Month: September 2015

Another day, another medieval hilltop town.  This time Trevi – only half an hour away

and didn’t take long to walk around.

Eileen really liked this balcony, so thought we’d share it.

Back for lunch and a sit and a siesta by the pool.

Despite the sun and blue skies, it’s actually very windy – that’s our excuse anyway for not having a dip .  Apparently, though, the locals see it as their friend – it dries the grapes for their local wine (Sangratino) which we haven’t tried yet as it’s incredibly expensive.

Headed off to Spello in the late afternoon, passing by a decent view of the house again. 

Unfortunately no pictures of Spello as we hit a large traffic jam and it was nearly dark when we got there.  And the reason for the jam (l kid you not) – the inauguration of a drive-through McDonalds.  The mind boggles.

And so back to Montefalco for dinner in the same restaurant as the first night.  Here’s a photo of the inside and they play Radio Swiss Jazz all night.

The weather is turning against us tomorrow, so, with apologies to Gene Kelly, we’ll be Assising in the Rain…

This was just the starter (preceding the pasta and the main)!

So a quick walk around Montefalco in the nighttime (even quieter than during the day).

We thought we would enjoy a day of good weather and not getting lost.

First to Montefalco – only about 10 minutes away and small.

I am tired of churches before Eileen is, so contented myself in the main square.  You can see that at this time of year it’s pretty quiet.

Then back home for lunch, read and brief siesta.  Couldn’t resist more pictures of the view and the house …

Then looked in on a small town called Bevagna.  Again, very close, and small enough to get lost in.  More churches …

… and random pictures of medieval streets.

Spoleto is a very famous hilltop town in Umbria and well worth a visit – if you can find it!  Finding it wasn’t hard, but we had been told about a brand new underground escalator that takes you to the top.  Francesco (our host) gave us directions and we got hopelessly lost.  A bit of a trend already and we’ve only been here two days.

Anyway, after about an hour of being frustratingly lost, look what we found:

It really is an underground escalator and does take you all the way to the duomo at the very top of the town.

We deserved some lunch …

… with quite a nice view.

Remember the selfies?  Not really much improvement (and no, we do NOT want a selfie stick to anyone who even thinks about it!)

Better or rely on a nice American to do it properly.

Nice views from the bridge.

We rather like it here.

Pretty tired after the day’s exertions, but decided to have a little outing to the nearest town, Montefalco.

Bit of a sunset

… and a bit of the town.

Did very well for food, despite them sending Eileen’s main course out before her pasta and forgetting my pasta altogether, it was delicious.