Pasq in Perugia

After a relaxing few days in rural Tuscany we headed for the larger city of Perugia, perennial university town and temporary home of Pasq, a friend from Monash. He was here for a month learning Italian and had clearly been having a good time. The city hosts an enormous amount of international students, most here for a month or two to learn Italian. We had arrived at the end of a month and thus the city was in flux with the large changeover of students. It felt a bit like turning up on a cruise ship on the last day of the cruise, with everyone tired from a month of partying and sad it all had to end. Luckily though we had turned up a few days before everyone had to leave and so there was plenty of people keen to celebrate. Pasq was the all knowing, all obliging tour guide and new knowledge of the language was equally matched by his knowledge of the local pub scene. With our ready made group of friends, for it seemed like Pasq knew virtually every student in town, we had some fantastic nights out, including a very memorable night of karaoke.

Special thanks to Damien and his housemates for the use of their couch on the last night of their lease, we hope to catch you guys in Santorini or Munich. We parted ways as Pasq, Damien and others headed to Siena for Il Palio and we headed south to Rome. Our paths will cross next on Santorini with another Monash friend (yet to leave Australia) for some Greek island bliss.