Photo Highlights of Central Italy

There are lots of stories to tell, sure, but I also see the merit in letting the pictures do some of the talking. So here are some of the best photo highlights (with captions of course!) of my weekend on the road. Prepare for a very image heavy post.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Medieval Assisi- built on a hill above the modern city of Assisi"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="The view from the top of the hill in Medieval Assisi"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="The Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi. Side note: the arched areas along each side was where the pilgrims would spend the night before there were hotels."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Sunset on the bus ride back to the hotel in Perugia"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Beginning of the ride through the Apennine Mountains to get to Norcia"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption="The Square in Norcia"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption="The main political building in Norcia, and a beautiful sky"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="A boar's head in Norcia, a town in a region known for its meats"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="A spiderweb across the window of an abandoned Church outside Norcia dedicated to St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Ascending the ApenninesThe tiny white icecap in the middle of the greenery is the small town where we ate lunch on Friday"][/caption]



[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Mountain cheese in the Apennines"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Saint Eutizio Abbey outside Perugia"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="The sign for Saint Eutizio Abbey"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Though this building in Perugia is a piddly six to seven hundred years old, the arch and carvings in this wall are Etruscan and date back to the third century before Christ, over 2300 years ago"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption="This fountain was completed in the 12th Century in Perugia to celebrate the technological prowess of a society able to move water up a hill."][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Down a side street in Perugia"][/caption]

I think that will do it for now! Watch for some more posts in the coming days about other places I went this weekend, including a Knights Templar church, one of two left in Europe!

Peace.