After Rome, we headed toward [Assisi] where St. Francis was born, lived, and was buried. St. Claire of Assisi lived here too.
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| Our tour bus was a bit more spacious and roomy than the municipal buses in Rome. |
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| Since Assisi is a small, ancient city, the roads were too small for the bus. We had to get out of the bus at the city gates and walk to our hotel. |
| After
four days we headed to Assisi, Italy (St. Francis) where we stayed
for two nights. Assisi is a peaceful little town overlooking
a great valley. I will visit Assisi again someday, hopefully
with the same group. We did a great deal. We hiked to a medieval
castle and explored it, had prayer services in a small amphitheater
and chapel, explored the cobblestone-road town by foot, hiked
to St. Francis' secluded mountain prayer "get away"
and had Mass (there is a chapel there now), visited where St.
Francis lived, and had Mass in the church where he is buried.
A few of us visited his father's shop where he spent a lot of
time as a child. As an added benefit, some of us saw/heard a
"world-class" jazz concert. We just happened to be
in Assisi for their annual World Class Jazz Festival-musicians
from all over Europe come to play. --Ray |
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| Morning prayer service at the amphitheater of the hotel. |
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| Pilgrims rest after hiking up to the local castle, Rocca Maggiore. The castle was built around 1300. |
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| A view from the guard turret of Rocca Maggiore. |