Well we left Cinque Terre and took the 4 hour train to Assisi. We arrived at around midnight. Assisi is up on a hill and it was a beautiful ride up the mountain through the lights.
I had not mentioned before, but Cinque Terre in my mind looked like a run down beach town I guess most people would call it quaint….but if you had that type of housing in the US some of it would be condemned. But’s irts a beach town and the surroundings are spectacular. On the other hand Assisi is CRAZY cool. It is a medieval town. There is no concrete, no black top and no grass….not a blade. The city is cobblestone to stone wall to stone roofs. Interweaving streets that are at best 15 feet wide. It was like being in a fairy tale. Unbelievable city.
So Denise is making the plans for the trip and our first activity is to hike up to The Hermitage. This is where St Francis ran to when he fled his family. When we go down to the front desk to get some directions...of course we have no maps….and he says, with a eyebrow raised, “you are going to walk there”? That should of been the first clue. But no….what does he know...he only grew up here. So we start out 1 mile down through the town….fantastic. Than we get to the start of the “driveway” and start walking up….and up and up….we must of been about 1.5 miles in when we start to question our judgment. There is NO One else hiking….no one….this as a bad idea. Denise starts hitch hiking and thank St Frances some new friends bring us to the top. By the way only 1 or 2 cars has passed us in the last 1/ hour. It took another 10 minutes of driving to get to the top… At the top we found a taxi stand and paid dearly for a ride down when we were done.
All in All a great place to visit.
1 comment:
you hitch hiked?! tisk tisk. you would have killed steph and I if we did that.
haha. sounds like you're having fun! miss you guys.
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