I travel for the Chill

Being and Nothingness in Umbria

by Carolynn Carreno

In the summertime, the villages host festas, usually to benefit a local charity. Food is made by local women (home cooks: the best kind!) and served on plastic plates by high school kids from the town. And the wine, of course, is local too.

Carolynn Carreno

Carolynn is a semi-Mexican freelance writer who divides her time between Los Angeles and New York, and anywhere else that piques her interest. She travels for the food, the fun, and the luxurious hotel beds (not to mention those deep-dish bathtubs...)

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