Italy Cooking Vacations and Organized Tours in Soriano nel Cimino, at the border of Tuscany and Umbria - just an hour from Rome.

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About Soriano

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The People of Soriano

The people of Soriano are warm, friendly, and outgoing. They enjoy an amazing quality of life that is centered around friends, family and food. This page focuses on some of the people you will most certainly see around the Piazza (town square). Usually you will see them at or around 'Caffe' Centrale', The central bar. For those that don't know, the term 'bar' in Italy does not refer to a bar as you may know it. It is more of a coffee house, that also serves alcohol and other drinks. They often serve pastries and candy, and sometimes pizza and sandwiches. Bars are open to everyone, and you find them everywhere. They are typically open very early in the morning until very late at night. The bars are the town gathering places. In the piazza alone, you will find 4 bars.

	A picture of Bar Centrale in the center of Piazza at night. This picture was taken in July 2006.
This is Federico, the owner of Bar Centrale. A very friendly guy who only speaks a few words of English. Still, he is very good at interpreting hand gestures :-)
	Carla, Federico's wife. She does a bit better with English than Federico does.
Marcello and Peppe. We've decided that if Soriano were a kingdom, they would certainly be the court jesters. They are absolutely insane together. Marcello (the one with hair) owns the photo shop near the clock tower, and he even does quite well with English. As far as Peppe goes, forget about it.
	Paola, Antonella, and Carla. Yep, that is my Paola on the left. In the center is Antonella, Marcello's wife, and Carla, my sister in law. Carla owns a small gift shop next door to Caffe' Centrale (it is the door between Paola and Antonella in this picture), and will probably be your main contact in town.
The Lost Boys. This is a picture of a group of kids in town that are always running free. The kid on the far left is our son Andrei :-)
	Another picture of Carla. Learn this face, since you will be looking for her when you get to Soriano :-)
Riccardo and MariaGrazia. Riccardo is a local artist with an amazing style. You can visit his studio while you are in Soriano and see what he is working on.
	Meloni. What can I say about him? Remember Otis from the Andy Griffith Show? This is Soriano's version of Otis. Need I say more?
Gigi Mago. (Gigi the Magician) - You may find this guy in the piazza randomly doing magic tricks for people... really :-)