All Roads Lead to Rome

For Sunday, August 14, 2011

As we awoke from our well deserved R & R in new Assisi, we enjoyed a continental breakfast and quested into the scorching hot European sun to reach the awesome ciy of Old Assisi on top of a hill. Our first stop was St. Claire's Basilica, the actual place where St. Francis got his epiphany to rebuild the Catholic Church. Neat, right?? We did get to see her tomb, which was a statue in her likeness, but not the super special crucifix that St. Francis got his message from. But that was all good because we got to see the birth place of St. Francis and the rest of his Basilica which, if you ask us, he totally deserved a lot.
So after our free roam in Assisi, which had awesome trinkets and really high and steep stairs, we made our long, 3 hour bus ride to Rome, so we can roam...That city. Yup.

It's been said that all roads lead to Rome, and that couldn't be more true! Rome is massive! From the Circus Maximus, the Colosseum, and the Trevi Fountain. And let us tell you, the postcards do not do them justice at all. They are breathtakingly nig and super awesome. Then afterwards, we went to Our Lady of Guadeloupe Church, near our hotel, which was really cool since the walls were painted with the various Madonnas of the world.

We head back into Rome tomorrow, which is (again) awesome, but please pray for us that the sun will be kind, because it isn't. As for the hotel, it is beyond awesome and we have three more days, so that is definitely good.

Until next time, Ciao!


Bill, Cody, Angie, and Elise