As usual in November, the Frantoi Aperti event (Open House in the olive mills) celebrating the availability of the newly-pressed extra-virgin olive oil attracts thousands of keen gourmets to the regions of Italy.Umbria is second to none for the quality of its olive...

It is not only in poetry and verses of music that October is present as an important moment of withdrawal. Rather, the end of summer’s splendour changes both our external and internal landscape. As Mina sings in Ballata d’autunno:“Si gonfia di grigio il cielo (The sky...

This year, we at Lingua Libera Tutti have discovered a new place where we can teach our beloved language, even for brief periods.We were actually contacted by the organic Agriturismo “La Coccinella”, located at Pornello in the province of Terni, to offer a week-long...

Immersed as we Umbrians are in the green countryside of June where yellow Scotch broom with its sweet smell sprouts from nearly every bush, we want to remember Giacomo Leopardi who was born in June and died in the same month. The poet was just short of 39 years old...

May is the last month for eating oranges and kiwis although kiwis can still be found on market stands even in June. Strawberries begin to make their appearance in April and by May are really good and their lovely colour brightens our tables. They are great to nibble...

April is a word that is evocative of spring in the northern hemisphere: it may be delayed weather-wise perhaps, but sooner or later, the good weather will take over and the cold will disappear. In Italy, there is the anniversary of the liberation of the country from...

Transition month between winter and spring, March and its climate conditions are often uncertain with days that are still cold and rainy and others that seem harbingers of summer. This is the usual weather profile of March throughout Italy. The first important date to...

What is there to do on weekends in January and February when the hours of daylight gradually begin to surpass the hours of darkness? If you enjoy the cold, a good idea might be to visit the Umbrian mountains. The highest mountains of the region, the ones on the...

The month of the dark night that lights up with colour for the festivities, especially religious ones, in the western world and so, clearly in Italy, owes its name,  December, to the Roman calendar. The word, in fact, derives from the Latin decem (the tenth month)...