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By Team BenDan
January 4th 2007

Camminare Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Yesterday after I got over my mopey self, went to the visitor information centre and got the low down on the chocolate factory. I made the call trying to speak italian but she couldn't get me so she politely told me in English that the factory was closed today and to call tomorrow-aaaaahhhhh! Unfortunatley I am leaving today so no chocolate tour for me although I think it will save me money as so many of you want me to send you some chocolate. I think that I am starting to turn a little Italian as I spent much of yesterday [View Full Entry]

By Team BenDan
January 3rd 2007

Up in the cold hills Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

First stop >Terentola

Hi all, I am in Perugia and it is cold. I hope you are all enjoying the weather and cricket there. I am staying at a place that is close to one of the most beautiful lookouts. The lady only speaks spanish and she doesn't understand me most of the time but she is very nice and she asked me how tall I was! She is quite small so I must seem like a giant to her. I am still a bit jetlagged, I woke up at three this morning and couldn't sleep at all. There are some very beautiful buildings [View Full Entry]

By Myia
November 21st 2006

Assisi, not a sissy! Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi

First church in Assisi

I took the bus to the train station and bought my ticket to Assisi for 1.60 euros. Now, I didn't know much about this city besides that fact that everybody said I should go and check it out. Also, there's many churches including a very large one for San Francesco, a noble man (I forget what he really did...oops). The train ride was about 20-25 minutes. I walked out of the train station and up to a bus stop sign. The route map and schedule was the hardest thing to understand! I stared at the map for about 10 minutes and [View Full Entry]

By Myia
November 20th 2006

Summing up Perugia with a great friend, new Italians, pizza, and dog poop Europe » Italy » Umbria » Perugia

Night walk

Okay, so it's about time I blog about my last few days in Perugia, Italy - it didn't end in Venice! Day 1 It was so great to finally hug Marissa and catch up with her. A little background for the readers: Marissa and I worked at The Daily newspaper at my university as classified ad reps. She left in June and the whole office was sad to see her go but excited for her new adventures. She is studying at the university in Perugia for a whole year! That night I arrived I basically just collapsed...that is, before exploring the [View Full Entry]

By Pat and Ann
October 22nd 2006

Orvietto Europe » Italy » Umbria » Orvieto

Umbrian hillside with abbey turned inn.

Sunday, we had to get out of Roma. It's filthy, crowded, noisy, the people are rude, and the food is ho hum. So we hopped a local train to Orvietto, 1 hour away. We took a funiculare to the old city. This hillside town is the summer residence of many of the Popes and dates back to 800 BC when the Etruscans settled. The 13th century Duomo is one of Italy's most beautiful Duomi. It was built to shelter the relic of the Miracle of Bolsena, which happened in 1263 just south of Orvietto. A doubting priest who questioned the sacrement [View Full Entry]

By Jonathan in Roma
September 28th 2006

Assisi and then some Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi

Assisi

I don't really have that much to say but I did want to put up some pictures of my trip to Assisi this past weekend. I had a great time with my friend Jen from CUA and Amy Sappenoff from Benedictine College. It was great to see a familiar face from KS! Assisi is an amazing and peaceful place. Right when i got there i could undertand the peaceful mentality that the Fransiscans have a tradition of. It is SO different from Rome, and it was nice to have a change of pace. I loved the small streets and quiet [View Full Entry]

By Lia7
September 27th 2006

Italia, 27 settembre 2006 Europe » Italy » Umbria

dormono dappertutto 1

Eccomi tornata a casa da qualche giorno. Sono ancora molto frastornata e mi sveglio tra l'1 e le 3 di notte senza più riaddormentarmi, e tante cose mi sembrano molto strane. Qui nessuno si inchina, per esempio! Suppongo che presto smetterò anch'io. Il viaggio è stato travagliato perché, tanto per cominciare, ho quasi perso l'aereo! La sera prima c'erano in programma cena+bevute con gli altri traduttori, dopo il lavoro, ma Diana e Xavier volevano comprarsi una Nintendo DS prima di partire, perché in Giappone hanno colori che non vengono esportati, e quindi abbiamo girato un bel po' (erano es [View Full Entry]

By BeardBlabbers
September 18th 2006

Assisi Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi

Hello everyone, well we arrived safely at our Band B near Assisi. Our drive out of Rome was interesting. We took a taxi to pick up our car at the airport and there were police and firetrucks and diversions! It seems that four gangsters were killed! We picked up our car and actually made it without two many problems! The scenery in Umbria is incredible, hill towns and views that its hard to describe. I wish we could download pictures but no time right now. We have tried our first truffles! in an omelete. Summer truffles at the moment and they [View Full Entry]

By BIG
August 25th 2006

and now..in assisi Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi

a very important arch

here i am in assisi. [View Full Entry]

By Telemike
August 12th 2006

CASTIGLIONE del LAGO @Toscana2006 (IT) Europe » Italy » Umbria » Castiglione del Lago

Castiglione del Lago

Just a 30 minute drive away from Borgo lies a lake. As this is quite far away from both mediterranean coastlines, this proved to be a very neet alternative indeed to take a dip (and I hate salt water). Just by the lake there is a nice little village inside an old castle. We were there during the weekend, that is usually when there are markets on most italian town squares, which was the case on this nice sunny afternoon. We returned home with some delicious wild boar salami, local olive oil and peroni beer! Cheers! [View Full Entry]

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