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A weekend in Umbria
This past weekend was the Loyola sponsored orientation trip to the Umbria region of Italia. After the painful blasting of the Star Wars theme song throughout the building at 6 am (I was not amused), all 202 of us loaded up onto coach buses and began the journey. My iPod died about half a block into this journey, so my time was spent alternately …
Rain, Sleet, Snow, Fog
... during this visit. I managed to keep my mind from diverting to the past, projecting to the future or scattering to situations or persons. I just WAS and being so provided me with a potent experience of empowering powerlessness. I was reminded of Jesus’ words to St Paul’s "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" and, appropriately enough, I also recalled the prayer of St Francis. We walked around and discovered ...
Leaving Assisi
... I want to come back here! One of the striking things about Assisi is how clean it is. People here take a pride in the way their city looks. Very few dog poos on the footpath, unlike Paris. As well as their buildings they take pride in their food. We have never come across so many restaurants and cafes and pasterias. And the cakes! We had to exercise a great deal of restraint not to pig out every day, ...
Last day in Assisi
... to wait around for two hours doing nothing so we headed back to Assisi. We had a roccioate (Italian strudel) and caffe latte at a lovely cafe we discovered yesterday and met a couple who run an online magazine called Inside the Vatican. Stimulating conversation about US politics and faith. Then walked up to Rocco Maggorie, the Roman fort which is the highest point in Assisi and is about 1500 years old. It is an imposing structure built to ...
Visit to San Damiano
... and glass of wine. One of the things we have been trying to do here is to stop, to listen and to slow down. This is why we decided to spend a week in Assisi and not rush from tourist spot to tourist spot. We have valued getting to know some locals and a little more Italian. Tonight we ate at a lovely restaurant and had truffles (the mushroom not chocolate kind) for dinner. One of the effects of slowing down is having lots more time to talk, which has been ...