Bonazzi Perugia

Back to the land of pay toilets. Don.t know why that bothers me so much but it does. It just doesn.t seem right. Anyway, we are now in Assisi. We got off the boat and it was raining, and then we had to take a detour to Assisi. the road was very narrow and hilly, It was a little tense for awhile. Saw St Francis ...

... pizzeria where I had delicious lasagna. After lunch we browsed through the many stands. Sample after sample led to some major purchases. It was hard to pass up the various chocolate products when the smell just filled the air. There was everything from chocolate beer to chocolate &#8220;pills&#8221; to chocolate pasta!! <br><br>Heaven.<br><br>I&#8217;ll update you soon,<br><br>Siara

... left her waiting for a (seemingly) endless time. we were finally reunited and snuck off to a calmer alley to a pizza al taglio shop.<br><br>The pizza was terrific, much more like the American pizza I am used to than the Roman pizza. We sat on a bench and ate in peace then stopped in the most beautiful chocolate shop. They were offering shots of Chocolate liqours and I bought a sample sized bottle of Chocolate ...

... br>We had a traditional dinner consisting of foods from that region. I had a pasta followed by the most sumptuous lamb. And Licia had the same. We took a stroll through the charming village and then drove back to our village for the night.<br><br>It was quite cold but with the fresh air and quiet, I got a great night's sleep.<br>

... and everything. We had a great view to the surrounding hills. <br>Perugia is a quaint town with cobblestone streets. We got a bit turned around and ended up back in the same spot we started walking but eventually found our way around the town. Then we headed to Assisi. We walked through markets and saw numerous churches. The stones and narrow streets reminded me of Siena. We grabbed a milkshake and gelato and headed back to Perugia.<br>

... Today the square is still a local meeting point for tourist and students alike. <br>The heart of the square belongs to Fontana Maggiore (Great Fountain) built between 1275 and 1278 by father and son team Nicola and Giovanni Pisano.<br>At the other end of the Piazza is the Cathedral of St Lorenzo with its pink façade, which was never truly completed. Work begun in 1345 and continued until 1587, however the door way was only built in the late 1700's.

... about Spain which is wrong - I think he may do it just to annoy them.<br><br>Sadly I have been attacked by mosquito's (I lasted quite a while with only receiving a few bites) so I am ridiculously itchy, I even got one close to my eye, thankfully not close enough to make it too puffy, only very slightly bung, plus the anthisan, and some ice, seems to be keeping it at bay. <br><br>Will let you know how the festival goes ....

Well, we;re back "home." Our little apartment does feel like home, after spending several days on trains and in hotels. It's hard to know where to begin our whilrwind tour of Barcelona, Genoa and Le Cinque Terrre. I'm going to include more pictures and less text this time, to try to give readers a picture of the places we ...

... working for 'open' viewing and the great part in the museum was blocked off from close-up viewing. Did I want to waste money and time by going? Sitting on the bus to Assisi I knew right away this would be a fabulous place. A field of sunflowers greeted us as we made the winding turns up to the town. Looking up at the hill I say the grand Basilica di San Francesco and the cluster of homes off to the right of it. In the end I spent the entire ...

... a very different living style. Oh I forgot to mention "the door." We found another door that was locked in the apartment, and our landlord had knocked on it. We figured it might go into an apartment next to us? Not quite. We are all sitting there, when This tall dude walks in and says hello to us all. Turns out we have another roomate named Patrick, He's 24, from Sweden, and Italian will be his fourth language. He's really cool. We got some lunch, unpacked, and settled in. My bed sucks ...