As if Orvieto wasn't enough for one day, we take a tram back down the mountain, get on our Mercedes comfortable touring bus, and head for Assisi. Remember, these ancient villages were built on mountain tops to provide security against the barbarian invaders. Thus, the tram.
We arrive before supper time and immediately walk about 3/4 of a mile to a huge church of Santa Maria, on the site of St Francis's original church, built by him from a pile of Roman ruins. That small structure, about the size of a small garage, now sits under the rotunda in Santa Maria.
St. Francis' actual little church appears lit from the inside and transcended. It is deeply moving. Janice, Joanne's friend, was weeping. "I could stay here forever" she said.
A few feet to the right, there is a small shrine with a sign "Qui Morto Francesca" - Francis died here.
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