So we bade farewell to Terre Di Nano and Tuscany and set off for our next place in Umbria. On the way we popped into Perugia for a quick look round. It was (as always) an interesting ride up tiny narrow cobbled streets to the top of the hill where it seemed that parking was restricted to residents only. After we translated the signs, Bob had to back out of one spot – nearly backing into a police car with its lights flashing! This was no ordinary police car, it was a Lamborghini painted police blue with Carabinieri written down the sides and blue flashing strobes on the roof (the roof of course was about a metre off the ground). We managed to find a legitimate spot near the top and took a stroll into the historic square to find the Lamborghini parked in the middle with a small crowd of locals and tourists having their pictures taken with it and the Carabinieri posing alongside. We walked around a local street antiques market which had lots of interesting stuff including a collection of Masonic watches and a wonderfully over-engineered pencil sharpener the size of a small sewing machine.
After lunch we set off past Assisi for our next home, the Agrotourismo Genius Loci near the small walled town of Bevagna. It took us several goes to find the place but after some interesting detours down wingmirror-scraping alleys we got there. Lovely spot overlooking the valley and the Monte Sibilini range of high peaks. We checked in and plunged in the pool to cool off. We went back to Bevagna in the evening for a splendid meal and a bottle of the local wine.
