Wine Tasting with a Twist!
Oct | 05
Last night at Umbra's second wine tasting for the semester students tasted a whopping four different wines. The tasting began with a crisp Franciacorta sparkling white that was followed by two full-bodied reds and topped off by a sweet desert... Read More
San Costanzo Day!
Oct | 05
Perugia, never a city to take chances with divine intervention, has had not one, not two, but three patron saints since the middle ages. Despite San Lorenzo's comets and Sant'Ercolano's cool octagonal church, San Costanzo remains the hometown favorite.... Read More
Umbra On The Web
Oct | 05
Do you Facebook? Blog? How about YouTube? The Umbra Institute is plugged in with all three in an effort to help students see what it's like to live in Perugia before they make their decision to come here. The Umbra... Read More
Roman Civ Class Survives Naples
Oct | 05
Last weekend, 37 Umbra students in Professor Bevagna's Roman Civilization course spent three days exploring the rich archaeological heritage in the Naples area of Italy. Despite temporary museum closing due to protests, unusually rainy weather, and the famous Napolitan traffic,... Read More
New anthology about Perugia
Oct | 05
Thousands of foreigners have passed through Perugia in the last century, and yet it's hard to know what they thought about the city. Except for a few quotes from some of the more illustrious travelers of the recent past, the... Read More
And the winner is…
Oct | 05
"Big Ben and Friends" by Sarah DeNapoli from the University of Denver! Sarah will enjoy a free pizza from Quattro Passi Pizzeria. Complimenti! Read More