Assisi

I have a new favorite Italian city now...

I had to wake up at 8:45 this morning because we were driving to Gualdo to meet the family that took us for a day last time.  I was a zombie because I spent a good part of my morning (until 3am) downloading new music, which I am very excited about.  On the drive there, I got to listen to it! When we got there, we went to get breakfast with the family's daughter, Laura, who is 18 and can drive.  Then we drove straight to Assisi with her, which was about 30 minutes away.

We parked and then we walked around for a couple of hours.  It was soooo beautiful.  I took a ton of pictures.  I think I liked it so much because it was a mixture of Gubbio and Perugia, which were my two favorite cities before I came here.  All of the buildings were amazing and the city is on top of a hill so there is a great view!  It's also a big tourist town, so there were quite a few people there.  Janie and I were listening for people who spoke English but we didn't end up finding anyone. We also went into a couple of great churches but I wasn't allowed to take pictures.

We headed to another town around 12 and we went to Mcdonald's for lunch.  It's the first one I've seen in Italy so far.  I never usually eat there because it's so bad for you, but being four months into my exchange, I was just craving a burger, and so I got one and savored every bite.  I probably consumed more calories than I should in a whole day...  Then we visited another church and walked around for a while.

We drove to a town near Perugia where there was a big mall and we shopped around a little bit.  We went into H&M, which happened to have very cute, cheap clothes. Too bad I didn't know we were going shopping and I only brought 10 euros with me.  Oh well, maybe we'll come back another time.  Then we drove back to Gualdo and it took about an hour.  I was half asleep the whole drive.

We walked around Gualdo for an hour or so with Laura's friends and then we met up with her parents and my host parents and we all went to dinner together.  We all got pizzas and it happened to be the best pizza I've had in Italy.  A lot of favorites today.  Janie and I were also making each other laugh all day long.  It was a good day.

Now for a movie!

Buonanotte!
~Devon