A reluctant brother-in-law Ben conceded to a majority ruling of visiting Assisi, the Umbrian town made famous by it’s patron saint, St Francis of Assisi. Ben was reluctant because Assist is a 1.5 hour drive from our Umbrian palace Lagoscello and…
Assisi, Umbria
Bolsena, Lazio (near Umbria)
Bolsena is an ancient hill top medieval town that dates back hundreds of years. According to Wikipedia, records for Bolsena Lake – which is a huge crater filled with water – date back to 105 AD. From our Umbrian palace…
Orvieto: Lesson no.1, remember where you park
The fun and games driving in Italy with my crazy family continue. Mum, Dad, Susie, Zorba and I all decided to head to the nearby hilltop medieval town of Orvieto. Ben was tired from jet lag, as were the kids,…
Finding our Umbria palazzo
An exciting day! I was meeting my family for a wonderful holiday in the mother country. We live all over Australia and I was really looking forward to being altogether again. We picked up hire cars at 10am from Rome…
Umbria dreaming
We opted for a villa in Umbria for our family stay rather than Tuscany. Why? We’ve all done Tuscany and it is gorgeous, beautiful, movie-like even, but we decided we wanted to get away from ‘Chianti-shire’ and the thousands of…