Internet in Assisi

Assisi

View from our hotel in Assisi

The Church of St Francis

The Clouds of Tuscany

Siena under construction

A couple of "spritz" for lunch

The view from our room in San Gimingano - not too bad

Sheep! And the shepherd! Look close.

Yes in the land of the monk of the animals we have the Internet. Not at our hotel, but at a small bar full of Italian tweens gaming and looking at You Tube. In any case, you can see what we have been up to the past couple of days.

Renting the car at the Florence airport, we headed south toward San Gimignano, a hilltop town in the middle of Tuscany. Adorable. We stayed in a huge room at the top of a converted bell tower. We had stunning views of the Tuscan hillside as you can see from the photos above.

Wednesday we spent the day in Siena. A lovely student filled town. Chic, but not as trendy as Florence.

Thursday morning we left for Assisi. The land of the animal-loving monk. St Francis' tomb is impressive under the nave of the church. Yes, a couple more churches. Sweet Corstiaan agreed to drive me a couple hours out of our way to see this amazing town. We were just too close by not to see it.

Tonight we are safely ensconced in Hotel Ideale www.gotelideale.it if you are interested in our view and tomorrow we depart for our five hour drive to the Amalfi Coast. I'll be making sandwiches for the trip, but you can be sure the drive will be well documented.

Until then ...

Corstiaan and Rosemary