Generally I don’t have bookings for guided tours in February: for me, February is dedicated to making videos, writing on my blog and exploring Italy. When Pino must head off somewhere to view a restoration project he might possibly take on, I join him. Stunning landscapes are guaranteed on any jaunt – as well as…
More than once Pino’s construction company has taken on restoration tasks in the nearby region of Le Marche (the Marches), just to the east of our region of Umbria. When I am free, I like to accompany PIno on his jaunts to check out possible future projects in preparation for putting in a bid; after all,…
After learning about the straordinario Maceo Angeli in a guided visit to his medieval home (January 2023), I was taken over by a veritable “Maceo passione.” I simply needed to know more about this extraordinary assisano (who had died in 1991). I now often ask any middle-aged or elderly assisano I encounter, “Conoscevi Maceo?” I recently asked elderly retired blacksmith, Roberto as we sipped espressi at…
Before the end of January, 2023, I hadn’t realized what might be right behind the wooden doors of the pointed-arch medieval entryways in pink and white local limestone, lining Assisi’s winding medieval backstreets: I But I found out on January 29 2023. On that day, I joined a group for an event sponsored by Assisi’s Museo…