Tag: christmas
It’s really beginning to feel a lot like Christmas
It might not be snowing, indeed it has been sunny all day here at Bellaugello Gay Guest House, but the mood in Umbria is decidedly Christmassy. The roadside houses are festooned with multicoloured lights, the ancient narrow streets in the Umbrian hill top villages and towns are decorated with lights, shops filled with colourful seasonal […]
Brrr….
My annual December break away to Sweden is this year, was in great contrast to last year when Stockholm was damp and rainy. As you can see from the photo there is snow, the air is crisp and it is decidedly cold, real winter weather. I think I am becoming a softened Italian! Last weekend […]
It’s beginning to feel like Christmas
My traditional British Christmas cake laden with candied fruit, nuts, deepest dark muscovado sugar and of course plenty of alcohol is now slowly baking in the oven here at Bellaugello Gay Guesthouse President of the Republic Napolitano is the person given the honour this year of switching on the “World’s Largest Christmas Tree” in our […]
It shouldn’t matter but it does
The tag-line for my blog runs something like ‘news updates and random rants from our gay B&B in Umbria’ and some of what I am writing about today has nothing whatsoever to do with the tag line, but I just need to get something off my chest. Yesterday was an ‘away day’ from Bellaugello. A […]
It’s been snowing!
Glorious day here at Bellaugello Gay Guest House, our first snow of the winter 2011, looks like it’s going to be a white Christmas…
Well that was a night to remember!!
Yesterday started off cool but sunny, an ideal day or so I thought to rake up yet more dead leaves in the garden here at Bellaugello Gay Guest House. On with the gardening kit, a stout pair of boots and good gloves, and soon gigantic piles of leaves were in evidence in the driveway, lawns […]
L’accensione dell’Albero di Natale Più Grande del Mondo – Gubbio
It might have been a wee bit drizzly, but nothing prevented us at Bellaugello Gay Guest House driving down the hill to participate in the festivities tonight in the beautiful Umbrian city of Gubbio as direct from the Vatican Pope Benedict XVI touched his iPad screen and lit the Christmas tree on the slope of […]
A late post
Just received this photo of the dining room at Bellaugello Gay Guest House all dressed ready for a dinner over the Christmas holiday, and thought it so nice I would share it with you all. Suppose it could be a late post or alternatively a very early one lol
Merry Christmas – Buon Natale
Seasons Greetings to you all, with every best wish for a Merry Christmas from all of us here at Bellaugello Gay Guest House near Gubbio in Umbria, central Italy!! Felice auguri da Bellaugello Gay Guest House, Gubbio, Umbria, a tutti nostri amici di buon natale!!