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Published: September 29th 2006
Assisi
At a distance from outside the bus station. I don't really have that much to say but I did want to put up some pictures of my trip to Assisi this past weekend. I had a great time with my friend Jen from CUA and Amy Sappenoff from Benedictine College. It was great to see a familiar face from KS! Assisi is an amazing and peaceful place. Right when i got there i could undertand the peaceful mentality that the Fransiscans have a tradition of. It is SO different from Rome, and it was nice to have a change of pace. I loved the small streets and quiet places. The shops are quaint and nice and we had amazing weather. Assisi sits up on a hill looking over the region of Umbria. From the hill you can see lots of farms and little towns in the vally. Overall it was a beautiful weekend with great food and a great relaxing time...although i did have to write a 6-page Philosophy of God paper that i wrote the night that i got back for the next morning, but i think it turned out ok.
I also have pictures from my trip today with my Theology of the Papacy class
Assisi
Cool street. to San Giovanni in Lorenzo. It is the cathedral of Rome where the Pope resided until around the 13th century. It is one of the 4 mojor Basilicas of Rome and beautiful. It holds the skulls of Peter and Paul as well as the table that Helen (Constantine's wife) brought back from Jerusalem, thought to be the table from the Last Supper. pretty amazing.
We also got to go into a room at the top of the Scala Sancta (the holy steps...they are the steps up to the throne of Pontius Piolate that was brought over to Rome in Helen's journey back). At the top of the steps there is a room that we got to go into (it is a museum that most people dont know about that is only open a few hours a week!). In this room at the top of the steps is a room that was the chapel in the papal palace. In this room are amazing murals and some of the oldest reliqueries (now emptied) that sat under bars and locks since people would often steal them. This was known to be the greatest collection of relics of the time. The room is
Assisi
Quaint street...definatly different enough from "cool street' to justify another picture! beautiful and peaceful and most of it is origional. It was neat to be in there, people were looking in through the window's and we were inside feeling special. Just one more reminder of beauty in this city and a place where so many people and popes have prayed for hundrads of years.
I am going to Florence/Arezzo/Sienna this weekend with the class. It is nice because we will have an opportunity to go to a wine tasting as well as dinners out on the program which is nice. We will see a science museum in Florence which is not one of the more popular museums. It is an attempt to become more Rennaissance people-formed in all the arts. So it will be a nice relaxing weekend and we get a day off as we travel till monday night!
Hope things back in the states are going well. Miss you all and love you a lot.
Ex urbe eterna,
Jonathan
PS... i would suggest clicking on the pictures to get a better look!
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Joannie Solomon
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ah italia!!!
jonathan! i am so envious of you and these amazing pictures! but it also makes me so happy because it reminds me of my own time in italy! God bless!! p.s. i was in regan last night and i thought of you and how much i miss you!!!