I think it is Wednesday and we are off to Assisi. We skirt the Venetian Lagoon & cross 2 of Italy's most important rivers the Adige & Po, before visiting the city of Ravenna. Here we stop to visit the church of St Apollinaris in Classe with its dazzling mosaics. Now the scenery changes dramatically as we drive through the Appennines to Assisi, w...

This is just one of those towns Inger and I love. We had a very peaceful time here and found a great room in the old town for next to nothing. Our days were spent exploring the narrow alleys of Assisi and the surrounding countryside. We also found a shop that let us try sample many of their truffle specialties and then made us some killer sandwi...