Wow, I'm getting really behind on my blog. A couple weekends back now, a few kids and I went to the Umbria Jazz festival in Perugia. The day did not start out too hot. We planned this trip on a whim basically. I had five minutes to shower and another eight to run to catch the hourly train into Santa Maria Novella station in Florence. I think I still had shampoo in my hair as I ran a seven minute mile to catch that train. We were quite a sight on that train...red-faced, panting, sweating like mad. Got into Perugia in the afternoon and suddenly realized that the last train back was at 8pm and the music really wasn't going to get going until 7 or so. Hmm, we didn't plan this out very well. So for about two hours we were convinced we were not going home that night. Rather, we would buy hooded sweatshirts and sleep in a park in Perugia. And then we saw the heroin addicts who looked as if they had the same plan. We found a hotel luckily. Perugia is beautiful...it is way up high overlooking the Umbrian countryside. It was amazing hearing live music and having such a great view of Italy. Eventually, we made our way to the main stage to hear the big act of the night which was a Motown/soul singer named Keesha Jackson. The stage was in the main piazza and after awhile, the crowd became huge. And I was picked to go up on stage for one of the songs. It seems wherever we go, one of us on this program gets on stage somehow. The night was very fun, and the next morning, we made a split decision to keep the party going and hop a train to Assisi to see the Giotto frescoes. Assisi is also perched up on a hill. Very beautiful, tranquil, and religious (despite the St. Francis shot glasses available at one shop).
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