Assisi

In May of 2006 I flew to Fiumincino Airport outside Rome and took the train to Assisi immediately, spending the night there in a charming b&b.  Assisi’s a delightful town, crammed with day-trippers at mid-day, but it reverts to calm and quiet after 4 pm or so.  It’s a town of many centuries: there are Roman ruins, a Byzantine church, medieval city walls and castle, and Renaissance buildings. Of course the center is the church of St. Francis, which houses the inimitable Giotto frescos. The church of S. Chiara was of course interesting to me, but most of all, just walking about the town was a delight, with flowers everywhere.  

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