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Rain, Sleet, Snow, Fog
... it is where the Pope visits to place flowers at the statue of the BVM in front of the Spanish Embassy. I’ll make my way in that direction later this afternoon as I would like to make it to evening prayers at the Les Fraternites Monestiques de Jerusalem. I’ll recount that visit on my next blog. Paul will join me tomorrow and we’ll spend the evening in Rome before heading to London on Monday afternoon.
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Car hire for 3 days over
... valley, locals walking around at night pre dinner chatting in the streets. Places dn,t open for dinner till 730 so we have had many late nights lately. Starts to get dark at 4.30 so hate to see what it's like in winter. We explored volterra more n the morning then drove to San gimignano, we just called it jimminey cricket, another hill town with 14 towers left standing out of 72. The views from the top of a old tower area was great, nick was ...
Leaving Assisi
This morning we leave Assisi for Florence, with a certain sense of sadness. It has been a very precious time, of walking, eating, talking, reflecting and being. We have loved our hotel with its superb views of the city. It is ideally located, hence it's name, Ideale Hotel. (Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 1, Assisi, Province of Perugia 075 813570, http://www.hotelideale.it/). We have been able to walk ...
The Land of Chocolate
Perugia. A cute and quaint town. However, I did not travel there to simply see old Italian buildings- I went there for the Chocolate Festival!
Who could say no to free samples of some of the best chocolate you'll taste. The "Perugina" brand was probably my favorite ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... beautiful, everything was pristine, every alley was a photo opportunity. Due to the time of year, there were not too many tourists, but the city itself is designed for tourism. But it was quite classy, unlike Assisi which suffers from the constant presence of cheap, obnoxious tourist shops with hundreds of plastic St. Francis statues in every window. Orvieto has a different approach to the business of tourism. They have made an ideal ...