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For the last italian week-end of a friend we decided to visit Perugia. Perugia is the main city of the Umbrian region (central Italy). By train it takes 2h30 to 4h depending on the type of service and connections. We decided to go by car as our third friend brought his car from Belgium. It was actually a bad idea because instead of arriving at 12pm as initially planned we arrived at 3pm. It was in deed a long week-end for italians as the 8th of December, a public holiday was on Tuesday.
- The white spot in the background of the above picture is Assissi as seen from Perugia -
Perugia is an old etruscan city and is build on a hill, the most ancient parts of the city on the top the newest ones in the plain. Small winding streets where not even a Smart can drive.
Perugia is one of the prettiest city in Italy and it is my italian first love. It was my first contact with Italy given that I learnt italian at the University in Perugia. (It is the city of my first times: where I had my first coffee, my first aperitivo, my first italian GBU, my first italian friends & where I lived the last world championship final between France and Italy, open air and then the victory of italians!) Coming back after two years during the Season Holidays was as nice as in my memories.
- The white spot in the background of the above picture is Assissi as seen from Perugia -
Perugia is an old etruscan city and is build on a hill, the most ancient parts of the city on the top the newest ones in the plain. Small winding streets where not even a Smart can drive.
Perugia is one of the prettiest city in Italy and it is my italian first love. It was my first contact with Italy given that I learnt italian at the University in Perugia. (It is the city of my first times: where I had my first coffee, my first aperitivo, my first italian GBU, my first italian friends & where I lived the last world championship final between France and Italy, open air and then the victory of italians!) Coming back after two years during the Season Holidays was as nice as in my memories.
Perugia is famous for its chocolate and a small shop where I used to live in July 2006 and I said was selling the best mousse au chocolat ice cream is actually the best chocolate craftsman of Italy! However no icecream is sold in the winter period so we had to compensate with hot chocolate.
Season lightning.
What I like in Italy and especially in Perugia is that at night streets are crowded. At midnight, 1am, people are strolling along the corso, the main street of the old town.
- The mythic fountain (Fontana Maggiore)-
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