As I continued my journey with my travel professionals in the region of Umbria we visited Spoleto. I visited this ancient city in the province of Perugia several years ago in January without a tour guide. The second time around was better than the first.
Michele continued to be our guide in Spoleto for our Umbria trip. First stop was Teatro Romano – Roman Theater.
Then we walked around the city and Michele explained about the walls and types of rocks. Amazing that the walls and structure that were built so many years ago still remain today with some repairs overtime.
The Way of Saint Francis
I was fascinated by The Way of Saint Francis, a walking trail between Florence and Rome. The markings shown below, where a yellow stripe is on top with a blue stripe underneath. On another post for San Gemini Mineral Water it was mentioned San Gemini water was sold on Amazon. Funny thing, I typed in Google The Way of Saint Francis to research a little more you can’t believe Amazon appeared again as the 3rd and 4th result. Trust me I’m not advertising for Amazon but there must be a demand for this information.
The ancient square stones glistened from the rain as we continued to walk the drizzle ended. Onward we marched, admiring the foothill of the Apennines, giving us a glimps of the green heart of Italy.
Art is in the eye of the beholder
Over the years I’ve had the privilege to visit many museums and always appreciated the arts. Whether paintings are abstract, surrealism, conceptual or pop art just to name a few I appreciate ever talented artist even if some would say in a rudimentary form. To switch from history or speaking of ancient topics I enjoyed seeing the paintings on the concrete, a twist of the new.
Most American’s would never try some of the things that other countries eat. What about Mule’s Balls aka Coglioni di Mulo? On the other hand, most American’s love pasta no matter what shape, have you ever heard of strangozzi? We all eat grains in one form or another. Farro – compose of grains of ceratin wheat species. Polenta – boiled cornmeal historically made from other grains these are just two of Italy’s favorites. Tacked on the door frame with these grains were many other types of food. Last but not least the Peperoncino in this case the peperoncini (plural) and garlic, two great products loved by many Americans.
What a nice way to end the tour the view of a beautiful sunset and a photograph of a memory to last a lifetime.
As a result of our great trip, why not try a night at Hotel Dei Duchi and contact us for any needs you have when traveling to Italy.