Perugia

We needed a day or two off from hard-core sightseeing, Perugia affords a free camper-stop, so we decided to go there for a couple nights to rest and regroup. Perugia is the capital of Umbria, and we probably didn't do it justice as tourists. Maybe next time.

Under the big shade tree at the camper-stop

Perugia is a major chocolate center and we were parked just

below the Etruscan ChocoHotel

Practically the whole lobby is a showroom of all things

chocolate; well, maybe not all things, but many things you'd

not imagine in chocolate

Including a tub of chocolate ore; and, not pictured, chocolate
beer

We did take a bus to the up-town to see the piazza (reputedly

one of the best in Italy); above, one of the older buildings now

housing several museums (which we skipped)

The piazza and duomo

The griffin is Perugia's emblem, the lion is the Guelphs (or

possibly the Ghibellines; I forget)

The Fontana Maggiore, in the piazza

Very popular with pigeons

Interior of the duomo

In one of the odder religious representations I

have seen, Jesus looks on from his window

high on the duomo

Cat housing; on the street near a residence in Perugia; but not

on the residence