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Br. George Van Grieken FSC Ruminations
Monday, May 28, 2007
May 27 – Trip to Orvieto
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The group reassembled to walk around some more, getting some great gelato in the process. On returning to the cathedral to check out the frescoes, I saw John and Bob near the steps speaking with a group of students. It turns out that they were from Manhattan College! This is where John and Bob live and work, and it was Bob’s recognition of one of the students that made the connection. They were there on a tour before going to Florence for a month of study. Small world! After John gave them a quick spontaneous tour of the local area, they went on their way. We, in our turn, made our way to “St. Patrick’s Well” located on that other side of the ciy. It had been built some 500 years ago as the town hosted one of the Popes on the run from his enemies. Some people (not me) paid 4.50 Euros for the privilege of walking down 258 steps to see the water at the bottom and 258 steps up to see the sky again. The engineering, apparently, is a notable accomplishment (2 corkscrew staircases, for the water donkeys, that operate independently) but I was happy to just stay outside, thank you very much. The walls of the city gave some terrific views of the area. It was especially neat to watch the trains that came in, comparing the slow inter-city trains with the superfast Eurostar trains that smoothly went by on separate tracks at what looked like 200 kmh at least.
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