Anne's Blog / Rural Life

Peppa Pig in Umbria?

January 12, 2020

No, not quite. Not a Peppa pig but Peppe‘s pig stars in this note. When Peppe told me the December... View article

November 29, 2019

Yes, our olive oil just back from the mill certainly is “green gold.” And this gold is more precious than... View article

November 26, 2019

It’s still un vino giovane (“a young wine”) but buonissimo. Pino had assured me that it would be when he’d... View article

October 17, 2019

Jane, mille grazie for your “arrivederci” note to us which started with “your hospitality made this trip special for us!... View article

September 24, 2019

The hills undulating down from Montefalco are laced with vineyards of the Sagrantino, a prized grape indigenous a to very... View article

September 16, 2019

There’s no doubt about it: Giuseppa opens her heart as well as her home to us as she serves up... View article

August 22, 2019

Up on the hill, Assisi backdrops the small (pop. 2500) village of Rivotorto, where Umbria’s traditional rural cuisine draws the... View article

August 20, 2019

How to refuse when Peppa calls us to ask, “Ho fatto gnocchi oggi. Venite a cena? (“I made gnocchi today... View article

August 12, 2019

I really don’t need to write much about the month-long stay in our Assisi countryside apartment of friends Dawn and... View article

August 2, 2019

From late spring to late fall, revel in the Umbria countryside in one of our Assisi-area apartments…..and while here join... View article

Agenzia Viaggi Stoppini in Assisi handles all technical support for my guided visits (bus transportation, organization of meals, etc)