Reading and Roaming
PASTA If you like pasta and/or pizza, you’ll never go hungry in Italy. We have been enjoying the pastas in particular and the fresh truffles. The Chief Penguin is truffle-obsessed; I’m just very fond of them. Consequently, we have both had tagliolini (the thin spaghetti-like pasta) with black truffles and a couple times with some early white truffles. The …
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FLOWERS Yesterday we spent most of the day in Spello, a short drive from Perugia. Spello is an old Etruscan town and one known for its annual religious flower festival, Infiorate di Spello, around Easter. There are many window boxes on buildings and walls, and folks collect and dry the blossoms to be used for …
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DUOMO DI ORVIETO Yesterday we traveled from Rome to Perugia via Orvieto. It was a pretty ride and a combination of winding country roads and some time on the highway. We spent several hours in Orvieto, focusing mainly on the striking 14th century Duomo di Orvieto. This cathedral, unlike others of gray stone, has beautiful mosaics on the …
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ARRIVING I always find the first day hard and long after flying the Atlantic. Our flight over was bumpy much of the way and true sleep eluded me. The baggage claim was packed with people, but coming through passport control was somewhat simpler than in the past. It was an hour from landing until we were in …
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