Italy Tour Day 8 – Assisi

Today was mostly a travel day as we left Montecatini this morning on our journey to Rome. We stopped en route to visit thetown of Assisi, known as the birthplace of St. Francis. Assisi s built up on the hillside with steep narrow cobblestone streets. Here we had lunch followed by a short amount of free-time in town to visit shops or the Basilica of Saint Francis where St. Francis remains are buried. We ended our day at our hotel just outside of Rome where we had dinner and a relatively early evening to rest for our day tomorrow, including the performance at the Vatican.