Monday. Assisi was a 20 minute drive from the Genius Loci and our host here told us about the best car park near the top of the town. Assisi is a fabulous place with tiny cobbled streets and houses that lean over the paths. We wandered around the Duomo then dodged a rainstorm by having a beer in a cafe. We set off for the Basilica which has the tomb of St Francis beneath. Fantastic paintings and frescos. Very pleasant snack lunch before tackling the Basilica. The souvenir shops are full of little statues of St Francis – as well as crossbows, slingshots and air pistols! There are lots of monks and nuns in town, as you might expect. We did the smart thing and caught a taxi all the way back to the car park at the top of the town. We were a bit worn out on our return home, so we got takeaway pizza and salad and dined in – and sampled the wine made from the grapes growing in the vineyards that stretch down the slopes outside our windows. Yum.
I've noticed that every post ends with bottle of wine? Very jealous, looks like it was a fab trip!