I've got a lot of work that I've been putting off all weekend, so this will have to be a quick update. Saturday we took a class trip to Assisi, about two hours north of Rome. This is the burial site of St. Francis, one of the early Christian evangelists, founder of the Franciscan Monks (obviously). Assisi is an oooold, old village located on top of a hill; it's since become modernized and expanded at the hill's bottom, but the hill itself still retains its medieval look for the most part. The church is a beautifully old structure with frescos by Giotto adorning the walls. Beautiful country.
If you see any dark splotches on the pictures below, it's from some dust that has gotten into the lens of my G7. I gotta figure out how to get it cleaned, or maybe I just need an excuse to buy a DSLR with the money I don't have…
View of the church from up on top of the hill. Notice the rose window in the center.
View of the town from higher up on the hill. Cranes over on the left with their sans-serif logos are totally messing up the view.
Another far-off view of the church.
The castle up on top of the hill. Didn't go inside but it was nice to take pictures around it.
Evidence that I am indeed here.
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