Aside from our work creating itineraries for travelers, we’ve been busy organizing and performing concerts in our corner of Italy: from Narnia in Umbria, to Chianti in Toscana, to concerts at castles in our own region. We’ve formed a duo called Orsini Virtuosi - the name is a nod to the Orsini castle that rises on the hill at the top of our town of Soriano nel Cimino.
Read MoreTraveling to Ireland or Italy can be more affordable than you think! Some of our lodgings are less than $80/night, and some of our favorite, local but inexpensive “picnic” meals can trim the budget but not leave you feeling deprived at all!
Read MoreOn our way home from the Casentino yesterday, we stopped at Azienda Agricola Leuta Vineyard in Cortona to do a wine tasting with author and sommelier Jennifer Criswell.
This small organic winery produces just 30,000 bottles a year. To put that in context, the famous Tuscan winery “Antinori” produces 20,000,000 bottles a year.
We were both so grateful to have the chance to taste and learn yesterday, in true “Little Roads” fashion…
Read MoreWhen we moved to Italy, we never thought that we would have such an incredible privilege to benefit and learn from our new neighbors… But we have received such generosity from everyone we’ve encountered. This time, it’s olives from our friend, the local “goat and chicken guy”.
Read MoreThis is an important and tragic day in the history of our town and the region. On this date in 1944, Allied bombers attacked the area, and a US bomber dropped its load on Soriano. These were ostensibly efforts to hit strategic railways and other military targets, but instead they killed 188 civilians in Soriano and more in the nearby towns.
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