After staying in the apartment ALL DAY LONG on Friday
(except to go to Nuovo Olimpia Theater to see Foxcatcher – mixed feelings,
which I have for), I was ready for a day out. At the beginning of the year I
had signed up for a day trip through AUR to Assisi, a small, and by small I
mean VERY small, city about three hours north of Rome.
We left campus at about 7 AM arrived in Assisi at about 10
AM, went on a two hour walking tour (without a lot of walking), explored for
another two hours or so, and returned to Rome at 7 PM.
On our walking tour, we saw the Church of St. Clair,
including her mummified body, Piazza del Comune a.k.a. the city center where
the Tempio di Minerva can be found, and the Basilica of St. Francis. After the
tour was done, we ate at a little restaurant set into the hillside that Assisi
is built into. Basically you either walk up or down; there isn’t much flat
ground. Then, on our tour guides suggestion, we hiked up to the Rocca
Maggioria, or castle fort of Assisi.
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| Church of St. Clair |
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| View from Church of St. Clair |
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| Beautiful Assisi |
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| Piazza del Commune |
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| Tempio di Minerva |
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| Basilica of St. Francis |
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| Lunch! |
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| Rocca Maggioria |
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| The beautiful view from the castle! |
Kasey sleeping on the way there... and the way back!
To end the day right, we got gelato on our way back down to
the Basilica of St. Francis, then made our way to the buses and back to Rome!
Observation of the
Day: Mountains are b-e-a-utiful and towns on mountains may be even more
breathtaking! But as a runner with asthma and recovering from surgery, I
prefer to live where the ground is flat. Also, I JUST NOW figured out how to use captions on this gem so hopefully my captions and pictures will no longer be quite as mess up...
