Pleasures for Us: Delightful Guests in Our Assisi Apartment
Jane, mille grazie for your “arrivederci” note to us which started with “your hospitality made this trip special for us!... View article
Anne's Blog / Rural Life
Montefalco Wines Star: Sagrantino…and Not Only
The hills undulating down from Montefalco are laced with vineyards of the Sagrantino, a prized grape indigenous a to very... View article
Near Deruta, Giuseppa Opens Home and Heart
There’s no doubt about it: Giuseppa opens her heart as well as her home to us as she serves up... View article
A Sagra Near Assisi for Top Umbria Cuisine
Up on the hill, Assisi backdrops the small (pop. 2500) village of Rivotorto, where Umbria’s traditional rural cuisine draws the... View article
Gnocchi with Peppa…..Without the Malocchio
How to refuse when Peppa calls us to ask, “Ho fatto gnocchi oggi. Venite a cena? (“I made gnocchi today... View article
A Stay in Our Assisi Apartment? Let Our Guests Tell You!
I really don’t need to write much about the month-long stay in our Assisi countryside apartment of friends Dawn and... View article
Near Our Assisi Countryside Apartments, Sagra Good Times
From late spring to late fall, revel in the Umbria countryside in one of our Assisi-area apartments…..and while here join... View article
Near Foligno, Gnocchi Take the Stage
Unusual July rainy weather did not keep us away from the gnocchi sagra (a village food festival) in San Giovanni Profiamma near Foligno.... View article
Assisi: Blessed Easter Cheese Breads
Keegan and Francesca missed the traditional Holy Saturday blessing of their Easter cheese bread – but the one they brought... 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
Agenzia Viaggi Stoppini in Assisi handles all technical support for my guided visits (bus transportation, organization of meals, etc)