Hotel Cristallo Assisi

... are teeming with families, young people and older folks just walking enjoying the cool weather, hot coffee and all sorts of chocolate products. I even caught a wedding happening on Sunday. We have another two days here and will return to Rome on Wednesday afternoon….just in time for dinner and a full day of touring before heading back hone on Friday morning.

Best to all back home,

Jorge

... San Francesco and walking downhill through the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco, we ducked quickly into the Chiesa di San Pietro (huge, but very stark, especially compared to the Basilica di San Francesco) before continuing our walk through the hillsides of Assisi (enjoying splendid views along the way). After arriving back at Piazza del Comune, we toured the nearby Chiesa Nuova (whose dome we saw just meters from our first hotel last night). It is worth noting that the ...

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 ...

... we made our way to some of the cathedrals and then down to the main center of chocolate wonders. I sasw a block of chocolate the size of a human being that was being cut with a giant saw the crumbled with a sledge hammer and sold by the gram.

By now the day was winding down and we had a long drive ahead so we made our way back down the hill and drove leisurely home!!

Good job, well done!

Hi Everyone!

This past weekend was the Perugia Chocolate Festival…It was amazing! Basically, I was in heaven. It was a chocolate lover’s paradise. We took a bus from Florence and arrived in Perugia by mid morning. It was a bitter day which gave me a perfect excuse to have some out of this world hot chocolate and churros. A bunch of my friends and I had lunch at a ...

So Licia and I both had to work on Saturday morning so we decided to meet at her house when we finished and then drive up to Montecastrilli for the night. The weather was nice and as it was late afternoon, we had little traffic.

It was a pleasant 2 hour drive to Montecastrilli. This is a small village near the center of ...

... but oh well. We got to tour the Basilica of San Francesco. I couldn't take any pictures, but trust me, it's really cool. The bottom floor is of the late Middle Age design and it's very dark. I got to go down to where St. Francis is buried. There are many people who go down there to pray to St. Francis, who will in turn pray to Mary, who will pray to Jesus, and who will pray to ...

... when we first got in the restaurant it was pretty crowded, we walked to this table and were like mmm why isn't anybody sitting here- well after our faces started turning red and becoming moist we realized why. It felt like a sauna. haha. The next day we had a 7AM wake up call. We had some breakfast and then headed off to Perugia. I thought it was a beautiful little city- It's the capital of Umbria. Two of my roommates studied for 5 weeks there in the summer. We ...

... very well-dressed for the hostel crowd. I just found it amusing, perhaps because I am such a slob. I suppose I don't really fit in with the hostel crowd, either (except for the fact that I am a slob). Off to Assisi with Kristine and Chelsea. Originally, we wanted to leave early, but we decided last night to shoot for 12:00. Grabbed two sandwiches on the way (bresaola and arugula, and prosciutto cotta w/ tomato ) - both were good, but the bresaola ...

... deal with 154 pix of Enrico (known as Enrico II). I have to admit that the guy has a great personality and smile, but how many is enough. Oh well, Sandy's having fun...I think she getting that "eye" again. Haven't seen any of Assisi yet. Will start tonight and spend the whole day tomorrow. Again, we miss you all and wish you were here with us. What a grand party we could have. We hope everyone is doing well. We'll be home in two weeks plus. Peace and all good, Sandy and Murray