JUNE 12, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
INFIORANTE DI SPELLO
ONE OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT AND SEEN PHOTOS OF IS THE GREAT SPELLO EVENT CALLED ' INFIORANTE DI SPELLO '
( THE FLOWERS OF SPELLO )
FOR MONTHS THE CITTA OF SPELLO PREPARES
FOR THIS ONE DAY WHERE THEY PUT DOWN ON THE COBBLED STREETS THE PICTURES THEY WILL FILL IN WITH THE PETALS OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS!!!!!! OF PETALS. A MONTH BEFORE WE WOULD SEE DOORS OPEN TO SHOW THE ELDEST WOMEN SITTING SLOWLY STRIPPING PETALS OFF OF DIFFERENT FLOWERS, LAUGHING AND TALKING FOR HOURS. WE WONDERED WHAT THEY WERE DOING..THIS TAKES PLACE ON A SUNDAY USUALLY THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE ON THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND AT ONE THERE IS A PROCESSION WITH THE BLESSED SACRAMENT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNE.
WE HAD THE BEST VIEW FROM OUR ROOF TOP TERRACE...IT HAD BEEN POURING RAIN FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS, EVEN ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE, BUT BY 7PM PEOPLE WERE OUT BEGINNING A PROCESS THAT WOULD TAKE THEM THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! HERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL PHOTOS OF THIS AMAZING EVENT BY THE SPELLOITES!!!
OUR STREET!!! TOP TO BOTTOM!!!
UMBRIANS COME FROM
ALL OVER TO SEE SUCH
LOVE BY THE SPELLANI!!!
DIFFERENT EACH YEAR!!!
PLEASE, ZOOM IN TO SEE THE DETAILS!!!
ZOOM IN TO SEE THE AMAZING EYES !!!
HOW IT ALL BEGINS THE NIGHT BEFORE...
( THE FLOWERS OF SPELLO )
FOR MONTHS THE CITTA OF SPELLO PREPARES
FOR THIS ONE DAY WHERE THEY PUT DOWN ON THE COBBLED STREETS THE PICTURES THEY WILL FILL IN WITH THE PETALS OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS!!!!!! OF PETALS. A MONTH BEFORE WE WOULD SEE DOORS OPEN TO SHOW THE ELDEST WOMEN SITTING SLOWLY STRIPPING PETALS OFF OF DIFFERENT FLOWERS, LAUGHING AND TALKING FOR HOURS. WE WONDERED WHAT THEY WERE DOING..THIS TAKES PLACE ON A SUNDAY USUALLY THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE ON THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND AT ONE THERE IS A PROCESSION WITH THE BLESSED SACRAMENT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNE.
WE HAD THE BEST VIEW FROM OUR ROOF TOP TERRACE...IT HAD BEEN POURING RAIN FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS, EVEN ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE, BUT BY 7PM PEOPLE WERE OUT BEGINNING A PROCESS THAT WOULD TAKE THEM THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! HERE ARE SOME WONDERFUL PHOTOS OF THIS AMAZING EVENT BY THE SPELLOITES!!!
OUR STREET!!! TOP TO BOTTOM!!!
UMBRIANS COME FROM
ALL OVER TO SEE SUCH
LOVE BY THE SPELLANI!!!
PLEASE, ZOOM IN TO SEE THE DETAILS!!!
HOW IT ALL BEGINS THE NIGHT BEFORE...
WE LEAVE THE MOUNTAIN TOP...!!!
WE LEAVE THE MOUNTAIN TOP AND GO TO
ROMA FOR THREE GREAT DAYS!!!
OFF THEY GO---SHOPPING!!! VISITING PIAZZAS
...BUT I ENJOY THE ROOM AND THE QUIET...
PIAZZA NAVONA
WE RETURN TO OUR VIA VENETO CAFE WHICH WE FOUND IN 1995...SOMETHINGS NEVER
CHANGE!!!
ROMA FOR THREE GREAT DAYS!!!
OFF THEY GO---SHOPPING!!! VISITING PIAZZAS
CHANGE!!!
Sunday, June 9, 2013
HERE ARE SOME REASONS WHY IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE THE LAST POST!!!
WE TOOK A TRIP TO TREVI!
IT IS THE CLOSEST TOWN TO US...20 MINUTES
FROM SPELLO
WE TOOK BACK ROADS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN...A TURN AND THIS AMAZING SIGHT!
LARRY LOVES OLD CHURCHES AND ALWAYS
STOPS TO ABSORB THE WORKMANSHIP, THE LIGHT THAT STREAMS IN THROUGH THE DOME CEILING...AND THE DEVOTION OF THOSE WHOSE BELIEF PRODUCED SUCH BEAUTY!!!
TREVI HAS THE WORLD'S!!!! OLDEST WALL PUMP ORGAN...IT IS SAID TO HAVE THE PUREST SOUND...AND IT HAS BEEN LOVINGLY RESTORED!!! ZOOM IN AND SEE!!!
NEXT TRIP OFF TO
COLLEPINO!
YOU CANNOT SEE IF FROM SPELLO EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY, AS IT IS HIGH UP AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN...
THIS IS THE SURPRISE WE SAW...SO LOVELY!!!
ALWAYS THE MADONNA
GREETS YOU WHEREVER
YOU GO IN ITALY...
THE RAINS ARE EASING UP AND THE
TREES ARE BLOOMING!!!
SEE HOW MUCH SMALLER THE
SREETS ARE! MAKES SPELLO LOOK LIKE CHICAGO!!!
COLLEPINO HAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA---WE NEVER
FOUND IT---BUT WILL NEXT TRIP FOR SURE!
OFF TO TODI
ANOTHER HILL TOP VILLAGE!
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM SPELLO
THE GREAT LORENZO TAKES US TO YET ANOTHER ADVENTURE! WITHOUT A SCRIPT...
ZOOM IN AND YOU WILL SEE TODI ON TOP!!!
THE VIEWS FROM THE TOP
LORENZO THE GREAT CHAUFFEUR
TODI'S CENTRAL PIAZZA WITH THE DUOMO
UNO CAFE LATTE PER FAVORE
IN UMBRIA THE POPPIES ARE RED NOT LIKE CALIFORNIA ORANGE...WE WALKED IN TODI'S GARDENS AND THE COOL BREEZE IN THE SILENCE WAS A MEDITATION IN ITSELF...
WE ARE GOING TO ROME FOR THREE DAYS
AS I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SEE THE MOTHERHOUSE...MAIN HEADQUARTERS...OF THE RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART AND THE ARCHIVES WHICH SR.MARGARET PHELAN HAS RUN FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS!! SHE AND I WERE IN THE NOVITIATE TOGETHER AND I WILL BE SEEING HER EXACTLY 49 YEARS FROM THE DAY I ENTERED IN 1964....WHAT AN ADVENTURE!!!!!
WE TOOK A TRIP TO TREVI!
IT IS THE CLOSEST TOWN TO US...20 MINUTES
FROM SPELLO
STOPS TO ABSORB THE WORKMANSHIP, THE LIGHT THAT STREAMS IN THROUGH THE DOME CEILING...AND THE DEVOTION OF THOSE WHOSE BELIEF PRODUCED SUCH BEAUTY!!!
COLLEPINO!
YOU CANNOT SEE IF FROM SPELLO EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY, AS IT IS HIGH UP AND AROUND THE MOUNTAIN...
THIS IS THE SURPRISE WE SAW...SO LOVELY!!!
ALWAYS THE MADONNA
GREETS YOU WHEREVER
YOU GO IN ITALY...
THE RAINS ARE EASING UP AND THE
TREES ARE BLOOMING!!!
SEE HOW MUCH SMALLER THE
SREETS ARE! MAKES SPELLO LOOK LIKE CHICAGO!!!
RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA---WE NEVER
FOUND IT---BUT WILL NEXT TRIP FOR SURE!
OFF TO TODI
ANOTHER HILL TOP VILLAGE!
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM SPELLO
WE ARE GOING TO ROME FOR THREE DAYS
AS I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SEE THE MOTHERHOUSE...MAIN HEADQUARTERS...OF THE RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART AND THE ARCHIVES WHICH SR.MARGARET PHELAN HAS RUN FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS!! SHE AND I WERE IN THE NOVITIATE TOGETHER AND I WILL BE SEEING HER EXACTLY 49 YEARS FROM THE DAY I ENTERED IN 1964....WHAT AN ADVENTURE!!!!!
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