Category: Perugia

I've avoided Perugia in past years because it just seems like a big city hassle.  We finally conquered my fears this year and I realized I couldn't have been more wrong.  It's only about 40 minutes from the house and with a navigator and GPS it can be done! Perugia has a fascinating past as it was first an Etruscan trading route and then an important city of merchants who were controlling the flow of trade down the Tiber River to Rome.  In the medieval ages it was full of wealthy and influential families who were then conquered by the pope.  As you arrive into the old city via a series of escalators from the parking lot below, you see around you what was once the original city. It's also…