Sunday, Sept 14 was our last day in our Assisi Airbnb. We had a leisurely start, enjoying our coffee and watching the local hot air balloon (we’ve seen it many times this past week). Matthew found another interesting town to visit called Todi – a village known for having a view of the Tiber River and its well-preserved medieval and renaissance structures and streets. We headed out a little after 10am.
Our drive was beautiful through valleys and over smaller hills than the more mountainous east side of Umbria. We passed by many fields of grapes – Umbria makes their own wine and it’s quite good. The valleys were a patch work of fields – vines, olive trees, hay, vegetables and sunflowers. We had a little detour around a road closure which took us through several very small villages. We had a good opportunity to see the farms up close!!
Todi was super easy to spot with its high walled town. The cathedral stood proudly at the very top of the town. Our climb up into this town was quite steep and we walked up several big staircases. This hillside town was much like the others except we were visiting it on a Sunday morning and everything was closed. As we came upon the central square, we discovered they were having a Ferrari car show. The square was full of cars and people!! I picked my car – a nice red Ferrari 😁.
We made our way back down the steep streets to the car a little after noon. We decided to look for a less touristy spot for lunch but quickly discovered most restaurants were closed (Sunday after all). We finally found an open restaurant in Deruta (where we bought our ceramic items). We drove back through Assisi, picked up some groceries and made it back to our apartment a little after 4pm. It was another great day. Next stop – Tuscany!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 