Sep | 11
There's no better way to get to know a city than taking a tour...or three! The Umbra Institute offers three different tours to its home city, Perugia. The first is during Orientation, and is a practical walking tour, focusing on... Read MoreSep | 10
Last night Umbra students and staff sat down at a café in Perugia’s main street, Corso Vannucci, and enjoyed that quintessential Italian evening activity, the aperitivo.An aperitivo is a small drink that is usually served to stimulate the appetite before... Read MoreSep | 09
Umbra students enjoyed a day trip this Sunday to Assisi, the home of San Francesco and just a short 20 minute bus ride away from Perugia. Students were guided around the city by professional tour guide and native Umbrian, Marco... Read MoreSep | 04
Seven hundred year birthdays are not uncommon in Italy, but yesterday was a special one for Perugia. The University of Perugia celebrated, with great pomp, its founding on September 8th, 1308. The University, the fifth-oldest in Italy, was originally chartered... Read MoreSep | 03
This week the halls of the Umbra Institute are humming from early morning (early at least by college student standards) to late afternoon. You won't hear "Where's Classroom 2?" or "Wanna go for pizza?" but rather "Dov'è Aula 2?" and... Read MoreSep | 02
Yesterday's Orientation for the Umbra Institute's Fall semester was in the Oratory of Saint Cecilia, a beautiful chapel next to the just-renovated San Filippo Neri Church. In the Catholic tradition in Italy, an oratory was an unconsecrated building where the... Read More