Orvieto

TrenItalia provided a very comfortable ride directly to Orvieto, a picturesque hillside village in Umbria where I plan to just relax for three days. I was met by the host’s father who is a retired engineer who grew up in Orvieto but worked in Florence for many years before he retired. He didn’t speak English but managed to understand my Italian enough to get me checked in and to show me around. Each room has a balcony so when he showed me the rooftop terrace I assumed it was for the whole building. But he said it’s just for me. The view is amazing. This is just what I was hoping for from Umbria. Later, when I went down to go get some groceries, he heard me leaving and asked if I knew where the market was. When I said no, he dropped everything to walk me several blocks through town to the supermercato. It was so kind and unexpected.Read more