Assisi & Perugia

Another Saturday, another day trip. This one started out with a stop in Assisi, home of St. Frances and site of the first Franciscan church. As it stands now, it may be my favorite church we've visited. It's not overly lavish (relative to other Italian churches), with dark, low arched ceilings and, of course, frescoes and other art lining every wall. The outside architecture, though, is what I found most appealing. The surrounding space filled with columns leading up to the large, castle-like church set against the sky created a great, almost fairy-tale like effect.

After the church, we walked the streets up to a quaint little piazza. Nothing extraordinary, but it had a nice little vibe to it. We stayed there a moment and moved on the the next city—Perugia.

After the bus driver spent about 45 minutes trying to get into the city, we took the train in. Almost immediately upon entering, Stephen saw a girl he recognized from a random encounter on a bus in Cortona. Her & her friend agreed to walk around with me, AJ and Stephen to show us the city. Most of our trip was comprised of walking around the city. It had much the same feel as Cortona, but clearly was a much larger city. We walked along an ancient aqueduct, stopped in an antique market, and walked through the cobbled streets until it was time to go home