tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81982643023506208532024-02-19T02:37:54.616-08:00Umbria in EnglishAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033513488753503304noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198264302350620853.post-90395784980316418762014-06-24T11:28:00.000-07:002014-06-24T11:31:29.833-07:00Carsulae - don't miss it!<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
The trip I made yesterday is one I
really like to share with you and future visitors of Umbria. The
reason why is that Carsulae, which this post is about, offers
something nice for nearly everyone. Especially when you travel with
children it's an adventure that they will absolutely like. They are
allowed to climb the ruines, they can run in the fields and – when
there are not too many other visitors – even yell for they'll
disturb nobody.
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There are, apart from one small risky
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Of course this does not mean that you
won't have to watch over them – I would not recommend any child to
fall from a 3 m. high wall, There are plenty of lower stones though.
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During your visit, you will be
accompanied by the delicate smell of the mentuccia that grows
everywhere. In spring, you might even be lucky and see several sheep
herds guided by their shepherd and his dog. If you want to relax during
your visit, seats have been put up in the shade of the trees.
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Carsulae is situated close to San
Gemini. Take the exit on the E45 and follow San Gemini and then Cesi
where the roadsigns will direct you to the parking lot. A short walk
will bring you to the ticket office and documentation centre (and for
those few kids that don't like climbing and being outside, there's a
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Carsulae has been a Roman municipium,
which means that the town's citizens had some of the civil rights
that Rome's citizens had, but was allowed to have a merely
indipendent governance, under the authority of the Emperor August.
The town was situated alongside the Via Flaminia. Its remains divide
the town in two.
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The town was entered by the Arch of San
Damiano. Originally there were three archs, the large one that's left
now was meant for vehicles and it used to be flanked by two smaller
archs for pedestrians.</div>
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I will not discuss every building, for
you can find it in every tourist guide or better, go there and see
them yourself, but worth mentioning is the church of Cosma and San
Daniano. It dates from the 11<sup>th</sup> century and was built on
the remains of a much older building (estimated 1<sup>st</sup> and
2<sup>nd</sup> century before Christ).
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Another detail is one of the tombs that
were found. The tombs are believed to have belonged to prominent
citizens of Carsulae. One of them was found with a leaden coffin
inside, containing the remains of a young girl, with her golden
jewelry still well kept.
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Other interesting buildings are the
Forum, the Amfitheatre, the Cisterns that provided Carsulaes water,
Thermal Baths and some buildings that are supposed to have been
shops.
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As I said, Carsulae provides an
interesting site for almost everyone. Only when you are disabled or
have other difficulties walking, the facilities are not good.
Meanwhile, I have approached the commune of San Gemini and have asked
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This weekend I did something that I
actually had planned last year: I visited La Festa della Lavanda in
Castenuovo d'Assisi. It is a fair organized by <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/illavandeto/" target="_blank"><b>Il Lavandeto d'Assisi</b></a>
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But, besides the impressive lavender
fields, there were a lot of other herbs and plants to be admired.
Their santolina collection took my breath away and it was a pure
pleasure to walk through the symmetric herbgarden.
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There were the common kitchen herbs we
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Apart from the common herbs, there were
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The few children I saw were happy too
because there was a coop full of chickens with two very small and
furry ones in it. They moved too fast to get a decent picture. There
was een a small pond occupied by frogs, but of course, by the time I
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This time, my blog is part of a
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new virtual friend <span style="color: #94006b;"><b>Jen</b></span>. Her blog
about the love for her Italian heritage and her passion for Italian
wines started due to her Italian roots and was followed by a study in
Italy, that woke her interest in Italian wines. The drive to truly
learn the insides and outs of Italian wines led to the birth of Jen´s
blog <a href="http://www.vinotravels.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Vino Travels</span></b></a>, where she shares experiences from her travels
through the world of Italian wines and information from Italian
wineries in particular. Jen will be a certified Italian Wine
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The purpose of the blogtour is to
enlarge the <span style="color: #94006b;"><b>network</b></span> of bloggers
by sharing other people´s blogs and show you wht their world, work,
knowledge and interests are like, whilst on the other hand I will try
to describe why I write what I write.</div>
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My one and only real important goal in
life is living it in <span style="color: #94006b;"><b>Umbria</b></span>,
Italy. Through the years, I met a lot of nice people from Umbria.
Some of them really care so much for this beautiful region that they
promote it in the world and made me write a few guestposts for them.
It feels like the ideal combination, sharing the lovely things of my
life and being at the place I love at the same time. I haven´t
completely reached the last, but, as said, I am working on it.
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Actually, it doesn´t. My blogs about
the Umbrian villages and spots give no details that can´t be found
in a regular travelguide. The difference can only be felt in my
passion for the whole spectrum, from Umbrian food to wide views, from
wine tasting in a <i><span style="color: #741b47;">cantina</span></i> to a
medieval market in Bevagna. I love Umbria´s famous attractions like
Assisi, but have a strong feeling for it´s amazing countrylife as
well. I can write about the wild flowers at the Piano Grande one day,
about picking olives the next day. About the amazing works in
Perugia´s Galleria Nazionale on day three and on day four I may have
met a hunter who explains the ins and outs of his life and gives me a
recipe for hare <i><span style="color: #741b47;">nonna</span></i> style. The
thrill I get and share from all these small things is what gives my
work a <b><span style="color: #741b47;">personal</span></b> touch, rather
than merely an Umbria promotion.</div>
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people become interested in the many things Umbria has to offer. It
would be great when people would start to <b><span style="color: #741b47;">appreciate</span></b>
Umbria´s value as highly as I do and give Umbria´s tourism a strong
injection. Besides, by writing about Umbria and about my passion for
it in particular I can make people understand – a little – why I
am who I am.
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Until now I haven´t been aware that
there was something as a writing process. By thinking about it now, I
realize that I can´t NOT write about Umbria. The love for Umbria,
the impressions and feelings keep flowing and turn into words that I
simply have to let come out. My experiences from Umbria are little
pearls in my life, that all together form a lovely <b><span style="color: #741b47;">necklace</span></b>.
To me, writing is completing this necklace and I hope to finish it
with the most precious jewel, my own place in Umbria and never having
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Before clicking `send` I want to<b><span style="color: #741b47;"> thank
Jen</span></b> for this opportunity, and pass it on to my friend <a href="http://simoneskitchen.nl/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Simone</b></span></a>. She is
a foodblogger, professional food photographer and a gifted cook as
well. Her blog offers an abundance of recipes, travel stories and of
course pictures. An especially nice detail are the stories about and
the pictures of her gorgeous cats, but the core bussiness is food,
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Someone else whose blog is worth
viewing is the one written by my friend <span style="color: #94006b;"><b>Alessandra</b></span>.
She and her brother Leonardo from <a href="http://www.discoveringumbria.i/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Discovering Umbria</b></span></a> organize wine
and food tours in Umbria that will be an unforgettable experience of
years of culture and traditions across the magical land of Umbria.
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A little further, in the hamlet of Casalina, is a lovely little <b>sanctuary</b>, the Madonna dei Bagni, which walls are completely covered with votive tiles. The earliest date from 400 years ago and not only show personal stories, but also the development of the maiolica arts.</div>
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As a cook, I cannot mention ten Umbrian top attractions and leave the food out. Elsewhere you can find my lyrics about olives and oil, but I did not write about strangozzi before, a typical pasta from Umbria. Or about the truffles, that make a great combination with them. Porchetta you will certainly know.</div>
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Talking about food means I must talk about Norcia. Food is an important item in Norcia given all the shops selling delicatessen. You could try some of the famous <b>wild boar</b> sausages. Norcia´s Piazza San Benedetto, facing the church by the same name, is pleasant to have a coffee at.</div>
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<b>6. Orvieto and its Duomo</b></div>
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When you visit Orvieto, in the south of Umbria, I am certain you will have a good time. Not only will the road to reach it, along the Corbara lake, provide amazing views but the town itself has real interesting attractions, like the Pozzo di San Patrizio, an underground tour, some well equipped museums and typical picturesque alleys. But of course, the thing not to miss is the <b>Duomo</b>. Its facade is a masterpiece at itself with its splendid colours and it sculpted bronze doors. You could sit at the oppopsite side of the square, watching this facade for hours.</div>
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Even though I have only seen a small part of the Valnerina, I have become an addict. The rough nature, the picturesque villages and hamlets and the breathtaking views guarantee an awesome passtime. I visited <b>Scheggino</b>, Vallo di Nera, Ferentillo and its Abbazzia and I can tell you this: I´ll be back!</div>
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<b>4. Spoleto</b></div>
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<b>3. The Umbrian countryside</b></div>
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You may have noticed that I did not write about some <b>famous cities</b> in Umbria. It is not because I think they´re less worth it, but in the first place I could only name ten, in the second place, others have written about them, and in the third place there´s a chance I am allowed to write a sequel.</div>
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Though I knew Todi as a lovely medieval hill town, I discovered its real beauty only when I moved there four years ago. More or less accidentally, I rent a place nearby, became impressed by its surroundings and then fell in love desperately. I took a guided hiking tour that turned out to be one of the best ideas ever. </div>
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Besides the wonderful Piazza del Popolo and the Santa Maria della Consolazione, I discovered an amount of valuable spots in town and entered buildings that I would never have found on my own. Of course you should see them yourself. I can tell you that wandering through the streets of <b>Todi</b>, watching its sturdy walls and gates, dreaming on the little piazza´s and admiring the views of the landscape will make you share my biggest desire. <b>Stay forever.</b></div>
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Thought every inch of Umbria is worth visiting, this blog is about one of my favorite villages. <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Bevagna</b></span>.</div>
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It is, to Dutch standards, a small town in the valley of Umbria, in the province of Perugia. Its original name, Mevania, comes from the Roman period, out of which some remains in the higher part of the town testify. I mention the Teatro Romano, the Edificio delle Terme where you can see a beautiful mosaic from the second century, the Tempio, and, of course the city walls, that are built in the Middle Ages on the remains of the original Roman ones. The many entrance gates in the walls also contain the remains from both periods.</div>
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Close to the Porta Molini runs the river Clittuno. In the old times it was not only useful for transport but also made the mill work and allowed the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>public washhouse</b></span>, a lovely, rustic spot that is still in use.</div>
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Many monuments, in fact, the whole town, testify of the Medieval period. The splendid square with its famous buildings, il Palazzo dei Consoli, la Chiesa di <span style="color: magenta;"><b>San Silvestro</b></span> and the Chiesa di San Michele can keep you in silent admiration for a full afternoon. Don´t forget to visit the crypt in the San Silvestro.</div>
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All churches in Bevagna have something special, but personally I really like the San Francesco in the higher part of the town, mostly for the outside.</div>
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I can only consider to roam around the town and enjoy the atmosphere of its picturesque streets and alleys. The pinacoteca contains some interesting pieces of which I like the Madonna by Dono Doni the best.</div>
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Another very pleasant visit I made was la Casa Medievale. It is a reconstructed Medieval house that is said to have belonged to a rather wealthy merchant. It´s is a guided visit and I can assure you that after a few minutes, you wish you were born in those times.</div>
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Speaking of the Middle Ages, I cannot leave this blog without mentioning the annual festival, Il Mercato delle Gaite. The whole town turns back to the period of 1250 – 1350 and it´s a spectacle you should not miss..For those who want to learn every detail:</div>
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My first time in Bevagna dates from 1992. It wasn´t crowded by tourists at that time and I hardly knew anything about it. Unfortunatly I arrived at lunchtime, with two small children (6 and 4) that were bored, complaining about the heat and yelling about mutant hero turtles in a silent, more or less deserted piazza. I could only think of shutting them up by stuffing them with pasta, so I asked the only other living person I saw about where to find a restaurant. This lady, looking like a <span style="color: magenta;"><b>battleship</b></span>, looked at me disapprovingly and then said `Good afternoon` in Dutch....</div>
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It´s my job to look back at things and see if there has been anything that could have made a difference. It´s also my job to look forward and calculate the risks in order to avoid them.</div>
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2013 brought a lot of happiness. I am not going to write a <b><a href="http://lavitadimmonteolivohome.blogspot.nl/2014/01/my-top-10.html" target="_blank">top ten</a></b> again because Pio and olives in Umbria will be nr. 1 and 2 again. A few of my favourite things will do.</div>
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My <b><span style="color: #660000;">orto</span></b> did its job and produced an abundancy of awesome fruit that I still have not used completely. I could even pick 17 kiwis and turned it into marmelade. </div>
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The best thing is that I was given very nice recipes by people from all over the world so I could make some specialties, like fig-vinegar and pear <b><span style="color: #660000;">chutney</span></b>.</div>
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My own recipe brought me a tasty <span style="color: #660000;"><b><a href="http://monteolivoenglishrecipes.blogspot.nl/2014/01/monteolivo-apple-wine.html" target="_blank">apple wine</a></b></span> that turned out to be a little more effective than one would expect from the tast. I enjoyed it very much though.</div>
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Another groovy experiment was to prepare <b><span style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://lavitadimmonteolivohome.blogspot.nl/2014/01/monteolivo-tea.html" target="_blank">tea </a></span></b>out of the herbs from my garden. It was fun to let the herbs dry, grind them, fill the Monteolivo teabags and end up with a box full of them, all provided with <span style="color: #660000;"><b>labels</b></span> I designed myself. The tea tasted ever so nice, my precious roommate drank it all in two weeks. So next year, I will start earlier and produce more.</div>
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I can´t leave <span style="color: #660000;"><b>Umbria</b></span> out of this blog because of everything I did, Umbria is still my best experience and my biggest desire. I spent a wonderful summer there, met new people, discovered new spots, visited old friends and places and was completely happy. I sat on the terrace every morning, watched the bird´s nest in my wall, enjoyed sunrise and cried out of fear of having to leave. And then something happened. But I´ll tell you about that later.</div>
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But it made my autumn an experience of pure joy and <b><span style="color: #660000;">happiness</span></b> in every single second of it. Picking olives is, as I said, always a pleasure and so is submerging in countrylife, but this time I was really part of it and it really was MY life. I lived it to the max.</div>
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2013 brought sad things too. I had to say goodbye to my dear doggy <b><span style="color: #660000;">Uno</span></b> and my beloved cat <span style="color: #660000;"><b>Vito</b></span>. Rest in peace my best friends. It´s good to know you´re together and I am sure you are in a good and warm place.</div>
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So now it is time to say goodbye to 2013 and welcome 2014. You can´t tell future, but I can tell my plans. A bit of a risk for there are 17 days to go, but dreaming is allowed.</div>
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I am up to living in <span style="color: #660000;"><b>Viepri</b></span>. Of course I can´t leave Holland yet, but the house is mine, I can make it my home. It felt like home, and now it IS: I can´t describe the feelings I have, but I can show you what it looks like.<br />
<b><a href="http://www.monteolivo-umbria.com/" target="_blank">´www.monteolivo-umbria.com</a></b><br />
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If you want to spend your holiday there, I can tell you good news. <span style="color: #660000;"><b>You can</b></span>. I am going to rent it out. Contact me when you´re interested, <a href="mailto:monteolivo2147@planet.nl">monteolivo@planet.nl</a></div>
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Without neglecting the many other lovely spots in the city of Perugia, I would like to tell you about one in particular. Hidden behind the San Pietro Church there´s - very well kept by the Agricultural College of the University of Perugia – the <b><span style="color: magenta;">Orto Medievale</span></b> (medieval garden).</div>
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Typical for those times, the design of the garden is based upon a lot of <span style="color: magenta;"><b>symbols</b></span>. I am not going to reveal all of them, but you can ask for a map <span style="font-size: xx-small;">1</span>, available in several languages, that explains them so you can completely understand them and make sure you won´t miss anything.</div>
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The first, oval shaped part of the garden represents <b><span style="color: magenta;">Paradise</span></b>. In the oval are three circles, each with a tree. The first tree is the Albero della Vita (tree of life), in the middle, on a `mountain` stands the Albero della Luce e della Scienza (tree of light and knowledge).</div>
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Outside of Eden, you reach the <b><span style="color: magenta;">Dark Forest</span></b> that represents the Bad, the Sin. Yet, it´s is also the Holy Forest, with a.o. The Tree of Perfection, Tree of Spirit and the Tree of The Cross.</div>
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In the tower next to the Dark Forest you can see a reconstruction of an <b><span style="color: magenta;">alchemist´s</span></b> laboratory, before entering the second zone of the holy forest where the Tree of Justice, the Tree of Youth and many many others reign.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1 The explanation is based upon `<u>Il Giardino dello Spirito`</u> (Alessandro Menghini)</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033513488753503304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198264302350620853.post-33814747312382283302014-01-25T05:54:00.001-08:002014-01-25T05:54:14.182-08:00I was here....and you can be too - the wonderful Casa Meridiana<br />
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I really like picking olives, but it certainly makes a difference to pick them in good company and have a nice picknick outside. Another very relaxing moment occurred after the picking was done. We went inside and had a homemade limoncello – click <a href="http://yomonteolivo.blogspot.nl/2012/12/limoncello-english-version.html" target="_blank">here</a> when you want to try and make your own.</div>
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I felt completely at ease, having finished the work and being in a beautiful <span style="color: #579d1c;"><b>countryhouse</b></span>. And this is exactly what I want to tell you about. The house, called <span style="color: #579d1c;"><b>La Meridiana,</b></span> is situated in the Umbrian countryside, just a few miles from Todi. </div>
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I had already gotten very enthousiastic by being outside, but when I came in I almost became lyrical about the interior. The <span style="color: #579d1c;"><b>lounge</b></span> downstairs, merely used to organize tasting sessions, is decorated in all matching colours and an example of good taste.</div>
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Fortunately, my friends agreed to show me the rest of the house. Downstairs, with a view on the pool, was a nice appartment, called <span style="color: #579d1c;"><b>Il Forno</b></span> (the oven) that in the past housed the oven. The oven was still visible and instantly made me feel like having a pizza on its <span style="color: #579d1c;"><b>roofed porch</b></span>. I fell in love once again.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">And there was even more. On the first floor I found a gorgeous living room that was serenely decorated which made it very peaceful. </span></div>
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Further, the first floor consists of <b style="color: #579d1c;">two large bedrooms</b>, each with its own bathroom. </div>
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As I was told, both rooms are decorated in the so called `arte povera` style. And it was exactly this simplicity combined to all modern comfort that made it very attractive.</div>
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Not only is it fully equiped, but it is large too. When you add its interior to the thought of all the awesome Umbrian dishes, I can imagine you´d like to spend all of your holidays in this kitchen and still enjoy every minute.</div>
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Imagine having spent a day in this land, so rich in culture and treasures of art, and after that coming home, sit on this terrace with a drink and enjoy its beauty once again.</div>
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When writing all this my memories almost make me a bit sad because I am not there. I felt very happy there because I think this place is one of the <span style="color: #579d1c;"><b>most wonderful</b></span> I have ever seen and I am longing to go back there.</div>
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The smaller one, Il Forno, is separately available as a Bed and Breakfast for 2-3 persons, but especially for <span style="color: #579d1c;"><b>families, or groups</b></span> (it serves to groups from 8-12 persons) that prefer to spend time together but like a little privacy too, renting this paradise would be a great opportunity. Every part of the house can be closed and has its own entrance.</div>
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Just saying.. because it seems like Í only see the good things here. I am not going to write who I miss, first, because it makes no sense, second, when I'm in Holland I sure miss my friends over here. What I miss are a few little, not very important things one could easily do without.<br />
But since I have to leave on sunday, it seems like a good idea to jot down some things to look forward to.. so let's give it a try.<br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">1. Pio</span></b>. The only one I am not going to leave without. I wonder how long it takes before he has changed into a hunting, wild outside thing.<br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><b>2. My kitchen</b></span> and the things in it. However, I am not sure the electricity here can handle my cutter. But when one spends a lot of time making capocollo, ham and salami it would serve.I don't like to spill my energy over a dull knife.., so,<br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">3. My knives</span></b>. Though, in this land, butchers are still butchers, so you can ask for everything the way you'd want it. When I go to the butchers' here, I need two hours. Fifteen minutes to get there, one hour and a half in the store, for everyone has an opinion on what I buy, they all have better recipes and after that there's also the wounded foot of the neighbor of the aunt of Antonios' first cousins mother to discuss. And yet I am still the outsider... o, and fifteen minutes to head home.<br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">4. My paintings</span></b> - posters and things like that. But since I bought them all in Umbria, it won't be too hard to get me some new ones. So let me just mention the reproduction of a fifteenth century map.<br />
<span style="color: #990000;">5. The heating.</span> Or at least hot water. It seems very nice to open the tap and have hot water running from it.<br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">6. Matching plates</span></b> and glasses and so on. To have six matching forks instead of four, matching bowls, six wineglasses that look fine instead of only three (that I bought) and three others that happen to look a little like wineglasses. But anyway, one time tourists and only half of it lasts.<br />
<b><span style="color: #990000;">7. Compost</span></b>. Instead of dry, rocky ground. But hey, once planted, everything grows better in this land. And there's always Tudergreen.......<br />
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So, it means that the only thing I really have to transport is my lovely adorable Pio il mio Dio.What IAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033513488753503304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198264302350620853.post-52619775837741048682014-01-25T05:51:00.002-08:002014-01-25T05:51:26.844-08:00EVOO 2013<br />
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Almost every village has its frantoio, the mill, where the local famers have their olives pressed and while waiting, have a <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">bruschetta</span></b> from the fire to taste the olio novello.</div>
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Once a year, to show the less fortunate how the process from growing <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">olives</span></b> to picking them and turn them into this liquid gold proceeds, the frantoi aperti (open mills) are organized. You can visit olive groves, see the inside of the mills, taste and buy the new oil and related products.</div>
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The easiest way is to subscribe to an organized guided tour by bus and get a completely organized tour, but you can also make your own choice and pick one or two frantoi. For the last three years, I went to Trevi and visited the <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Frantoio Olio di Trevi</span></b>, for they really know how to throw a party.</div>
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There´s a small trattoria to have a wine or a small dish at really acceptable prizes and think about the purchases you´ll make because the new oil is sold in the small shop in the front. You can buy different types of oil, olio famiglia, filtered or not, seasoned oil, olio delicato, several products made with olive oil, you name it. I <a href="http://yomonteolivo.blogspot.it/2013/06/trevi-terrific-oil.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #660000;">wrote about that before.</span></b></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033513488753503304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198264302350620853.post-44550250292284044092014-01-25T05:49:00.002-08:002014-01-25T05:49:49.357-08:00Excellent Eggi<br />
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In the past two days I visited three spots in Umbria. Spoleto, that has been my hometown for ten years and that I was more or less forced to give up. When I was there, I used to have a fixed routine, starting with the Arco di Druso followed by a coffee at the Piazza del Mercato to chat with the owner, whom I still called `signore` and the formal `lei` even after ten years, while he, undisturbedly, called me `tu.` The Italians have their own opinion about how things should be and it only seemed right this way. After my coffee I used t head for the Duomo with a pause for visitiing the SS paolo e Pietro to admire the splendid fresco´s. I am not going to write anything about the Duomo for each book and every blogger has been going on and on about every detail of it. But don´t leave it for that would be a crime against culture.</div>
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After the Duomo I mostly walked the Ponte delle Torri and visited the Rocca Albornoz, or I went straight to the downhill street to visit the nice shops and think what a difference a lot of money could make. Then I used to walk back up to end (all wheezy) at the Angolo Anticho where the owner, Paolo, prepares a wild boar dish that gives the word `divino` a complete different sound.</div>
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I hadn´t been in Spoleto for three years and the first disappointment struck me immediately: my coffeebar was gone and the windows were covered with old newspapers. The SS Paolo e Pietro was closed and on my way to the Duomo, the newspapers became familiar. Thank God the Duomo was just the Duomo and beautiful as ever. Unfortunately, the road downhill had only more paperwork than shops to offer. I can only hope they´ve found a better location.</div>
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The next day I went to Spello – Splendidissima Colonia Julia and luckily, it still is. It was the Festa dell´ Infiorata on the occasion of Sacrament Sunday and the Procession of Corpus Domini. Also the houses were decorated with flowers, for there was a contest about the nicest balcony, window or `angolo.` From my point of view: there were a lot of competitors.</div>
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A good counterpart for the previous day.</div>
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My next stop was Eggi. I always considered it a hamlet situated at the beginning of the road to the Valnerina and I passed by a million times without a second thought, because, well, who ever visites Eggi? I did.</div>
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I am not a city girl but after Eggi, there´s no hope left I will ever become one. Eggi is a picturesque little village with small, steep alleys, a beautiful church with frescos inside and the remains of an old wall. Against that wall, the – each one off them very nice – inhabitants made lovely spots with fruit trees, vegetables and herbs.</div>
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Even the cats in Eggi were all friendly which is always a sign that life is good.</div>
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Even though I pick my own olives and therefor have my own <b><span style="color: magenta;">EVOO</span></b> – Extra Vergine Olive Oil – and have written about it more than once, it strikes me everytime I realize that this heartwarming experience is so unknown to people outside of Italy. </div>
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They know about olive oil, of course, but there´s a difference between knowing something and living something. The Umbrian people <span style="color: magenta;"><b>live</b></span> their olives.</div>
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As I told you before I have stayed at <b><span style="color: magenta;">Trevi </span></b>for ten years and had a wonderful time. Even after having moved to the Todi area and fallen in love with it desperately, I visit Trevi every time I am in Umbria. The very view of the village, glued against the Monte Serano, will make you want to climb its alleys and discover what´s inside.</div>
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Just outside Trevi you can find the Frantoio, but it´s more than just a factory selling olive oil. Visiting it during the <b><span style="color: magenta;">Frantoi Aperti</span></b> was an event I am planning to repeat, for it was really big fun. Click <a href="http://umbriainenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/01/frantoi-aperti-olives-and-fun.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> to read about it and see what you too can find too.</div>
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Today I decided to see some more of Umbria and I still wanted to see Monteleone di Spoleto, but right after the tunnel there was a sign to the Truffle museum in Scheggino with a punta vendita, which seemed very attractive so I ended up in Scheggino instead.</div>
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Wrong decision, because it only opens on saturdays and sundays. But as Scheggino was very lovely and I certainly will come back, it didn´t matter too much. Scheggino, situated on the Nera banks – if you like rafting, go there – offered the usual steep alleys, very well kept, a nice church (closed) and a medieval wall. In the centre of the village was a small canal and in it was a man with a scythe, cutting the weeds. I took a picture but it seemed a little impertinent to approach him while he was working so hard in this wretched heat, so the picture is not very good.</div>
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If you ever make it to Umbria, you may not forget to visit <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Orvieto</b></span> in the provincia of Terni. More famous than my beloved Todi, it attracts more tourists too, but they know how to appreciate its beauty so you can enjoy the lovely spots together.</div>
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Of course you have at least heard of the famous Duomo. Its facade can only be desribed as impressive and you can sit down and watch it for hours. I am not going to give you more details, because every writer in the world already did so. The interiour has a serene atmosphere and is absolutely overwhelming for its height an brightness. Don´t forget to visit the <b><span style="color: magenta;">Capella San Brizio</span></b> and admire Signorelli´s masterpieces.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033513488753503304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198264302350620853.post-36455718090130501692014-01-25T05:40:00.002-08:002014-01-26T06:13:27.597-08:00My career as a writer: Why I love Umbria so much, my first guestpostFor everyone that wants to read my guestpost for <b><span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.discoveringumbria.it/" target="_blank">Discovering Umbria</a></span></b>:<br />
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It was a great experience to write this guestpost and I thank my friend Alessandra Malozzi for giving me the opportunity. Yet, it made me think about the reason why I love Umbria so much and it keeps me busy since then. Umbria is home to me. Its food comforts me, for it´s not too hard to prepare and yet, when you have finished your lunch or dinner, you feel completely satisfied. Its environments are so amazing, that it is impossible not to feel good.<br />
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Its people are special. As I wrote in my blog, I love their pride to be Umbrian, but it is more than that. Umbrians don´t pretend. They are what they are and they never try to hide the truth. I really love my `contadini` friends over there.<br />
My neighbor in Viepri, Marcello, owns sixty hunting dogs. I don´t think I have to tell you how that sounds at 5.00 am. Let alone, how my two German Shepherds react to them. We never talk about it, I don´t complain, he doesn´t apologize... but he lets me collect the figgs from his tree. Our way of telling each other it´s allright.<br />
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There´s another neighbor, Bruna. She thinks I don´t understand her (which is true, because she speaks Umbrian only) so she always greets me very cheerfully, but hardly talks to me. But every time I am in Umbria, she leaves me a basket filled with eggs and after that, I can never thank her because she doesn´t show up anymore. So I tell my neighbor to tell her that I am very grateful and it seems to work out, for the eggs are always there.<br />
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Another experience worth mentioning is the day I went out to buy shoes. After ten minutes, we had to pull over because there was a dog on the road, exhausted, it seemed ill and we just had to get it into our car and drive back to the village of <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Viepri.</b></span> A few men standing outside started phoning around, telling everyone that `there were some American tourists that found a dog.` To be short: after half an hour, someone arrived and was too happy to have his dog back... and asked me if I had seen the other one he lost, and, of course, he offered me a coffee at his place.<br />
We left and guess what.. we found the other dog. So we drove back in a hurry and fortunately, the men were still there so we could hand over the other dog too.<br />
And then, the special, heartwarming Umbrian spirit came clear.. the owner told us he owned a restaurant in Viepri and he would be honoured to serve us a dinner, and then, the whole village came to see what was going on and they thought it was only correct to reward me for bringing back the dogs.<br />
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The first choice I had to make was turn right to Monteleone di Spoleto and Leonessa, or turn left for Cerreto. My choices mostly tend to the left side and it gives me something to wish, so left it was and the first stop was Valle di Nera. The sign said it was one of the most beautiful, well kept Borghi in Umbria Italy World Universe. But: beautiful it was. Nice little spots, steep alleys and two churches, of which the first was closed, but at the second was an old, murmuring small man without any teeth left, who asked me if I wanted the doors opened. Luckily, I understood his dialect and said yes.</div>
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Do you know this sensational, exited feeling when you discover a completely new spot located where you never expected it? This happened to me. I visit <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Assisi </b></span>a few times each year for the past twenty years, showing the city to my guests or sometimes just to have a quick look at the Santo Stefano and its small garden (my favourite church in Assisi).</div>
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Founded by Davide Costantini and inaugurated in 2012, the museum tells the story of the Umbrian citizens´ daily lives, rich or poor, and the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>every day objects</b></span> they used.</div>
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The museum is situated half way the Corso Mazzini, right next to the San Francesco Piccolino in the eponymous square. It´s a unique spot, not only because Assisi´s worldfamous saint San Francesco was born there, but also because inside the museum you will find the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>remains</b></span> of a medieval house.</div>
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In the middle of it, there´s a <span style="color: magenta;"><b>medieval</b></span> well, it shows an <span style="color: magenta;"><b>aquaduct</b></span> and it has medieval walls as well as remains of the original pavement.</div>
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An especially nice gesture you become when leaving the museum: an <span style="color: magenta;"><b>attest</b></span>, signed by both the founder, Assisi´s mayor and the Regionn of Umbria on which you can fill your own name.</div>
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I am lucky to start spring in Umbria. Even though I have known better days, I shall not complain about my first two days in march 2013.</div>
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Yesterday was a plain sunny afternoon that I spent in the sunshine, now and then restlessly roaming around the property because the sounds of my neighbour pruning his olive trees and the birds singing made me want to be part of it.</div>
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After all the blogging I did it will be obvious that I am not a citygirl. Although going shopping now and then (more now than then) can be very comforting and I will never turn down an offer for lunch in a good restaurant, I am not really into crowds of people and a lot of traffic.</div>
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Comes autumn there´s the sound of <b><span style="color: magenta;">hunters</span></b> in the woods. Once in a while it sounds like a shot is fired at only a few meters from where I am. I sometimes suspect that to be the truth. But at the risk of offending the vegetarians among us, I love wild boar or hare plates.</div>
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Not to mention the people you meet. Somewhere near Casale I met a farmer <b><span style="color: magenta;">cutting grass</span></b> the medieval way. He told me that people wouldn´t be interested in his face, but that I was allowed to picture his tool and showed me how to handle it. I need practise, for I only cut a large piece of mud.</div>
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What can you do if you have an appointment at the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>mill</b></span> at the very inconvenient time of 1.30 pm and, like every other Italian, absolutely don´t want to miss your pranzo (lunch)?</div>
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I left Viepri and went to <b><span style="color: magenta;">Grutti</span></b>, passing <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Castelvecchio</b></span> on the way. This is only a small hamlet with a few houses and a church and a bar. But exacly those two offered the typical view of an Umbrian village. To me they feel like little pearls, that, put all togehther, form the most beautiful necklace you can think of.</div>
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Not this year. I was supposed to be picking all day, but (un)fortunately it was raining when I woke up and it seemed to come to no end so I changed plans. There were a lot of frantoi to choose from, but I had read an announcement from Olio di Trevi. Since I have lived in Trevi for ten years and my heart has not fully recovered yet, it was a great excuse to drive over there.</div>
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This time in march I finally got the opportunity to do something that had been on my wishlist for years: visit <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Narni Underground.</b></span></div>
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It is, of course, always some kind of an adventure to descend below the earth and see what lies beneath. I mean, who has not dreamed about discovering lost caves and hidden treasures?</div>
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But <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Narni Sotterranea</b></span> – the Italian name – attracted me in particular for I had been reading about its history before an therefor already knew that the area has been well kept and the research had been thorough. It promised to become a very interesting visit.</div>
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It did. As soon as I met our guide, <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Aroti Meloni</b></span>, in personal, I could tell she was enthousiastic and passionate about the ins and outs of these underground spaces and obviously well experienced.</div>
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Narni Underground reveals the remains of an original monastery, the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>San Domenico</b></span>, that became destroyed in World War II, forgotten and overgrown with vegetation after that, until in 1978, a group of young speleologists – they were all <span style="color: magenta;"><b>minors</b></span> – discovered the entrance, with some help of an old man who had a vegetable garden on that spot.</div>
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In 1994 it was possible to make the areas accessible to the public. The first room reveals a former church from the 12<sup>th</sup> century, decorated with beautiful religious fresco´s. It´s original name, as discoverd in a document, was Sant´Angelo, after the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Archangel Michael</b></span>, whose image is shown in a fresco at the left.</div>
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The second area contains an ancient cistern in good state, used to collect the rainwater. Two <span style="color: magenta;"><b>instruments</b></span> exposed in the room show us how, in the Roman epoque, land distances and differences in earth level were measured in order to construct linear roads and aquaducts. The aquaduct <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Formina di Narni</b></span>, with a length of 13. km, was built this way.</div>
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After these two rooms the history became more obscure. The next room possessed a collection of torture instruments that were used by the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Inquisition.</b></span> Documents that were accidentally found at Trinity College in Dublin and further research in the Vatican archives confirm that the room had indeed been used by the Inquisition. One of the documents found was the complete report of the trial of <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Domenico Ciabbocchi</b></span>, a man from Todi who was condemned for bigamy (learn more about this story <a href="http://www.todiguide.com/en/luca-and-elisa/blog-guida-turistica-dellumbria/item/38-un-tuderte-a-narni-nel-1720-il-sig-ciabbocchi/38-un-tuderte-a-narni-nel-1720-il-sig-ciabbocchi.html" target="_blank">here</a>).</div>
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The last room had been the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>prison</b></span>. Its walls and ceiling represent the interesting but sad story of a prisoner locked up there for months, biding his time by scratching insciptions in the walls. He created different colours by mixing stone powder with urine. The poor prisoner used many <span style="color: magenta;"><b>symbols</b></span>, like the numbers 4, 3 and 7 respectively to signify the Earth, a triangle to indicate Elevation and the last to describe God. Other frequent symbols are pigeons, representing Peace but yet held captive a by a thin wire tied to a tree.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And.. there´s a row of numbers, 7-24-42-70. There are theories about the meaning of them, but not one is proven certain. <span style="color: magenta;"><b>May you can solve this mystery</b></span>?</span></div>
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It may be obvious that all my great expectations came true with this visit. I strongly recommend you to go and see for yourself, for there is a lot more to <span style="color: magenta;"><b>experience and relive at Narni Underground</b></span>.. <i>(and I haven´t even told you about Narni-Above-Ground)</i> .</div>
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Though my love for Todi and its amazing surroundings will be obvious, it is not as if I ignore the rest of <span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>Umbria</b></span>. To be honest, I am a country girl and even when I have enjoyed beautiful and impressive buildings, churches and squares in one of Umbria´s lovely cities I am always relieved to return to my country house in the rolling green hills.</div>
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Having written about <b><a href="http://umbriainenglish.blogspot.nl/2014/01/narni-underground.html" target="_blank">NarniUnderground</a></b> it feels incomplete not to write about the parts in broad daylight. Narni is literally the center of the Universe...I mean of Italy. It is situated above the clough of the Nera river that made it a strategic spot in ancient times. You get a good idea of this looking down from the Giardini di San Bernardo. By the way, <b><span style="color: #351c75;">the</span> <a href="http://www.narnisotterranea.it/" target="_blank">entrance</a> <span style="color: #351c75;">to Narni Sotterranea</span></b> is located there too.</div>
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The Piazza Garibaldi itself is a bit irregular and crowdy, but it´s really fun to have a coffee on one of its terraces and watch the people come and go. And if not, there´s always the <span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>Roman cistern</b></span> to admire.</div>
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The<span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>Palazzo dei Priori</b></span> on the square by the same name, was constructed in 1273. The square itself is said to have been the Forum in the Roman epoque.</div>
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Narni, of course, has several beautiful churches, of which I will mention <span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>The Santa Maria Impensole.</b></span> The name means `hanging church` but no adequate explanation has been given yet, though multiple speculations can be found. The church dates from 1000 and is constructed on the remains of an earlier one (8-9<sup>th</sup> century) that now forms the crypt.</div>
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At this point, my Narni visit continued with the Sotterranea adventure. So let me end this blog by an <span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>anecdote</b></span> from my first time in Narni. I visited the Santa Maria Impensole and left my <span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>youngest son</b></span> (7 then) outside for he had been working on my nerves all morning by <i>`hating churches, walking, heat, old paintings and everything else.`</i> He sat on the <span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>Lion</b></span> at the churches facade and I told him not to move or else.</div>
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After ten minutes I thought it had become too crowded at the church door so suspiciously I went to check... and there was my son, standing on the lion, roaring an aria from <span style="color: #4700b8;"><b>`Figaro,`</b></span> not restricted by any textual knowledge, collecting coins and sweets from the more than amused spectators.</div>
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Exactly one week ago I made a very nice trip in the <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Montefalco</b></span> surroundings. I could write page after page about Montefalco itself and you know what? I will. But not this time, because I am supposed to tell you about its Sagrantino.</div>
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For the readers who expect a review on the quality of this wine: send me your email address and I will get you in touch with a <span style="color: magenta;"><b>sommelier</b></span> who knows all about it and can organize <span style="color: black;">private tours to the Montefalco cantine as well.</span></div>
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This article is about the two cantine (wineries) I visited. There are way more in Umbria and several ways to visit them, but the tour I took had been organized by <b><a href="http://www.stradadelsagrantino.it/" target="_blank">LaStrada del Sagrantino</a></b> This office organizes various events throughout the year, so check their website.</div>
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The cantina was built in 1884 expressly for processing the grapes into wine, and has not, like many others, originally been a residence or farm. The <span style="color: magenta;"><b>grapes</b></span> arrive from the vineyards on the fourth floor, where they are selected and then brought to the third level to ferment and vinified in huge wooden or stainless steel barrels.</div>
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The Montefalco Rosso DOC rests for a year on the ground floor, the Sagrantino DOCG and Passito DOCG age for two years at the underground level.</div>
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After these interesting stories we arrived in the Sala del Degustazione to taste some of their wines and some bread, ham and cheese. No need to say it all tasted great.</div>
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After that the bus was waiting again and brought us to a smaller cantina, <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Moretti Omero</b></span>. It has been founded after World War II and since then been a family farm. The pictures on the walls testify to a long and shared tradition of passion for the winery and growing olives. And so did the contagious enthousiasm of our guides that showed the property with pride. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033513488753503304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198264302350620853.post-37499492257475248872014-01-25T05:23:00.002-08:002014-01-26T06:09:18.498-08:00Truffles in Trevi<br />
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Being a declared fan of Umbria means automatically loving its food. Those of you who visit my blog regularly have already been informed about the wild asparagus, lentils, red potatoes, onions and porcini, but somehow I have never written about Gods gift to nature: <b><span style="color: magenta;">truffles.</span></b></div>
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Maybe it is because I never went truffle hunting. It is one of my biggest desires to roam around the Umbrian hills and search for this precious, rare <b><span style="color: magenta;">fungus</span></b> that grows beneath the earth, on the roots of a tree (mostly an oak). Squirrels and wild boar are very good at finding them, but they eat the truffles themselves, so that´s why truffle hunters like my Umbrian neighbor mostly bring specially trained dogs.</div>
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I already recommended <b><span style="color: magenta;">Trevi</span></b> as a `don´t miss it` village and this spot will give you an extra reason. A few kilometres from the centre, at Pigge di Trevi, you will find a small shop containing everything you have ever dreamed of when it comes to food. Is is part of a family company that is devoted to the utmost quality of their products. I am proud to present </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Antonio Fortunati</span></b></span></div>
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Besides truffles and mushrooms (fresh, conservated and frozen), you can find a lot of other <b><span style="color: magenta;">delicacies</span></b>, like wine and olive oil, cheese and charcuteries, honey, marmelade and special kinds of pasta like the typical Umbrian strangozzi, all produced with a dedication that you will only find in a long tradition of love for the land and the food it offers.</div>
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But let´s go back to the original subject. Fortunati has an extended choice of <b><span style="color: magenta;">truffle and mushroom</span></b> products. How about a truffle salsa, a truffle-seasoned rice, or tagliatelle with white truffle? Ever tasted a crostino with porcini cream?</div>
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Actually, you should go, see and enjoy for yourself. I gladly arrange a <span style="color: magenta;"><b>visit</b></span> for you. And if you´re not so lucky to visit Umbria this year? Even then I have good news: Antonio Fortunati has a very pleasant <b><a href="http://www.fortunatiantonio.it/it/" target="_blank"><i>website</i></a></b> and online shop.</div>
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