We awoke today to another beautiful day here in Italy. This was the view from our hotel room window this morning.
After breakfast, we loaded up on the coach bus and headed to Assisi and the Basilica of St. Francis which you can see in the distance here.
We had a guided tour of the Basilica which was completed in 1253. Again, the history is incredible. Our tour guide said it took her 5 years just to learn all about the 28 frescoes. They would not let us take pictures inside again but you can see the inside lower and upper basilica here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_San_Francesco_d'Assisi
After we toured the basilica, we went into the town of Assisi. Here is an example of sidewalk art in Italy. :-) This was drawn on the road of the town square.
Barb and Mitch and Nancy then went shopping and I went exploring for pictures which I mostly took with my DSLR so we'll have to wait for those pictures. Here's one I got on my iphone of St. Clare's Basilica.
You can read more about her here: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi
Once I was done with my photo walk, it was time for dessert. :-)
We all loaded up around 2:15 and headed back to our hotel in Torgiano. The four us promptly put on our bathing suits and headed to the pool. Over the ramp going down to the pool was a trellis covered in grapes.
We enjoyed a couple hours relaxing and cooling off in the pool before going to another wonderful dinner.
Tomorrow, we head to San Gimgnano and Viareggio. Until then... Ciao!
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