More photos from Assisi

Less snark, more pretty:

Breakfast

View on the way to breakfast

One of the Assisi felines going about his business, outside the language school.

Calendimaggio is the big local festival in the town of Assisi. It's sort of a celebration of spring. Residents dress up in medieval costume and events are held all over  town.

The woman on the right just helped her granddaughter with a little
last minute fussing over her costume. I'm sure the grandmother
wore a similar costume when she was younger.

Getting ready to start one of the first parades.
These activities go on for a week and a half.

The residents from the lower part of Assisi wear mostly red costumes.
I love all the different reactions going on here. 

I was thrilled to see that she was looking right at me when I took this photo.

Possibly my favorite photo of the bunch because he really looked
as if he had just stepped out of a time machine. I was impressed with
what good condition the costumes were in. They all look new.

A few non-red costumes.

Did they have hair product in the 12th century?

Earlier in the day, I took a walk up to Rocca Maggiore after class. It's the 12th century fort overlooking the town.

Some beautiful views along the way. This church is San Ruffino.

Here's the Rocca Maggiore from the approach. It was built around 1174.
Rocca means fort or castle in Italian. (No, there's no Almond Rocca here.)

This location was used in the Franco Zeffirelli film about that guy from San Francisco
 "Brother Sun, Sister Moon."

This tunnel along the top of one of the walls is more than 100 meters long.
At the very end, you go up a loooong spiral staircase to step out and see the following:

Looking back at the fort, from the Polygonal Tower

Looking down onto Basilica San Francesco (sic) :-)

The town of Assisi

And this photo was taken from my window. This is a "Propitiation Feast" for the lower part of town.
Notice all the red. The setting sun helped provide a nice little backdrop, don't you think?

Today (May 1) is a national holiday, so I have no class. (Insert joke here.) This will give me a chance to explore more of this beautiful town.