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Nel 2003 Rebecca ha iniziato a scrivere dei saggi per il sito Slow Travel, raccontando la sua esperienza di ragazza di città che dagli Stati Uiniti si è trasferita nella campagna umbra.
Le sue riflessioni sono riprodotte qui.
Umbria Slow:
Love Bevagna and it’s shy charm, love the seats with the guys names on them in dialect!
Oh, and I was there on Thurs and got a pic of a char doing her washing in the river – just like the ol’ days!
I hope Bevagna stays in her junior year until I have a chance to visit!!
Probably the best place suggested to us by the great hotel clerk in Spello.
Would have loved to meet the nice lady with the key to the marine-themed mosaic. Love your insight on these villages. Bevagna and Montefalco will be one of our day trips from Marsciano.
I’m definitely hiring you as a tour guide when I come to stay at Brigolante! And/or printing out your blog, which will then be clutched in my fist the entire visit, so I can check to make sure I’m following your footsteps exactly (with detours for chocolate, of course)! Fingers crossed that I get there before senior year!
Another one of my favorites! I found the most gorgeous hand-made paper – made the old fashioned way – in Bevagna on one of the tiny streets that wind through it. I paint in watercolor and it was so delightful to draw and paint on, I used almost every single sheet I bought and saved some just to touch their pristine surface! Ahhhh! Charming, charming town.
Rosemary, I want to go back and snap some pictures of the paper making workshop…I found it absolutely irrestistible to simply touch the rough surface of the thick sheets of paper. Definitely a find!
George, it would be a lot of fun to organize an excursion together! I still have about 20 villages to recon, so I’m sure there will be some still to do when you are here next. And when will that be?
Mark, I’m so glad you “discovered” Bevagna here. Do take a day to visit both her and Montefalco…two of my favorite towns in Umbria.
Gil, I hope the hotel clerk sent you to Montefalco as well!
Lisa, just one more reason to schedule a trip to Umbria asap!
Giselle, I’m trying to figure out a way to post that picture here…it would be so great to have up for people to see!
This is fabulous! I wish we’d had more time there. I thought I knew what we were missing but this really makes me long to go back — which I will! A presto — L
Thanks, Linda, for stopping by and for your kind comments! I know you just managed to scratch the surface during your visit, so I’m sure you will be back!
Will be in Umbria for my fifth visit this summer and can’t wait to visit Bervagna. Thank you for your insight