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The Hills Are Alive...

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The hills are alive....with flowing vino! Just kidding we know that isn't the lyrics, but wouldn't it be awesome? As most of you know by now we stayed in Umbria, which if you look at a map of Italy, is the only region located within the "boot shaft" that is completely land locked.  The area is mostly rural and abundantly blessed with beautiful landscapes and towns built on the tops of the surrounding hills.  The closet hill town to us was Orvieto, which we visited a few days out of the week mostly because it was the closet place we could get wi-fi (we had to have a little data fix).  You can read more about Umbria in our previous blog  here . How big is this  hill town? Later in the week we were anxious to stretch our wings and go a little beyond our immediate little town and surroundings.  We took the advice of our hostess Cecilia and a newlywed couple staying at the vineyard in a different cottage.  They both highly recommende...