Along the Adriatic Sea

We left Venice this morning of October 22. I had a beautiful stay there  and saw and experienced a lot despite the short time I was there. Hopefully some day I will come back to Venice and spend more time to explore the streets and canals.  This day we had two stops.  Both were unexpected surprizes for me.  They were Basilica's that were built in  the 6 century. One had beautiful Mosaic's that I can remember seeing in Art History books.  The other was in Assisi which was a massive 13 century Basilica of St. Francis.  We learned about the life of St. Francis and visited the crypt where he is buried.  The fresco's on the wall are infamous and would be familiar to many of us via Christmas cards.  This evening we stayed at a very nice hotel.  This was one of the dinner's provided by the tour group and it consisted of a wonderful buffet.  What a treat!  We had a choice of many delicious salads, breads, pasta's and meat dishes.  And of course many desserts.