Ciao! I am currently using a computer at that internet bar, and got really confused with a lot of the italian symbols. Lol. Assisi has been awesome to get to know all of the girls, although there are wayyy too many hills.
On Friday, everyone was spit up into two groups. My group went to Santa Chiara Basilica and got to see where Santa Chiara's body is kept. It also holds the cross that spoke to St. Francis and told him to go repair the church. We saw the original cross! We then went down a very large hill to San Damino, which was where St. Francis and Clare lived and we got to see exactly where Saint Clare died. This was especially awesome for me since Clare is my "patron saint."
Yesterday, we went to St. Francis Basilica with the Art History teacher. Everything is soo pretty! We got to see where St. Francis's is. There are tons of pictures of people placed around this tomb, because it is supposed to have healing powers. Later, a group of us girls went to Santa Maria dagli Angeli. We hiked about 3 miles both ways to get there because it is outside the gates of Assisi. It was totally worth it though. We got to see where St. Francis lived early in his life and where he died. Plus all of the artwork inside was magnificent!
Today we are all packed up and ready to leave for Rome. Assisi has been fun, but there has just been a lot of down time, I am ready to get to Rome. We have to start classes tomorrow though :-( For the room selection, my group kind of got jipped. We had a lottery to pick numbers but the person in charge decided to just put them in a jar and let people pick, although you could see right through the paper. All of the people who were supposed to be in my quad were towards the end of the line, including myself, so by the time we picked our number, all the good numbers were taken (what cheaters). Haha. Our lowest number ended up being 22, and we ended up not getting a quad because there were only 3 to begin with and they were taken by the time our number got called. By the time it came for us to choose rooms, we had 3 doubles to pick from...one with a bunk bed, one that said "this tight room," and one across from the student activities counselor who is also our RA and the elevator. We decided on the one by the RA. As long as we keep our door shut, I think we will be fine (she is very picky about that). Well, time to go for now. I will write again when I get a chance. Ciao!
3 comments:
Brett!! i sounds like you are already having an amazing time!! who are you rooming with??? how are classes? hard? what are the profs like?? i can't wait until we join you! oct 2 is our 100 day to Rome mark! lol counting down to brett time!! yay!! lol love you!
Brett!!!! I hope you are having a blast, keep up the blogging it will be so fun to have when you get back. Barry and I are having Europe withdrawals, so live it up for us and everyone else!
post some pictures, this blog is boring.
hope you're having fun.
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