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Witchy holiday doings in Italy
Truus, Bob & Jan too!! Never mind Santa Claus, here on the eve of the Epiphany on January 6th (the 12th day of Christmas) a friendly strega (witch) called La Befana comes overnight to leave good children candies and presents and the bad ones lumps of coal (though since every kid (though since every kid has likely been bad once or twice during the year, in their stocking they´ll also get dark-colored rock candy, to symbolize coal). read post
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Living a rural experience in Umbria
From October 3 to December 18, 2011, you can spend a week's holiday in the countryside as cheap as possible participating in the activities of the farm.
You will live like family, sharing their normal daily tasks and participating in agricultural activities for 3-4 hours a day, the rest of the time you can dedicate to walking, visits to the most important historical sites of Umbria, Perugia, Assisi, Gubbio, or reading, meditation, and in the evening, at dinner, sharing the experiences of the day with everyone enjoying the company and local products.
costs:
Stay
including accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner: 50€ per person per day
Cooking course, 3 days,
with the elaboration of traditional Umbrian and research recipes, focusing on the use of seasonal and local products:
100€ per person
terms:
- by reservation only
- Minimum stay 5 days (Saturday and Sunday may be included)
- Depending on individual skills, participation of 3-4 hours day at the farm's daily activities is required
- Who does not want to carry out activities in the country will be a surcharge of 40 € per day
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