The Sun Always Shines in Tuscany
Mar | 02
This weekend Brother Sun vacationed with 39 Umbra Students, leaving the rest of Italy wet and without his warm company. Then again, Tuscany does tend to attract all sorts of visitors… Students spent Saturday morning in the undulating Cecina valley;... Read More
Goooo Team Umbra!
Mar | 02
On Saturday, Umbra students dusted off their soccer shoes for maybe the first time in years to play calcio, the national sport of Italy. They brought their Umbra spirit all the way to victory, winning several soccer matches against the... Read More
Umbra Students Help Create Risorgimento Exhibit
Mar | 02
Two Umbra students presented their part of a local museum’s exhibit on Italian unification. This year is the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the unification of Italy as a national state. History here, as everywhere, is always a battleground,... Read More
Snow Sees Students Off
Feb | 05
We confess that this is an archive photo; it didn't really snow this much in Perugia today. We did have, however, a lot of flurries this morning. Today is the last day of the Fall semester at the Umbra Institute,... Read More
Happy New Year!
Feb | 05
2010 arrived with a bang...and a little bit of rain. The streets the morning of the first of the New Year were empty, but even in the afternoon the city felt a bit lonely, without all the American students. You... Read More
2-15-2010 Italian For All Seasons — and Levels
Feb | 05
The Umbra Institute offers a wide range of options for learning Italian. Io sono, tu sei, lui è... Learning a language isn't just about learning the conjugation of a verb, it's about experiencing a culture. At the Umbra Institute, though, we... Read More