Today we travelled from Perugia to Lake Trasimeno, to the medieval village of Passignano. There, while waiting for the ferry to take us to an island called Isola Maggiore, we walked along the lake shore and came across this monument, a Memorial to the Fallen of the Italian Army’s Hydroplane School.The Lake Trasimeno area has been …
This morning we stopped in the small town of Montefalco to visit a company known for producing fine linens. Like most hill towns, the streets are closed to non-resident traffic so we needed to walk up into the town from a parking area. The town has narrow streets and quaint shops selling local specialties to …
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Today we went high up into the mountains to a little settlement called Pettino where in the summer there might live about 75 residents, in the winter maybe 15 or so. None of the towns in the photo below are Pettino, which is located much higher up in the mountains. The Chiaccherini family has owned …
This morning I headed back to Il Catanese, this time for a double-sized coffee granita. I had to admire the many varieties of breakfast rolls, making a selection difficult. On the way back to my lodging, I came across this monument on a street corner. I was surprised to find that it commemorates Mario Rega, …
I left Marin at midday. I arrived in Rome many long hours later – the next day at 2 in the afternoon. It was drizzling. Across the street from my Airbnb stands a beautiful building dating from the late 1800s in a great state of disrepair. Marco, the Airbnb owner, told me it’s owned by …
This morning I took a different path from my lodging and found these little girls distributing flowers for the festa. I couldn’t resist a tiny bouquet. Everyone is wearing flowers in their red bandannas. I had to get a bandanna too, and three lovely ladies helped me to pick out a bandanna and attach the …