Not really any Irish pubs around here so I’m unsure how we’ll be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. It’s tranquil here anyway, but unfortunately I think we’ll be breaking that somehow. Just finished our walking tour of Assisi and went inside the Basilica of Saint Francis. The Giotto frescoes there were very beautiful. I got yelled at for taking pictures, whoops. Just depends on if they catch you I guess as others avoided this.
Found a quiet spot to read at the Hotel Ideale for about an hour until the owners had to leave and close the gate. Afterwards I walked up with a group to the Eremo delle Carceri Di S. Francesco which is the monastery of St. Francis. Bitch of an hour walk up off the map and my feet ached afterwards, but I did it. Overall only okay but w/e once in a lifetime I guess. When we got back we all got gelato and I headed over to the Basilica Di S. Chiara to see the remains of Saint Claire that are preserved in wax. Well-preserved but, honestly, they could have substituted a dummy and no one would be the wiser. Her feet were bare, though, which is a condition of the vow of poverty those in her order take. The cross that spoke to Saint Francis was unimpressive to me probably because they turned off the lights for closing so my view was obscured.
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