Drove along the coastline of the Adriatic Sea to Ravenna. Here, we saw the famous mosaics in the 6th-century Basilica of St. Apollinaris in classe. This was the 1st of the three cathedrals that we saw today...

The Basilica of St. Francis

What a day! Lots of driving, then lots of walking, a nice dinner in our beautiful hotel and then drinks outside in Assisi! We visited three very beautiful cathedrals today! When we arrived in Assisi, we quickly checked into our rooms, and then met for a tour of The Basilica of St. Francis - the church has three parts: the upper basilica, the lower basilica, and the saint's tomb. In the 1997 earthquake, the lower basilica — with walls nearly nine feet thick — was unscathed. The upper basilica, with bigger windows and walls only three feet thick, was damaged. Following a restoration, the entire church reopened to visitors in late 1999.

The Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor—commonly known as the Franciscan Order—in Assisi, Italy, the city where St. Francis was born and died.

Assisi reminded me of a small San Francisco! It's on the side of a mountain above the clouds~ We walked to both churches - The Basilica of St. Francis & The Basilica di Santa Chiara

- this was the first day it rained a little while we started the Tour in Assisi. We had an hour & 1/2 to rest before dinner. Dinner was fun tonight! They served us - pork, tomatoes, mashed potatoes, caprice salad, dessert, cappuccino, white wine & water- About 12 of us had drinks outside overlooking Assisi ~ just beautiful!!