Text and images Britt Arnhild Wigum Lindland
10 years ago I cam to Assisi for the first time. I travlled with a group of deacons from Norway and Sweden on a bus tour and we had planned to spend an afternoon in Saint Frances' birth city. Unfortunately we experiences some traffic delay and when we arrived in Assisi late in the afternoon every single church was closed. We had a pizza, wwalked the main street, I bought a beautiful painted ceramic plate......but.....
Breakfast, 2 1/2 hous in bus enjoying the Italian landscape....and then Assisi was there. Waiting for me. Waiting for us.
I told our group that I wanted to walk alone....in silence, in prayers, in reflections, and we decided on a time to meet in the afternoon.
Basilica di S Francesco, Basilica di S Chiara, Santuaro di S Damiano.
A long lunch in a small osteria.
Enough for one day. Still so much to see. To do.
The sisters here at Casa Il Rosario only give me half an hour at a time on the computer, and Roma is whispering my name from every single terracitta corner....so....see you later.