Valnerina Splendor All Around – and on the Table
On a recent jaunt into the Valnerina area near Norcia, what pleasure for the eye enroute (….and later for the... View article
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Spello Celebrates Umbria Goodness
I’d just intended to buy a thyme plant at Spello’s early April mostra-mercato (literally, “show/display market” or let’s just call it... View article
Near Assisi, Olive-Tree Pruning and a Peppa Feast
Peppa – now in her late seventies and still working full days on her land – is beginning to feel... View article
Perugia’s Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo: “the Best Media Event in the World”
Even Sandri’s pastry shop on Perugia’s main thoroughfare, Corso Vannucci, celebrated the early April Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo – with a white sugar... View article
Near Spoleto, Cooking Up the Goodness – and Not Only!
A “cooking lesson” is a banal understatement to describe our day at the farm estate near Spoleto of Gianluca Polidori.... View article
Inspirational Youth in Perugia: Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo
This year, the annual Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo animates medieval Perugia from Apri 3 to 7. I’ll look forward to... View article
Discovering Roman Wonders in Spello
In the more than twenty years as an authorized guida regionale del’Umbria, Spello (che bello!) – not far from Assisi – has always... View article
Novella and Assisi Springtime
It’s all backwards here in March this year: the month came IN like a lamb and is moving out like... View article
Umbria Hazelnuts: the Heart of the Problem
The “heart of the problem” is the hazelnut itself; ironically, the idiomatic expression “the heart of the problem,” is translated as... View article
Spello: Roman Mosaic Splendor
When I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, an exciting school field trip might have been to Great America in Illinois... View article
Agenzia Viaggi Stoppini in Assisi handles all technical support for my guided visits (bus transportation, organization of meals, etc)