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ITALIAN SUMMER DUMP Part3

Golden hour passeggiata ♥️

Elderly millenials 🤦🏼‍♀️

A hike that started with 31C and ended with 16C being pelted by pea sized hail🤘

Every visitor gets a mandatory patio view photo

Ferragosto on the Adriatic in Marche 🏖️ 👙 🌞 🌴 🍸 🥂 🍹
Very greatful for these new people in my corner of Umbria🤗

Gubbio scenes

Bedroom view sunsets. Never gets old

One of many village fairs (sagra) - this one Sagra del fuoco in the hamlet of Grello 🧯 🔥 
They get really creative (and dangerous🤣)
They also threw the most impressive fireworks desplay I've ever seen in my entire life😳

Never ending struggle during the Umbrian summer..
Fucking zanzare🦟
I got pretty good at managing it later, with a combination of Autan, and a miraculous heat pen device to zap the bites
Will be installing zanzariere before the next summer

When the festival of fire ends with an unexpected fire during the fireworks display 😂 Truly la sagra del fuoco 🧯😂

Dinners at Capalto are a permanent feature 🤗♥️

The exact place where i decided im buying one of the two houses in this town that i saw that morning on October 28, 2025

San Donato, 'nuff said🫡 
🤍💛

I love a full piazza buzzing with life

Endless summer dining al fresco☺️
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🇮🇹 ITALIAN SUMMER DUMP Part 1
What a summer it was! The hottest one on record, in more ways than one!😎
It's been fast, chaotic, relaxing, romantic, HOT, itchy (maledette zanzare), soaked in wine, and definitely sleepless. But i wouldn't have it any other way.

It's been incredibly satisfying to be able to share this Italian adventure with the closest people.
Thank you all who came to visit and were a part of this summer, all the new friends I was lucky to make in my little Umbrian town, for the laughs and the Italian lessons.😍

Can't wait to see what the cooler days bring (hopefully an end to my kitchen renovation🫣) and to experience my first winter in the Umbrian Apenino!

Stay tuned for Part 2 and possibly 3🫣
More is coming soon!

How much love am i getting this summer?
Not too bad 6/8🤪

Flags and loyalties are everything in a little town👀

MEAT🍖👌 Barbozza is my discovery of the summer 🤤

Ferragosto and feeding 20 appaled and offended Italians Polish summer pasta with strawberries and cream🫣 I survived, pasta got eaten😁

Ferragosto on the beach
Good to experience this madness once🫣

Dates...☺️

Everything always happens around food here

Girl dates and gossip sessions

Exploring towns nearby (Gubbio here)

Gubbio ❤️

Hiking in the Apenino ⛰️

Countless dinners with friends new and old

Summer events in the piazza are my favorite and during the summer, there's always something happening nearly daily!
The FOMO is real

Golden hour in Bevagna🌞

Many aperitivi on the patio ❤️

New friends and many laughs

Italian know-how
"it it dont fit through the door...."
My first dealings with Isola Ecologica😂

Never ending little jobs around the house
I became a proud owner and a confident user of MANY different tools, some of which i learned how to use for the very first time in my life😂

Parents finally visited in July!
Everyone gets a mandatory window view photo when they're not watching
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