Italy's biggest jazz festa, the famous Umbria Jazz which is into its 35th anniversario, has ended as quickly as it has started. Since 11 luglio, Perugia has been packed to the brim with jazz fans and Corso Vannucci al centro è sempre affollato. Every evening there's a street parade, followed by a variety of free acts at various venues as well as ticketed international jazz /blues / soul concerts such as Alicia Keys and REM.
After classes, L and I'd meet up al centro for a gelato at GROM (they have yummy flavours created by Slow Food Italia) or the yummy 6euros mojitos al bar Punto di Vista located near Piazza Italia, with a breathtaking view of Perugia's perferia. The sun sets at around 9pm here and one evening, the sky was painted in varying shades of the rainbow as dark clouds hovered far away across the green horizon. Italians love their modo di dire (saying), and one of them is 'rosso di sera, bel tempo si spera'. If the evening is red, the weather will hopefully be great tomorrow.
Another favourite one of mine is 'tutte le strade ci portano a Roma' : all roads lead to Rome. It's true, è impossibile to get lost here. The only way is up or down from the centro as we found out on foot numerous times. Last sabato, we drove up to Lago Trasimeno again after a sumptuous homecooked lunch (proscuito e porchetta con figs, pasta con ricotta e vino) with L's cousin Gino and their best bud Antonio, a looseball, who drove all the way from Napoli.
Antonio is a true nutcase and muppet character with his bushy caterpillar eyebrows and caricature goofy grin. A sports giornalista, he speaks in a raspy 25-sigarette-a-day voce and gesticulates at full speed and hits on every donna including a lone nun, so you can imagine how he cracks us up constantly with his stupidi antics. Gino on the other hand is a bashful, boyish Brett Anderson lookalike albeit with gappy teeth. They kept us entertained with their recent escapade at Ischia and avventura with 2 Lithuanian gals. Poi a sera we went to a fabulous trattoria 'Dal Mi Coco', where Gino used to frequent when he was studying here. The menu fisso at just 13euros included 4 courses - assorted bruschette, eccezionale farrò con porcini, maccaroni pasta, arosto misto con insalata, torta di mandorla e shots of vin santo all round. Mmmmm.
Italy's biggest jazz festa, the famous Umbria Jazz which is into its 35th anniversario, has ended as quickly as it has started. Since 11 luglio, Perugia has been packed to the brim with jazz fans and Corso Vannucci al centro è sempre affollato. Every evening there's a street parade, followed by a variety of free acts at various venues as well as ticketed international jazz /blues / soul concerts such as Alicia Keys and REM. 
After classes, L and I'd meet up al centro for a gelato at GROM (they have yummy flavours created by Slow Food Italia) or the yummy 6euros mojitos al bar Punto di Vista located near Piazza Italia, with a breathtaking view of Perugia's perferia. The sun sets at around 9pm here and one evening, the sky was painted in varying shades of the rainbow as dark clouds hovered far away across the green horizon. Italians love their modo di dire (saying), and one of them is 'rosso di sera, bel tempo si spera'. If the evening is red, the weather will hopefully be great tomorrow. 
Another favourite one of mine is 'tutte le strade ci portano a Roma' : all roads lead to Rome. It's true, è impossibile to get lost here. The only way is up or down from the centro as we found out on foot numerous times. Last sabato, we drove up to Lago Trasimeno again after a sumptuous homecooked lunch (proscuito e porchetta con figs, pasta con ricotta e vino) with L's cousin Gino and their best bud Antonio, a looseball, who drove all the way from Napoli. 
Antonio is a true nutcase and muppet character with his bushy caterpillar eyebrows and caricature goofy grin. A sports giornalista, he speaks in a raspy 25-sigarette-a-day voce and gesticulates at full speed and hits on every donna including a lone nun, so you can imagine how he cracks us up constantly with his stupidi antics. Gino on the other hand is a bashful, boyish Brett Anderson lookalike albeit with gappy teeth. They kept us entertained with their recent escapade at Ischia and avventura with 2 Lithuanian gals. Poi a sera we went to a fabulous trattoria 'Dal Mi Coco', where Gino used to frequent when he was studying here. The menu fisso at just 13euros included 4 courses - assorted bruschette, eccezionale farrò con porcini, maccaroni pasta, arosto misto con insalata, torta di mandorla e shots of vin santo all round. Mmmmm.
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