Gleefully shouting children jumped from rocky outcrops into the sea, arms outspread. As I watched them leaping into that aquamarine Mediterranean water with a splash, I lived a leap, too: a metaphoric…
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“The best decision of our lives was to book here for our wedding day” was the message a British couple wrote in thanks to Raffaella for the unforgettable wedding event at her…
Up on the hill, Assisi backdrops the small (pop. 2500) village of Rivotorto, where Umbria’s traditional rural cuisine draws the locals – and not only! – for nine mid-August evenings of feasting,…
Roberta, Davide and little Ludovica, you’re home in Milano now but it’s never too late to let you know our pleasure in hosting you here in our Assisi countryside apartment. Mille grazie,…
How to refuse when Peppa calls us to ask, “Ho fatto gnocchi oggi. Venite a cena? (“I made gnocchi today – coming to dinner?”) Si, Peppa. Subito. What a sauce Peppa had…
I really don’t need to write much about the month-long stay in our Assisi countryside apartment of friends Dawn and Louise, here with Louise’s two delightful daughters, Ella (13) and Christia (10).…
On an August Saturday night, groups of musicians and singers filled the Bolsena piazzas and wandered down the town’s winding medieval alleyways. With laundry baskets at their feet or on their heads,…
As we entered a favorite eating spot in Lubriano, the sign at the entrance already enticed: fresh porcini mushrooms on the menu that day at Il Vecchio Mulino (“The Old Mill”). I knew Pino would…
In early August in Bolsena, Pino and I (fortunately) ran into Stefano and Fabio, two protagonists of the Misteri di Santa Cristina festival a couple weeks prior. Both thanked me warmly for having included…
From late spring to late fall, revel in the Umbria countryside in one of our Assisi-area apartments…..and while here join us for a sagra, those delightful village food festivals. Just ask Louise and…