EUROCHOCOLATE '09: PERUGIA Oct. 16-25

PERUGIA will be EUROCHOCOLATE, the lucky event which puts the chocolate at the Centre of the attention of viewers, media, tour operators and the sector headquarters from 16 to 25 October 2009.
Also this year provides a great 'flow' of people nationwide and abroad.
If the Centre of Perugia is full of stalls operators in the sector, with Perugina - that this year will have to show Its beautiful environmental initiative-, obviously in head, with its own goodness at the top of Corso Vannucci, shop other important 'parts' of Perugia also seek do they part.
First this year there will be "Chocolate Show', 'The chocolate Bazar', that with many Italian and foreign manufacturers stalls in the most of the main streets of the wonderful Historic Centre of Perugia; also from Pian Massiano, in the near Stadium, there will be 'Choco farm', sponsored by 'Cacao', well-known brand of beauty there will be products of beauty to the chocolate with, I assume, also of the tests for tourists '; tips at the tourists from outside Perugia arriving by cars: You can park the car for a few euro and if you arrive soon well free; and from there take the now famous Minimetrò, the new means of transport of modern Perugia, from where visitors will be able to admire, while they will rise themselves, towards the Centre of the City, part new of Perugia, with of goods pointviews from photographing for just one euro of ticket, valid for 70'....
Other initiatives will be distributed throughout the 9 days of this gathering, and will take place practically almost everyone in the streets of the old town centre of Perugia.
Here's the PERUGIA-map program of eurochocolate: http://www.eurochocolate.com/en/perugia2009/prog091016.html? for jobs for bivouacking at good price them you can search for, inter alia: both on this site; on http://bedbreakfastperugia.blogspot.com/.
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SEPTEMBER: THE BEST SEASON TO VISIT UMBRIA

September is one of best months to visit Italy, in particular Center-Italy.
In September, the hot of august ( in Italy temperatures could arrives to 32° - 40 ° C) is gone and the air refreshe; all activities re-starts after the summer vacancies: all stores are open, as all italian museums, art-churchs, monuments and others 'art operas'.
That thing is in the "Italian Dna" and stylife.
From the end of IInd WW, to only few years ago, all activities, as pubblic activities in the most part of italy stopped: from first days of July to end days of august; that thing apported very problems for the economy of tourism: Italy in '60's and '70's was the most visited Country in the Europe, now, we lose many places, and as You know, Italy could ( or must) live only with the tourism...
In september all schools "of order and grade" opened and millions of students starts to play them studies; school are very important beacuse the most part of students goes in pubblic shools; only a few 10% goes in private schools in Italy: just to few years ago pubblic school was good and all graduated were capables to make them works; now, also the quality is lower...
Italian school prepare students well in humanistic matters, but not in scientific.
Sciences as chemist or phisic could study only on the universities.. and that thing is very important to understand the italian culture, subjects as englih language or electronic programmer are considerated not importants only 10 years ago, and now we can see the 'cultural gap' between populations of Italy and Usa, for example: we know history, or geography, or philosophy well or very well, but we don't know other languages, or we don't know html, or problems from chemistry or others important scientific things that now, has big ecologial impact in the life of the people...
A very important event in september is the vintage.
For a Country knows in the Iron Age (11th century BC), from Greece Oenotria (or Enotria) ( the Country of vine ) being extended to refer to the entirety of Southern Italy ( and, after, all Italy) know by Greece at time,
Vintage was one of 'central social events', in these territories, 'Bacchanalias' played in these days; to thanks wine's God, Bacco, and others old paganic religious rites.
Vintage, starts at the second half of August in Sicily, and, time after time, in the rest of Italy vintage is later, of course, the 'time of the vintage' is regulated from clime and every year could be different from the last one.
In Umbria there are many kinds of wines and we wrote about two of most important - and goods - , two "D.O.C. Italian wines": Sagrantino di Montefalco and Orvieto Classico
In that period is very beautiful go by villages where there are wine's productions: the 'factories' can give to us the first wine's couples of the year... Very exciting!!
Below, two ideas where You can find the best Hotels - Alberghi in Umbria:

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Eggi: asparagus, mushrooms and truffles

Eggi is a part of the municipality of Spoleto (PG), is located two kilometers from the Flaminia' steet ( one of oldest romain empire's streets), from Spoleto to 5 in the direction of Foligno, almost a cross between the Black Valley and Spoletana, framed by olive trees, towards the top of hills giving way to the maquis.
The low hills of Licini degrade into the basin of the Plains of Eggi. For a unique combination of natural and gattori situations created by man can be read today (1978) the complex environmental land Spoleto made by centuries of agricultural practice, the components and the physical limits of human-environment interaction, contradictions and social tensions, economic and administrative use and the program of land use.
The plain documented Eggi still agricolture the transition, which for centuries has marked the Spoletino, and the main activities that have shaped. The crop is represented by promiscuous survivors rectangular plots, which are still in rotation grasses and legumes, surrounded by rows of vines from the married, "system Tuscan" or the even more rare plots where the vine is ready to file in the orthogonal field, "Folignate system."
Eggi can to find the remains of the castle of the XIV century, with the triangular system. Entering the door to the square, right, of the fifteenth century frescoes representing talismatici and patron saints, including an S. Christopher large. At the top of the castle you can see a double door with two defense towers. Along the north side of the wall you can see the remains of the walkway for the troops, which remains the tax of the time.
Among the most important events in the country certainly one of "The asparagus festival" held in the name of culture and traditions of the territory, together with the production of products and dishes. During special events are offered, in taverns, Umbrian dishes revisited by a renowned Spoleto chef, Marco Lucentini, a base of asparagus and underwood products, including mushrooms and truffles ( the best italian traditional food, for me !! ).
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Ancient Etruscan Ointment Discovered in Italy

CHIUSI: Italian archaeologists have discovered lotion that is over 2000 years old, left almost intact in the cosmetic case of an aristocratic Etruscan woman. The discovery, which occurred four years ago in a necropolis near the Tuscan town of Chiusi, has just been made public, following chemical analysis which identified the original compounds of the ancient ointment. The team reports their findings in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.

Dating to the second half of the second century B.C., the intact tomb was found sealed by a large terracotta tile. The site featured a red-purple painted inscription with the name of the deceased: Thana Presnti Plecunia Umranalisa.

"From the formula of the name, we learn that Thana Plecunia was the daughter of a lady named Umranei, a member of one of the most important aristocratic families of Chiusi," the researchers wrote.

Indeed, the wide rectangular niche tomb certainly represents the noble origins of the deceased.

The ashes of Thana rested in a small travertine urn (as You can see in the photo) , decorated with luxuriant foliate elements and the head of a female goddess, most likely the Etruscan Earth goddess Cel Ati.
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UMBRIA JAZZ 2009: OFFICIAL PROGRAM

Also that year , in Perugia, and in other places of Umbria, just to July 10 to 21, it will starts Umbria Jazz Festival, one of most important Jazz Festival in all the world, second only to Montreaux jazz festival ( starts only few days after Umbria's one). That is the official program - in .pdf):
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'FANTASY-TREKKING' ON MARMORE'S FALLS

June, 21; just to few days near Terni, on the famouse Marmore's Falls, will be the first "Fantasy - Trekking" , an event organised by the Pubblic Company of Marmore's Falls: for all kids an hour of easy and trekking aroud the biggest falls in Europe, thans some tour-operatos of Marmore's falls; The departure of the visit, that takes about an hour, is expected to 11.30 a.m. in the lower Belvedere (but recommended come ticket a fourth hour before the departure) and the cost is 4.5 euro, to add to the ticket price of entry into the tourist area of Marmore, that for children up to 5 years free of charge. That thing, will permits a very relaxed tour and visit to the Marmore's Falls to the parents of kids!!
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