Assisi

It was sunny when the group headed out from our place

Sharon very much wanted to visit Assisi again because it was the most memorable city from her visit to Italy in her youth.  So again braving threatening rain, we made the two-car caravan there with her, Alan, Liz and Jeremy.  I hardly have to remind you that Assisi is the home town of St. Francis, who is the patron saint of animals, and the namesake of the current Pope.

Sharon has made it back to Assisi, with Alan, who always wears his glasses on his head instead of a headband.

Medieval towns are always a challenge to navigate, requiring constant consultation with maps and phone apps:

We found a small chapel on the way to the big Basilica of St. Francis:

Forging ahead, we could see serious rainfall nearby.  Would we make it to the Basilica?

Finally we reached our destination.

Heavy rain never quite got to us, and we enjoyed more sights in the town.

I refer to this photo as the "rock band CD jacket pose."  If only they could play some music!


The next day, after a wonderful visit, we bid Liz and Jeremy arrivederci and put them on the train to Rome and their flight home.  We decompressed at Poggio Tre Lune, the place where Alan and Sharon were staying.  An evening on the terazza with cheese, salame, wine (of course), and a fantastic view was sublime.