I have plenty of stories to keep me blogging on tuesdays for a while.
It is the Benedictine monastery that was built in the 1500's. It is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Italy . . . more later on the amazing fresco's that line the cloisters.
This is still a working monastery, with an aging population of monks.
Which leads me to a funny story~~
He seemed to have something clenched in his hand.
He tells her (in Italian) that this was found in one of the cells and she did not belong at the monastery. When she asked why, he replied that she has breasts.
We weren't going to take it, but he was going to smash it if we didn't.
So . . . We took her home with us as a travel icon . . . a lucky icon I'm sure.
Y'all enjoy the ride~
Sandi
*for those of you who played the linky with me . . . you'll notice I no longer have the subscription*
We can still travel together.
Leave a comment and we'll visit!
5 comments:
We will never know the value of that "icon". There may have been more to that story!
Interesting!! Wonder who brought it into the cells??? Hmmm...
Nice post. like to read it. Thanks for sharing this here with us.
Love that. When we were there last fall we got 'lost' and ended up in the dinging hall as one of the monks was cleaning up after lunch. That was an experience.
It's such a beautiful and peaceful spot . . . neat to have a fun story attached with it. :-)
Of course my first thought was "Jerry would LoVe this".
They were eager to get 'her' out of there!
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