roma!

Aug 02, 2005 20:28

its 8.28pm in rome right now, day 3 of our stay here, and its been so amazing so far... already exhausted from all the holy sites we have visited so far... bascilica of st. peter, bascilica of st. paul, bscilica of st. mary major, bascilica of st. john, holy stairs, holy cross of jersusalem, church of st. lawrence, church of st. susanna...

rome is so incredibly hot this time of year, sometimes i am so exhausted from heat, i just sit longer in a church to pray some more, resting my aching body after walking around the city all day... have only been drinking bottled water (no gas!) that is usually not as cool as i like

today, we took a day trip to assisi by train... in assisi, we visited the bascilica of st. francis and the church of st. clare, two saints very near and dear to my heart... assisi is so lovely, so quiet and peaceful and pastoral compared to rome, where there are more pilgrims and less tourists, all the buildings are very cute, not allowed to take pictures in any of the churches though, so sad (been taking so many pictures everywhere else, kicking myself in the butt for not bringing more sd memory cards and film because i might run out before france or germany!) also went to the patriarchal bascilica of st. mary of the angels in assisi for daily mass which turned out to be a special mass since its aug. 2 (will explain more another time)

in rome, we are staying in an apartment that we rented for our days in rome, which is very nice and cozy, like a home away from home, we even cooked gnocchi with pesto sauce last night too in our kitchen!

i miss everyone so much!
will update whenever i can!
with love, rita

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