Yesterday I wrote about floods hitting our area. Today we could asses the damage. This morning a digger made a new road on the back of what we call now 'the dangerous house. It is impossible to remove the mud and trees from the roads as it might...
We have had massive rainfalls in Umbria. The results you can see in the pictures below. We live on a hill and have a good roof. Only problem was we couldn't go anywhere because a mudslide blocked the road.
Where in November we were talking about new olive oil and truffles at the moment Umbrians are visiting the Christmas fairs. A small collection from our previous twitter feeds: • Gubbio Chistmas tree (the biggest in the world). • Christmas market in Castel Rigone...
The Regione Umbria has embraced a plan to create three wintersport resorts in Umbria. The places where one can submerge him- or herself in some winterfun are: Monte Cucco, i Monti Sibillini and the Valsorda. The idea is to create different interconnected pistes in all...
Yesterday evening we were to meet some friends in Trevi. Important question: dove andiamo a mangiare?A very friendly and good natural winemaker near us had mentioned Gustavo a while ago because of the winelist and good food. Gustavo's owner is his friend. So Gustavo...
Entering the supermarket on one of my rare visits I encountered this: Not sure if you can make it out on the picture but oh dear, five litres of olive oil for €12.50. That is only €2.50 a litre! As you might remember some days ago we proudly announced the birth of our...
If you are thinking about visiting Umbria for just a few days, maybe you could have a look at three packages that cover each three days and 2 nights. You will be staying in a wonderfully restored little old hill town with beautiful views. The apartments are pleasantly...
While reading a magazine in the waiting room of my dentist last week I overheard a funny conversation. An elderly man had just had something done to his teeth an wanted to pay. The wife of the dentist asked the man his exact name so she could make up the bill. The...
An article about prices in Italian supermarkets drew my attention. Seems that Perugia is the cheapest place (or should I say: the least expensive?) to do your groceries in Italy! Upon closer studying of the article it turned out no huge sums were involved. The most...
If you cross the border between Tuscany and Umbria near Citta di Castello you'll find yourself in a small Tuscan town called Anghiari. For months we had been planning to pay it a visit. Last week we were in the area anyway so it didn't take long to decide that supper...
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