Feb | 27
Umbra Study abroad student Maria Papapietro (here through CIS) is keeping a blog on GoAbroad.net with her reflections on her experience here in Perugia. Themes include her goals for this semester abroad, what she's doing with her classes, and how... Read MoreFeb | 21
This is a screenshot -- check out the full video after the jump! Our good friend and Tuttoggi.it correspondent Nicola Palumbo went on the underground tour of Perugia this past Sunday and filmed his experience for Tuttoggi. We saw it... Read MoreFeb | 20
Pellegrino Artusi,who in 1890 wrote Italy's first modern cookbook, had grown up in Emilia-Romagna (a region in the north known for its hearty food) but lived out his adult life in Tuscany's capital, Florence. Despite lots of culinary contributions from... Read MoreFeb | 14
Another Umbra Institute pizza night, another success! After a tough loss in the semester's basketball game against ONAOSI, an Italian school, players and fans both tromped through the cold and snow to Il Paiolo, a pizzeria in the center of... Read MoreFeb | 13
Text translated from original flyer (attached): Below the soil of Perugia, there exists a city even more ancient than the one that can be admired from the surface: a hidden world where speleology and archaeology become intertwined with history and... Read MoreFeb | 13
Some enterprising young Perugians decided to take advantage of the snow that we got all weekend and go for a ski! Lucky them: local schools have been closed since last Thursday, which allows plenty of time for antics like skiing... Read More