La Verna

Our bus broke down while in Assisi, and so during the windy ride through the mountains to La Verna all I was wishing was for the bus to get us to the monastery -- because we were in the middle of nowhere.
La Verna is an isolated mountain situated in the Tuscan Alpines overlooking the valley Casentino. La Verna vas given to St. Francis in 1213 where a monastery was built for him and for his followers. Its name (Alverna in Latin) comes from the Italian verb 'vernare': to freeze (and that was no lie). St. Francis recieved stigmata here during meditation.
We had dinner at the monastery and headed home later that night.
Shown: picture form the bus, and a group of us step outside to check out where St. Francis slept.