Windsor Savoia Assisi

December 7, 2009



Didn't know what to expect of Perugia, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised. It actually have a very medieval feel to it. It sits atop a mountain and I can see why it was originally located here as one gets a very beautiful view of the valley below….and any wandering mauraders! Italy is on a 4 day holiday since the Feast of the Immaculate Conception falls on Tuesday. The ...

... world). Above each of these 28 parts are corresponding Biblical images of the Old and New Testaments. Both the frescoes and the corresponding Biblical images are just magnificent.

These frescoes literally revolutionized art in the Western world, as – for the first time – all the gold leaf and flat iconic images of the Byzantine and Romanesque images were eschewed for natural backgrounds, people of all classes, and a human, suffering Jesus. These ...

... today. That has to be my favorite saint. Very busy here even though end of season. No wireless interent. We have one more day and we start home. I think we are ready to get home. It has been beautiful here and I have learned so much, but all good things must come to an end. See you all next week I hope.

... the most interesting surprize.

Perugia is surrounded by modern buildings and from the parking area there is a very modern, completely automated "minitram" connecting like a long rollercoaster, through the village below and under the mountain to the far side of Perugia. This is probably the most modern and efficient devise in all of Italy.

Arriving at the far side of Perugia, we were herded ...

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 ...

... to the tomb of St. Francis where we sat for 15 or 20 minutes praying in silence and undisturbed. We found a great place to eat lunch and some tasty gelato (of course). We had a smooth, unevntful ride home.

But it wasn’t just that the day was logistically smooth. It wasn’t just that the day seemed to require less effort in problem-solving. It’s that all that left us more available for God to enter in.

So, tonight, we ...

... them on the road let alone being on the side of the road. Someone even ran over our emergency warning triangle! We had to wait by the crash barrier while Sam risked his life walking off to find the emergency call box and then fortunately a tow truck came really quickly and towed us, caravan and all, off to their garage. We had to spend the night there in the caravan which was fine (as I've said when we are in the caravan we could be anywhere!) and in the morning they fixed the ...

... at the apartment in Firenze. It was no big deal here, as all I had to do was run inside, buy a new ticket, and catch a different train. And the snow was very light to say the least. Aboard the Perugia to Orte train, the snow disappeared just outside of Perugia, but quickly came back. It was quite clearthat I was arriving in Assisi to a fairly large bucketing of the fluffy white stuff. I jumped on the bus which takes you from the train station upwards towards the town of Assisi ...

... in relation to their lifestyles; they had a great understanding of hydraulics, sewer systems, local geology, and agriculture. Rome has a deep debt of gratitude for the Etruscans for it was only because of them that the capital city has a sewage and drainage system. Our modern world today borrows from the Etruscan language, some Latin and English words are derived from early Etruscan words. There are various accounts in which explain the origins of the Etruscan people; some ...