Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Day 4 – Assisi - Monday, January 6th 2014: Brandon Amato

Today we travelled by bus to Assisi, a medieval mountain top village (Home of St. Francis, St. Clare and St Damian). When we arrived, we were taken on a tour of the village, we were told about the life of St. Francis and St. Clare and were able to see 2 churches where the bodies of St. Francis and  St. Clare were buried. After this, we were given free time to explore Assisi. We split up into groups and there were six people in my group (me, Reece, Robert, James, Sebastien and Ms Vial). We had something to eat at a Pizzeria and then went exploring.  At 5pm we went to the town centre to see la Befana climb down from a building. Unfortunately, we had to leave before la Befana reached the ground as we had a bus to catch to our hotel.  (La Befana is celebrated on the Epiphany (6th of Jan) and recalls the 3 wise men’s visit to baby Jesus. Legend claims that the wise men asked La Befana to join them in visiting the new born, but she told them she did not have the time and ever since she has been wandering from house to house searching for Him.)


Brandon Amato

Year 9 Student

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