Blogs from Foligno, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Foligno May 14th 2013

Hi! We’re currently just outside Ravenna in a dead posh campsite; its been a while since we stayed in a proper campsite that has things like showers and toilets and we needed one because we haven’t done any washing for over three weeks! We ran out of underwear a week or so ago and ended up washing clothes (as well as ourselves) in the trusty bucket. If I was writing hitch-hikers guide to Europe (as apposed to the galaxy) it would be a bucket not a towel that was my number 1 accessory and it has served us well. We just stopped at the first campsite we came across and its lovely, has a posh (and open) pool bar, restaurant, shop, fruit n veg market thing, clean showers with hot running water; I’m in heaven! It ... read more

Under the Umbrian Sun

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Foligno October 1st 2010

Our 2 level hotel room at Casa Mancia, Foligno

TheDCs

Date Sunday 26th September 2010 City Pescara to Foligno Climate low 13c - high 22c - fine and sunny A cool morning but it dawned clear and sunny. Perfect for our drive north-west into Umbria - which would be home base until next weekend. We now realise that the hot weather we enjoyed earlier in the month is drawing to a close. It is now well into autumn and the scenery is lovely. We drove mostly on the autostrada to save time, but we did have lunch in the seaside town of Civitanova Marche. It was a lively place with a Sunday market happening and plenty of families out and about. The streets were more appealing than Pescara although the beach didn’t appear as inviting. There was quite a breeze coming off the ocean but still ... read more

Brief history of Italy

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis...more history

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