/tags/assisi/ Recent content in Assisi on The Modrich Blog Hugo -- 0.147.8 en-us Lucas Modrich Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:19:00 +1000 /posts/2015/2015-07-21-a-day-trip-to-assisi/ Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:19:00 +1000 /posts/2015/2015-07-21-a-day-trip-to-assisi/ <p>Today we jumped in the cars and ventured out to Assisi for a day trip - roughly 120km from where we are staying.</p> <p>Assisi is the home of many Saints, but probably most prominent was Saint Francis, the founder of the Franciscan order and was named as one of the two patron Saints of Italy (along with Saint Catherine of Siena).</p> <p>We decided to head out early to try and avoid as much of the heat of the day as we could. The drive to Assisi was reasonably straightforward - at least compared to some of our recent outings and the routes selected by our TomTom.</p>