Wednesday 28th May

Today we left Rome and drove by bus on the autostrada to Assisi. Our bus driver was called Massimo. On the way to Assisi we passed many little Italian towns the countryside was beautiful. When we arrived at Assisi we had to leave the bus in a car park and walk into the city. Luckily there was an escalator to get up the first hill.

Our guide Monia was very nice but her English was a bit rough as she was used to speaking German. She took us all through Assisi and we saw many churches including St Francis’ Basilica. It was interesting to see the frescos depicting the life of St Francis. We saw St. Francis’ tomb and later went to a gift shop at the other side of the church. Monia then left us to wander the medieval city.

We bought lunch at a very reasonably priced pizzeria and then walked back to the bus via the main shopping street where many purchases were made. We then took the bus to our hotel ‘Hotel Da Angelo’ which was five minutes away from the city wall. We all raced to our rooms and changed into our bathers as the hotel had a pool!!! We then proceeded to bathe in the sun and swim for the remainder of the afternoon. After our relaxation, at seven-thirty we had dinner at the hotel restaurant. The food was really nice as was the service. There was pasta for the primo piatto, pork and chips for the secondo piatto and a very nice desert. We all went to bed very content and full. Ciao!