The Italian Hill Town Assisi!

With another day in Florence we decided to head out for a day trip to the nearby town Assisi. Assisi is a beautiful town set in a hillside, south of Tuscany. It is home to Saint Francis, and with that ornate churches are found in its vicinity. One of our personal favorite features was a castle nestled at the highest point in town. Below is a picture of one of the cathedrals, found outside and in, are many references to Saint Frances.

Getting to the town and seeing the castle for the first time. We had to walk a little ways to get there, but a bus does get you pretty close. 

We stop as often as possible at local grocery stores, and load up on a few things to carry us throughout the day. We  often will get chocolate or ice cream from the local region. One of our all time favorite food supplies is fruit! As you can see in this picture we decided to take a watermelon break half way up to the castle! We did have two of the cool spoon/fork/knife combo utensils, but Harmon broke one during this very Watermelon break,so now we share.

This is atop the castle, along the wall to the watch tower.  The castle is very well preserved and has a lot of rooms you can walk through as well as a very long, and narrow, spiral staircase. 

This is a picture taken from underneath the wall to te watch tower. You can walk through the wall to get to the watch tower. All along the walls are holes that are just wide enough to launch arrows from a crossbow at oncoming foes. The walkway was very narrow as we walked through the hallway, Harmon's shoulders would just barey miss the walls. We couldn't imagine what it must be like sprinting down the hallway while wearing full armor. 

Here is a view from te watch tower back towards the castle.

This is the opposite view from the watch tower away from the castle. The surrounding area is beautiful farms, rolling green hillsides and a beautiful small town with cobblestone streets and narrow walkways.

Here is the best view of all of Italy, that's because it is of my beautiful wife, of course. I could never ask for a better travel partner! I am so happy she is my wife and I love her so much. She keeps me smiling all the time!  I know it is hard not to just gander on the beauty of my wife, but this picture also shows the small  cute streets of Assisi. 

We loved Assisi and we even noticed a few small spaces for sale. Ahhh, if only it was easier to get to Italy. One thing we discovered on this trip was how much we liked having a central place to stay and taking day trips to other close by areas.