Ocean

...as well as our little room, opening up to its rooftop garden 

In the still of the morning, the river, the bridge, at peace with each other (remember the floods of some forty years back?). 

Friday In Assissi there are churches of every shape and hew: pink, yellow, striped, you name it. It is, in fact, a gorgeous little town, ...

Assissi: the less serious, blueberry and peach moments 

Assissi: up one street, down the next, a noteworthy church around every corner. 

Saturday Highlights from this afternoon: * Sitting absolutely still on the highway to Florence (the week in Umbria ended today), then ...

Florence: a room in an ancinet house, but with a patio. Now if it only had WiFi... 

Finding a phone line in your own room that allows you to connect a computer is pretty amazing as well. But I am only in Florence for two day...

Thursday, continued Climbing up the Campanile of San Fortunato in Todi is one of those things that you feel you must do because you’re t...

Halfway up, a pause for a photo. Todi is at the very top of a large hill, so this puts me nearly at the top of the top 

below the bell tower, a shop with...junk or antiques? 

-->I came to appreciate how few tourists there are in Todi when I went elsewhere in the afternoon * . In Todi, you hear nothing but Itali...

suddenly, turning the corner, you come face to face with the Duomo 

row after row of suffering mortals

* Okay, this little gem of a village (see photo below) has even fewer tourist. It lies at the foot of the Todi hill. The bridge is over the...

Just saying it out loud makes you smile 

these breakfasts give just the right kick to the start of the day 

An evening at La Mulinella At 8:30 the sun is gone but it’s not yet dark. La Mulinella is outside of town, on a side road, hard to find....

homemade gnocchi for starters 

* One of the charming things that the restaurant does is that it rounds DOWN the total on the check. So that if a (four-course, with plenty...