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Vita Lenta nel Bel Paese
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Ingrid in Umbria invites you to share her life and adventures in the heart of Italy. Get to know the Bel Paese through her camera lens and her personal diary observations.
- Author: ingrid jacobsen
- Listed in: Living Well Resorts
- Tags: Culture cuisine interior design gardens excursions
Recent Posts
Midwinter and Getting into the Christmas Spirit
Winter solstice. Farthest away from the sun. But only for an instant. You wake up, and you are closer to spring!Christmas spirit in Umbria. Somewhat farfetched until today, when snow powdered the roofs. The commercial Christmas decorations have been ...
Enjoying a Garden Without Gardening
Well into December. Winter season. Now is the time to enjoy your garden – without gardening!Owners of land… plenty of room for sculptures. Blending into the evergreen. Filling the vacuum, leaves gone. Stone, terracotta, iron, wood…Dancing coupl...
And it’s all about Food
Autumn is all about food in Umbria. Feste, sagre, fiere, manifestazioni, eventi enogastronomici. You can easily fill your calendar. There are degustazioni, tasting menues, in all the towns and hamlets of prodotti tipici at this time of the year. Vege...
Photosensitivity
November retrospective. So mild and generously sunny this year. We all spent our days outdoors. My neighbours in short sleeves, picking the olives. Myself… taking every opportunity to idle away. Opening my senses to the late autumn light.From the b...
Quarantine
I guess I am not the only one. Before you know it. Cut off. Impossible to navigate and your computer no longer responds. Virus! Infection! More than two weeks in quarantine.First reaction, confusion. Second thought, looking out of my window, why not...
Find me a House!
“Find me an Umbrian house that will attract my children to come and visit – always!” It has to be in a village and budget is limited. A straight question from Signora P and conditions understood. Get going!Trying to find reasons for your childr...
