[Idyllchat] Umbria

[Bill&Linda Babineau]

Hi Karen:

Want to mention some restaurants that we liked in Umbria.  I
think the favorite meal was in Montefalco at Coccorone where
I had the best charcoal grilled ribs and we sat on the
terrace.  Another good one is Il Caminetto, which is easy to
find.  Trevi has a lot of good restaurants.  We liked the
Panorama Restaurant in Castel Ritaldi.  Spello was a town we
visited twice and has lots of small restaurants.

Linda Babineau

acricchi wrote:

> We loved our Umbria Untour.  Your local town Spoleto has
> lots of nooks and crannies to explore.  My husband was
> ready to relocate there permanently.  Assisi, of course,
> is a must and if it suits, you may want to go to Sunday
> Mass at the Basilica - very impressive.  In fact, right
> before mass we stopped into the restaurant on the
> Basilica's square, Ristorante San Francesco, and made
> reservations for Sunday lunch - the owner said we had the
> last available table. After church, we had a fantastic
> meal there and, despite its proximity to a church visited
> by hundreds of tourists, we were the only Americans
> there. The small town of Trevi is fun to explore as is
> Deruta especially if you like ceramics.  We liked Perugia
> but it is definitely a big city and an acquired taste.  We
> parked down by the train station and took the bus up, up
> and up the steep hill to the Piazza IV Novembre.  Spent
> the rest of the day seeing the sights as we walked back
> down to our car.  Less busy and worth the scenic trip is
> Orvieto.  We really enjoyed our day there, especially
> visiting the Duomo, one of Italy's most beautiful
> cathedrals, and had a terrific lunch at Tipica Trattoria
> Etrusca (in Frommer's Guidebook at the time).  Actually,
> we found it difficult to find a less-than-delicious meal
> in Italy. We found Internet service in a variety of places
> - used one in Assisi several times.  One Sunday afternoon
> in Trevi we were visiting the little museum there and when
> I asked the lady at the desk if there was an Internet
> place in the town so I could email my children, she
> insisted I use her computer.  Italians are incredibly like
> that as you may already know.  Another favorite memory was
> encountering a nursery school class in a Spoleto bookstore
> and when the teacher heard us speaking English, she had
> the children sing a song for us which was basically a tune
> set to saying Hello about thirty times.  It was
> adorable. Finally, re driving or training we drove to
> Umbria from Venice (piece of cake) and then from Umbria to
> Rome.  The latter was the worse drive we've ever had in
> Italy with busy superhighways, construction and zillions
> of large trucks careening around curves.  Fortunately, it
> was only about two hours and we went right to the airport
> to turn in the car and stay overnight for an early morning
> flight.  We wouldn't make that drive again. Ann
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Karen Peters
>      To: idyllchat at lists.untours.com
>      Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:14 AM
>      Subject: [Idyllchat] Umbria
>       We have reservations for Girasole, Spoleto in
>      October. Please share anything about that
>      particular apartment, the area, suggestions for
>      day trips--and please please--where is the
>      closest INTERNET? We also have to decide whether
>      to drive from Rome or take the train.  Your
>      thoughts? Thanks much.
>      ======
>      Karen Peters
>      kempeters at gmail.com
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