Hi everybody. Today was another enchanting day. We had no idea that Assisi is as impressive as it is. To top it off, we are camped “in the bush” at a camping ground a few kilometres east of Assisi. While it is a normal camping ground, there are so few people here and the sites are spread among the trees such that there is no other camper within sight of us.
You know that you are off the beaten tourist track when the man at reception speaks very little English and the man in the shop speaks no English. I had no trouble however communicating to him that I wanted a bottle of his local Umbrian chardonnay.
Today was a very saintly day. St Francis, St. Clair, St. Peter and a number of others all of which have grand cathedrals or churches dedicated to their memories.
We finished the day at Eremo Delie Carceri, the cave not far from here tucked away in the forest where Francis used to come for quiet reflection, now a Franciscan retreat venue – very picturesque and very peaceful. It started out as a cave but now has a building built over it through which one enters a series of rooms used by Francis cut into the rock. Hopefully some of his saintliness has rubbed off on us.
Well that’s it for the motorhome adventures folks. I hope you have enjoyed reading about them. We have certainly enjoyed experiencing them. According to the GPS, we are 149 kilometres from the motorhome base. We hope to be there by 10:00am tomorrow ready for our assault on Rome. We have tickets for the Vatican for Friday. It’s the first time in almost three weeks that we have had to be at any particular place at any particular time.
On Saturday, we head to Positano for the very significant birthday parties for the ladies turning 60! We will be very busy having a good time but I will hopefully find the time to keep the blog updated. Keep an eye on it at http://kylefun.blogspot.com/
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