Our Road Home Through the Val Racciusole, Umbertide Umbria Italy

This is the route that we take home from Umbertide.

We usually pass a car or two, but sometimes we hit some “heavy" traffic.



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Once again the road is clear as we pump up some lame Rock ‘n’ Roll CD that I bought on my third trip to Pompeii.




Continue to the right towards Preggio.

Then you will see the Old Mincione Road going off the main road to the right.

Il Convento Mincione appears on 14th c. Gregorian Maps. Mincione  is that square circled in red.

You will come to an open field on the right. Be careful as you drive because and you may have to break for a deer. This doesn’t happen often (this is our first deer in seven years), but there is always something to break for; i.e. hare, porcupines, frogs after a rain, pheasants, etc.

I had to paint these triangles on the tree in the bend in the road, because my “Mincione” sign, painted on a piece of old wood, was removed when I nailed it to this very same tree. Maybe someone  wanted  the sign or didn’t like the fact that I nailed it on the tree.

Make the very sharp hair-pin turn up to the right and here we are almost home.
Mincione peeps through the trees.

You thought there was no more adventure on our road home, but that is not the case.
On the left you see an antique well. It is totally covered over with brambles in the summer time.

Antique roadside well close up.

Home Sweet Home!