Casa Lilla Wedding!
10-17 May 2011, Guest Comment from Irina Tomova. “Dear Conor & Siobhan, I have just got married and come out of Casa Lilla as a bride. Your home became mine for a week and I will never forget it in a lifetime. Thanks to your …
Car Hire – Rip-off – Solution?
For car hire you could try out these, http://www.carrentals.co.uk/ http://www.autoeurope.com/ http://www.italymag.co.uk/car-hire-italy-car-rental-italy You should also get competitive quotes from Hertz, Avis, Europcar, et al … but read below. A little known tip for you; most rental companies now advertise very cheap rates but when you look …
Sell, Sell, Sell!
Ciao a tutti! We still have availability for July, August and September, so if you know any family or friends that would like a break in beautiful Umbria pass on our links, we always offer discounts for family and friends and friends of friends…. During …
Il Rifugio di Portaria
Yesterday, seeing the day that was in it (St. Patrick’s day), we decided to treat ourselves and go out to lunch. There is a restaurant up in the hills above Portaria and since we have been in Acquasparta I think it has changed ownership at …
Mille Miglia Rally 2010 in Spoleto
Last Friday, 7th May we took a spin over to Spoleto to catch the Mille Miglia rally as it passed through the town. A few years ago it came through Acquasparta, I think because there was road works in Spoleto at the time. Anyway, it …
Osteria L’UmbriaCo
This small restaurant located in the centre of Portaria is very special. The chef / proprietor Gianni Calabretto is very skilled indeed. His food is typically Umbrian in style but he has updated rustic recipes and refined them. He sources his produce from local suppliers …
Give us our daily Bread
And forgive us for buying the supermarket’s sliced white. This is not a recipe as such, but my latest diversion, passion, call it what you will but after trying for many years on and off to master the art of home baked bread I think …
Asparagi Frittata
Delicious, simple and quick. Lovely served with a simple salad for a light lunch or a slice or two as part of an antipasto. Obviously if you are unfortunate enough not to live in Italy or somewhere else that you cannot get hold of Wild …
Cherry Blossom
Isn’t Nature Fabulous? As regular as clockwork our cherry tree has once again come to blossom on the first week of April. Last week there was not a bloom in sight and behold, this week it looks like someone has stuck balls of cotton wool …
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