Umbria has 6 of the top 10 'pretty' villages in Italy and it shows. They are mostly on the tops of hills of course and the most famous of these though hardly a village is Assisi, the home of St Frances. We left the Twurp in the hospital car park caught the local bus to join the many American tourists in the main piazza (they all found the right car park!) The first sight of the basillica is amazing (gee - I'm overwelmed). It is huge and built on two levels clinging to the side of the hill. We were able to see St Francis tomb and relics and tour the churches but not the monastry. We had a coffee in Bar St Frances with some nuns (!) and found the hospital bus and got on, but it took off in the wrong direction. Fortunately it was a circular route so we saw all the rest of Assisi in the half hour journey - which was really nice!
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