Assisi Pilgrim Trail - Italian notes

The Assisi Pilgrim Trail

The sad but instructive story of names stamped into the pavement along the pilgrim trail from Santa Maria degli Angeli to Assisi.

Perugia satellites - Italian Notes

Perugia satellites – Signals from heaven

Some people in Perugia seem to have discovered a brand new and very modern way to communicate with God.

Undiscovered Umbria

Undiscovered Umbria

Tugged in between Rome and Florence rural Umbria tends to be overlooked. A great pity considering the beauty of landscape.

Photo from Italian bakery selling bread without salt

Tuscany’s bread without salt

Even though salt tax has long been abolished and the salt supply lines to central reestablished, people in Umbria and Tuscany still prepare bread without salt.