Oct | 12
No need to check your calendar. It's not Halloween yet. The people dressed in Medieval costumes are actually the Medieval Cultures course students and professor. The class was transported back in time as they dined on traditional cuisine from recipes dating... Read MoreOct | 12
Congrats to Morgan Little from Lebanon Valley College for her winning photo this month from the Isle of Capri. Morgan will enjoy a free meal at Quattro Passi Pizzeria. Auguri, Morgan! Read MoreOct | 10
This weekend Brother Sun vacationed with 39 Umbra Students, leaving the rest of Italy wet and without his warm company. Then again, Tuscany does tend to attract all sorts of visitors… Students spent Saturday morning in the undulating Cecina valley;... Read MoreOct | 08
Umbra Institute Art History Professor Adrian Hoch, working with previously unpublished documents, has written an intriguing paper on a fourteenth century tabernacle. In mid-fourteenth century Florence, a man who later was declared a beato, the Blessed Chiarito del Voglia experienced... Read MoreOct | 05
Perugia celebrated its 150th anniversary of liberation from the Swiss Guard on September 14th. To commemorate, numerous speeches and musical event were held in the center of the city. Italian law enforcement officials dressed in the traditional garb of the... Read MoreOct | 05
Though the tents that shelter all the stands haven't started appearing yet in Corso Vannucci, the Eurochocolate "Festival" isn't far away. Perugia's famous for that felicitous marriage of cocoa, milk, and sugar because of the long tradition of chocolate here... Read More