Porziuncola

Friday was one of those days where at no point did it feel like it wasn't part of the background of a French romantic painting (in Italy of course).
We woke up early to meet our bus at 7. For two hours we drove through the purple mist and frosted Tuscan countryside and watched the sun rise.
Porziuncola is a little town in Umbria. We visited the Bascilica Santa Maria degli Angeli Assisi built on the site where the Franciscans first settled. This church could be considered the Kennedy Airport of Umbria (according to our prof) --it was huge. Built in the late 1500's around tiny a medieval chapel, it also contains sites specific to St. Francis, such as the rose garden where he asked for the indulgence of forgiveness, and the infirmary where he died.