I have been working on plans for my Italian language vacation.  Monday through Friday of both weeks will be at the Koine language school in Florence, Italy but I had the middle weekend and the weekend on the end to plan.  It worked best to fly out of Milan so the last weekend was set.  I found a great hotel and a day tour that included the Last Supper so not much else for that weekend.

For the middle weekend I was open to anything.  I considered Venice which was an easy train trip but I have done before.  I also considered San Marino but there was not everything I wanted for the weekend.  I enjoyed a short day in Orvieto on a previous trip and decided a trip back to Umbria should be on the agenda.  Looking into Orvieto I decided I had time to add another city and began looking at Perugia which was easily accessible from Orvieto and had a nice old walled inner city.  Looking for things to do in Perugia I stumbled across a post for the European chocolate Festival.  What are the odds that it would be going on while I am in Italy.  Luckily 100%.  The only thing that rivals my love to travel is my love of chocolate.  In my world chocolate is my answer to everything…bad day have some chocolate, celebrating… chocolate cake, hot outside chocolate ice cream.

So with the chocolate festival the deciding factor the middle weekend will be in Perugia.  I even found a hotel with a front door that opens to the festival entrance within my price range.  When I told my sister about the chocolate festival she said I must be living right for that to have worked out so well and I definitely agree.  I must be living right.