:::PERUGIA:::

Greetings from AMERICA! That's right, we all made it home safe and sound, exhausted, and with backpacks full of dirty clothes and bottles of wine :) Better yet, we all still get along and would go back to Europe with each other in a heartbeat!

For those of you avid blog readers who won't be seeing us anytime soon to get the complete tale of our adventures, we'll try to get the blog wrapped up with a summary of our travels in the past week.

As promised, the following is a more in-depth account of our daytrip to Joe's and my favorite city - PERUGIA, ITALY....and may I just dedicate this blog post to all the wonderful friends that spent 2 weeks with us there in May 2009 for our UNI capstone class :)

The day started out at the Rome train station (my least favorite place in Europe) on platform 2...which apparently is not the same as platform 2PE...well, a little jog in the morning never hurt anyone. So after booking it through the station at the last minute, we successfully jumped on the train to Perugia.

Once in Perugia, we hopped in a taxi and headed to Lungarotti Winery in nearby town Torgiano. Joe and I toured this winery last May, and to our surprise, we got our own tour from the same lady once again. After ordering 2 cases of wine, we headed back to Perugia where we walked all our favorite streets and enjoyed the quaint city's gorg views.

Best part of Perugia: Food, of course!
Lunch = La Tana Dell Orso for the world's best LASAGNA BOLOGNESE...and yes, it is still just as good as ever! Plus, we ran into Lucy, the part owner of the restaurant/bar and friend of all us UNI-ers who were there last year.
Gelato - We made Laura and Darin participate in our gelato-off to see if my favorite gelato place (at the top of the hill) was better than Joe's (by the Etruscan wall)...and well duh, of course mine one :)

Laura and I did a little shop-shop while the boys investigated the mini-metro, and that about concluded our time in Perugia. The city was just as beautiful as ever, all the hills and steps still intact, and full of memories that will never fade - All my love to the Italy Capstone of 2009!

We train-ed back to Roma that night and I believe Laura’s last blog has that city covered.

Love&hugs,
Cassandra