“Bakin’ Love”
Aug | 05
Umbra student, Melissa Martinez from Austin, Texas blogs about her experience in Italy never leaving out the ever-important detail that is the food! Catch her blog, "Bakin' Love" about the cooking class she participated in with six other Umbra students... Read More
Fall 2009 – Primo incontro Tandem!
Aug | 05
Umbra students were met with a large Italian gathering at Tandem's "Primo Incontro" or first meeting this week. Americans and Italians alike met at the popular brewery and restaurant, Il Birraio, located in the beautiful Porta Sole. Despite tongues wagging... Read More
Tandem Redux!
Jul | 05
Tandem met last night at Birraio making it the third to last tandem for the spring semester. The students have passed the halfway mark and in most of them it’s easy to see the maturity they’ve acquired being here in... Read More
Tandem on the Terrazza!
Jul | 05
Wednesday evening Umbra students met up with Italian students from the local universities for an hour of casual language practice and cultural exchange. Tandem was hosted this week at La Terrazza, an open air lounge above the mercato aperto in the center... Read More
Scientific Evidence For Snack Breaks
Jul | 05
A new study has shown that the combination of lactose in milk and the gluten-chocolate complex in chocolate chip cookies produces a synergistic reaction which increases brainpower and raises concentration levels more than 23%. Nope, we're just kidding, actually,... Read More
All That Jazz…
Jul | 05
And you thought Umbria Jazz was only in the summertime! On December 30th the wintertime counterpart to Perugia's summer jazz festival begins in Orvieto, another Umbrian city. This year's edition is the seventeenth to be presented, and will be a... Read More