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Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi June 11th 2011

Today we headed toward Assisi, via bus. We played mafia the whole way. In essence people are secretly assigned a character one or two people act as "mafia" and kill off the villagers. The villagers then vote out who they think is mafia. In the end if more mafia remain then villagers the mafia wins. Kind of ironic that we consistantly played Mafia in Italy. I love that game, we can yell and fight and it is funny; which, is all I have ever wanted. Assisi is a town on a hill and it is gorgeous, but something feels strange. We walked to a couple of churches, the house of Saint Francis, and a citadel way above the town with a gorgeous panoramic view. It reminds me of Toledo, Spain but artificial. It is so picturesque ... read more
Assisi
St. Francis' House

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi April 15th 2011

Leaving our lovely campsite on the shores of the lake it was off to Perugia another old city dating back to around 1200ad. Arriving there we found camping car stop some 4km uphill from the historic, N 43° 09789 E 012° 38449 Deciding against the walk we found a bus, after some time and various hand gestures with a couple from a neighbouring camper van it was off to explore Perugia. We were vary glad about the bus decision as the walk would have been an absolute killer, arriving at our stop at the top of the hill we wandered the streets of Perugia for a while, not overly impressed they did have a bizarre complex of escalators for getting around from the top part of the old city to the lower levels of the new ... read more
Yellow Fields
Assisi Steps
Assisi

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi December 9th 2010

Witam po miesięcznej przerwie:) Czasem niektóre miejsca wydają się tak wyjątkowe, że aby cokolwiek napisać trzeba się przygotować. Asyż zawsze kojarzył mi się ze Św. Franciszkiem, który był ideałem ascezy oraz kochał wszystko co utworzyła natura. Umbria jako region Włoch wsławiła się wydaniem wielu świętych w tym właśnie Franciszka czy Św. Klary, patronki radia i telewizji. Mistycyzm, cisza, skupienie to cecha tego miasta. W Asyżu jest wiele kościołów. My trafiliśmy do jednego z nich. Takich kościołów w Polsce nie ma. Wokół świątyni cudowne ogrody i księża pociesznie biegający z kosiarkami czy muzyka wprowadzająca w kościelny nastrój. Następnym celem była bazylika Św. Franciszka. Podobno wchodząc do niej należy pomyśleć życzenie, które na pewno się spełni. Nigdy nie zapomnę jak trafiliśmy akurat na Polską mszę. Następnie wszyscy turyści zeszli krętymi, długimi schodami do grobu Św. Franc... read more
Assisi
Assisi

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi November 4th 2010

Day 9 Spoleto-Assisi-Spoleto We took a morning train to Assisi (about 40 minutes), and then a bus up into the city. I really wanted to see the cave where St. Francis had meditated, which is about 4 kilometers outside of town, in woods that are still much the way they were in Francis’s time. We discovered that no public transportation goes out there, only taxis, of which we saw none. So….we started walking. It was a gorgeous blue sky day. The trees were brilliant colors and the olives were ready for harvest all along the road. The road however, started to climb, and I started to hitch-hike…we were both well dressed, and I thought someone might stop, even just out of curiosity, since no one hitch-hikes in Italy. And car full of twentysomethings did stop! They ... read more
Starting our walk to the cave
View from the cave complex
Inside the cave

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi June 18th 2010

Geo: 43.0702, 12.6175Another big day! Assisi is about 90 minutes away, so we decided to go. We arrived in town (after a short play at the park) through the gates and into the Basilica di Santa Chiara (St. Clare's). St Clare was the friend of St Francis, who founded the Poor Clare's convent at the same time as he founded the Franciscan monks (early 13th century). The church was lovely, and its main attraction was the crucifix (which has been moved from St Damiano's in the olive groves) upon which the painted Christ is said to have bowed his head in sadness and asked Francis to rebuild His church. We also saw the burial place of St Clare, and robes that she and Francis had each worn. Georgia was delighted – no gory bits of saints ... read more
Assisi, from Basilica San Chiara
In Assisi
Assisi

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi May 20th 2010

HE SAID... We woke at 6am in preparation for our 7.30am bus trip to Assisi. A powerful espresso at the hotel jump-started us for the windy bus trip through the Umbrian hills to Perugia. After a quick stopover at the Perugia bus depot we continued on to Assisi, arriving in Santa Maria degli Angeli (a small town about 4km from the old Assisi township) at 10am. Seriously short of underwear, we scouted Santa Maria degli Angeli for a self-service laundry before catching a bus to St Francis’ hometown. We wandered the streets of Assisi with busloads of bored (yet playful) students on enforced school trips, lunched on pizza and red wine and were awestruck by the panoramic views and claustrophobic corridors of the Rocca Maggiore. One of the many things I’ve inherited from my father is ... read more
lion of santa chiara
little chapel for santa chiara
assisi

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi May 11th 2010

***This blog was written a week ago, but we haven't had internet until now. There is a lot to be caught up on, including some changes to our travel plans, which we will hopefully update you on soon... Two days ago, Tim and I met Tim's parents, Steve and Marilyn, at the Florence airport. We had been looking forward to their visit for quite some time - it is Steve's first time overseas ever, and Marilyn's first time in Europe since she was in her twenties (so 10 years ago), when she went on a biking trip with her friend in the UK. This was their first time to a country speaking a different language, living a different life, in a very different part of the world. They are with us as we discover Italy - ... read more

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi May 9th 2010

Geo: 43.0702, 12.6175 GÜN 11 Günlerden hala Pazar Saat 15.00 te Kursaal kampımızdan Assisi'ye doğru yola çıktık. Burası kampa 40 km mesafede. Perugia'yı geçip yola devam ettik. Nermin yolda sapıttı. Allahtan nereye gideceğimizi görüyoruz . Dolasıyla Nermin'i fazla sallamadan yola devam ediyoruz.(Nermin bizim GPS Garmin dir). Önce Ayşe'yi meydana bırakıp çakallık edip Şahbazı beleş bir yere koydum. Sonra vazgeçtim, giderse her şey gidecek bu riski almaya değmez buldum ve dönüp arabayı parka soktum. Assisi meydanının altı olduğu gibi park... zira şehir içinde park edecek kibrit boyu büyüklüğünde yer yok. Assisi ,tam anlamıyla mücevher gibi korunmuş bir orta çağ kenti. Yani bir orta çağ kentinde ne ararsan var. Önce hakim bir tepeye kurulmuş. Etrafında surları var . İçeride ünlü kiliseleri var. Var ... read more
Assisi Amblemi
Assisi kapısında
San Fransisco ya doğru

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi March 18th 2010

En el centro del país se encuentra esta ciudad que se caracteriza por ser una ciudad marcadamente religiosa. Lamentablemente Assisi, en italiano, fue azotada por un terremoto un tiempo antes de visitarla, por lo que muchos de lus lugares estaban en reconstrucción o no estaban habilidatados para los turistas. Sus angostras calles, típicamente italianas, sus muchas iglesias y sus construcciones clásicas llamaban poderosamente la atención de quienes visitabamos esta pequeña ciudad. Cada una de sus iglesias estaban llenas de pequeños detalles en oro o algun material precioso o simplemente en concreto y debo decir que me impresiono la perfección que todos estos detalles que por muy mínimos que fueses se buscaba la perfección en ellos para así buscar la redención. Interesante manera de querer ganarse el cielo a través de lo material. Hermoso resultado en todo ... read more
En una esquina - On a corner

Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi October 25th 2009

First of all, my apologies for dropping off the face of the earth. Well, not literally, but kinda. Since my last entries I've been from Berlin to Warsaw to Krakow to Prague to Rome (seen my sister!)... and have spent the last two weeks exploring Italy. So what happened? Well, I LOST my 8 GB memory card with a lot of photos from Berlin, all from Poland and Prague and most from Rome. I arrived in Assisi on Oct 24th to stay at the Franciscan Guesthouse MacK told me all about (yes, nuns!) I told the sisters about my missing memory card and one of them suggested I pray to St. Anthony, the saint of lost things. I thought about it for a moment, then suggested she pray for me since she probably has a better ... read more
Assisi from afar
It rained the whole ride there (obviously mourning the memory card)
But then...




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