br><br>It was a pleasant 2 hour drive to Montecastrilli. This is a small village near the center of ...

... 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.<br>Assisi is a major destination for millions of pilgrims due to its religious ...

... this route before it was through the dark and didn't see any of the beauty) from Florences was some of the most beautiful we have seen so far in Italy. The train takes you past Lago Trasimeno a drop dead gorgeous lake with picturesque islands floating on its crystal surface, surrounded by lush green hills. Now this is the real heart of Italy, were you slow your pace to suit the life around you.<br><br>One of Italy's best preserved hill towns ...

... back to the train station and wait for a few hours to see if anything happened, if not I would go back to the hostel and try and get another night in Florence.<br><br>Eventually, after 5 hours of waiting the tran came ... yay!<br><br>I did what the man at the train station said and got out at the Passingnano stop to get a taxi - bad advice mister man, I go into the bar at the ...

... La Scala in Milano! Last Sunday, Mike and I returned to Assisi to attend a memorial mass for Don Aldo Brunnaci. I have written of him many times before, but I have finally found the picture we took with him in 2006. There was more music this week - a free jazz concert at the Universita per Stranieri. This was great ! 3 musicians and a vocalist. I had a hard time deciding which musician (piano, bass or drums) was the handsomest, sexist Italian man ...

... you had to go converse with them. My name was called first. The woman instructor asked if my name was pronounce fee tay. I said no and told her Fite when she said that was the American pronunciation. Then I told her that the test was difficult for me and she replied "very"! All in Italian, of course. At this point, she asked me why I wanted to learn Italian and I said for fun. She assigned me to the first level intermediate class ...

... and once there, found a spot under the bleachers to leave our stuff so it would get drenched. As we all layered up to work out, I wish I had had a camera to take a picture of Kat's running outfit. Black spandex capris, a white, long sleeve zip-up UC Davis top, a headband, and to make the outfit complete, HUGE black "euro-shade" sunglasses. It was hilarious, but whatever works. As Kat stretched out, Aila and I took off jogging because I knew Kat was going to run laps us ...