Florence and beyond!

so as you might tell by the title of this post Im in Florence. I think I've finally just now figured out apostrophes on these european keyboards. the past few days since leaving Rome have been spent in Perugia, a small midevil village close to Assisi. That was the other high point of this trip. Going to Assisi was something I never in my life imagined I'd be able to do. In the Reliquary of St Francis they have his tunic it looks like a pair of well worn punk rock pants, covered in patches of dark fabric and white thread and so threadbare that one wonders if there was anything left of the original material. He would have been a really small man. I never thought about his height but I guess the nickname Il Povrello was more than just affection, he really was the little poor man. There was kneelng beneath the crucifix of San Damiano and the reliwuary of St. Claire and the beautiful cathedral art from that period between the midevil and the renaissance, I have some very definite things to say about Renaissance artwork but my thumb has been giving me lots of joint pain recently.

I'll be moving on to Venice again soon where I'll put together the zine and rest from the internets and then it's back to Vancouver via NYC. I've had a wonerfull time on this vacation but I am ready to go home I think that if nothing else this trip has gone to show just how hard it is for my family to travel together.

ok so that's the dirt.

pax et bonum