The first week of May we made a long weekend and headed north to Assisi for their annual Calendimaggio festival. One of my favorite colleagues, Maribeth, has gone to this festival for many years. After hearing her rave about it, we decided to join the 2016 trip!
First stop on Friday morning: the Basilica of Saint Francis
Beautiful view of the lower town's red flags
Trip planner extraordinaire: Maribeth
Mel, Sherri, Me, and Emma with the Umbrian countryside behind us
These 2 crazy kids celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary
Ready for the afternoon festivities
Flag throwing
Drumming battle between the upper town
and lower town
We met up with the rest of the NES travelers at a wine bar and had a prosecco toast for Ron & Sherri's anniversary
Nighttime performance
Fire banners coming from the upper town
The evening performance ended in some (unplanned) dramatics when the tower you see the girl standing on, caught on fire. Thank goodness for the fast moving Assisi fire department!
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