17 September 2006

some dogs can speak english too

So I just sat next to a doggy on the bus. It made me smile. He understood english.

On Saturday we took a day trip to Assisi. It's about two hours North of Rome, the city is on a hill and it's where Saint Francis (San Francesco) is from. We arrived in the morning to find it starting to rain out. We checked out Saint Francis' church, saw his tomb and frescos by Giotto. I had to buy a 4 euro umbrella because I lost mine somewhere in Berlin. We pretty much explored the rest of the day in the pooring rain. Found some paths we werent supposed to be on, played in a castle, went in some shops and walked up lots of hills. By the end of the day we were sopping wet and had to sit on a two hour train ride and use five different ways of transportation to arrive at our apartment. We were excited to be in the comfort of our home.




Other than Assisi on Saturday, we've been enjoying our time here. Today is the fifth day it's rained. I ran in a pretty park by our flat the other day. It's huge and I'm sure I hardly saw any of it. But everyone was working out, I even saw a man in a speedo who I assumed was swimming in the fountain he was next to. There was a canal that opened up into a lake and swan floating around. I thought it was an amazing park even though it was old and run down, it added to the aesthetics. I'm looking forward to this week, hopefully the rain will stop. I'm ready to go back to the pretty park, even if it's to walk around, there was so much beauty and detail that God opened up to me.

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