Sarah and Bob, glad you stayed in our countryside apartment, Casa Nuova, taking home to Seattle “unforgettable memories” as you wrote to us: “So many unforgettable memories to treasure: the bounty of the garden, tomatoes, grapes, figs – wonderful people and food and the serenade of the donkeys to name only a few. Thank you…
“What can we say? Your hospitality, your love, passion and knowledge of Umbria has made our stay in Assisi the experience of a lifetime! From the bottom of our 12 hearts, we say….grazie mille!” Becky and Marcello (and their Viaggi Italiani tour group) Becky and Marcello, every single visit to our rural friends, remains “the…
We just harvested our olives. Alleluia, alleluia! Last year, for the first time in our forty years on the land in Umbria, we skipped olive-picking in November: la mosca olearia devastated olive crops due to a mild winter (absence of freezing temperatures which the olive trees need) intense rains in June and July, and an…