Perugia

We really enjoyed the 'mini metro' which carried us from the train station to the city center. The town has an amazing maze of moving sidewalks, elevators, and escalators to move people around the very hilly city. We stayed at the Hotel Fortuna and enjoyed eating on the roof top patio. We took the room with the view rather than the room with the fresco ceiling. We ate a couple meals at Ristorante Altromondo, which was right from our hotel, down the street, and right at first corner, then half way down the hill on the right! Great place. That's where we first enjoyed mushroom bruschetta! We took the bus tour of the city, and saw much more of the city than we realized was even there. We attended a Steve McCurry exhibit of his National Geographic photos (most known for his image of the Afghanastan Girl. We also looked at the history of the Etruscans, who's most early civilization invented a language which was the predecessor to Latin. These were both in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria.  Also bought Perugian chocolate! The town is full of college students, and has many universities within the area. This is the town the american girl is imprisoned in after being found guilty of murder. The an appeal is being filed on the verdict.