Beschreibung:
When Patricia Clough, a former foreign correspondent, bought a house in Umbria, she knew that buying her dream home did not mean that life would become a dream. By the end of this book, in which she describes the journey of making Umbria her home, she is sure that "e;if one has basic requirements for being happy, then Umbria provides some of the best surroundings for happiness."e; Clough pores over Umbria's enchanting countryside, its tumultuous history, its ancient culture and sumptuous food, and laments that for a long time Umbria was mistaken for its fashionable neighbor, Tuscany. This is not a guide to buying a home in Italy, nor a guidebook for your holiday-though it would be useful as both of these things-but a story in which a woman discovers and marvels at the place she begins to call home.
When Patricia Clough, a former foreign correspondent, bought a house in Umbria, she knew that buying her dream home did not mean that life would become a dream. By the end of this book, in which she describes the journey of making Umbria her home, she is sure that "e;if one has basic requirements for being happy, then Umbria provides some of the best surroundings for happiness."e; Clough pores over Umbria's enchanting countryside, its tumultuous history, its ancient culture and sumptuous food, and laments that for a long time Umbria was mistaken for its fashionable neighbor, Tuscany. This is not a guide to buying a home in Italy, nor a guidebook for your holiday-though it would be useful as both of these things-but a story in which a woman discovers and marvels at the place she begins to call home.