Near Deruta, Feasting with Giuseppa

Near Deruta, Feasting with Giuseppa

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My Perugia/Deruta tour is a favorite…and a rural feast with dear Giuseppa at her farmhouse near Deruta is always a highight of that day. Recent tour guests, Scott and Sheryl can confirm that as you can see in this video. Giuseppa started our feast with the Umbrian cheese bread –  starring in an Umbrian traditional…

Calendimaggio in Assisi: Lady Spring Will Reign

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Madonna Primavera – Lady Spring – will reign in glory over Assisi’s early May festival, Calendimaggio. On April 30th, five damigelle (damsels) from “Upper” Assisi, La Nobilissima Parte di Sopra (“The Most Noble Part of Upper Assisi”) in elegant medieval dress pastels and bearing bouquets of spring flowers paraded slowly, elegantly into a small piazza near…