Assisi

Two days ago I went on a school-sponsored trip to Assisi, which is a small town about 2 hours northeast of Florence. When we first got there we went to San Francesco's Basilica which was really cool and there were some amazing frescos inside the church. we learned about the history of St. Francesco and the meaning behind each painting/sculpture. After that, we all had time to explore Assisi on our own. The whole town is on a cliff so

my friends Maggie, Isaac and I decided to try to climb to the top of the town. It's easy to navigate because you just keep going uphill until you reach the top of the city, which is an old abandoned castle where you can look out on all of Assisi and other surrounding towns/farms.

This is a picture of San Francesco's Basilica as we started to climb up the city.

this is a picture of me that my roommate Maggie took as we were climbing up to the castle at the top of the city. this was about half-way up.

this is the castle at the top of the city. we didn't have time to go inside, but we sat outside for a while to enjoy the view.

This is the view from the castle. It was so beautiful, this picture doesn't even begin to capture it.

We saw this view as we were hiking down back to the base of the city, as the sun was beginning to set. I think the dome in the landscape is il duomo di Perugia.