{"id":11553,"date":"2017-09-11T07:17:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T12:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=11553"},"modified":"2017-09-11T07:17:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T12:17:43","slug":"umbria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=11553","title":{"rendered":"Umbria!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was our last bit of orientation to Italy with a trip to Umbria!<\/p>\n<p>Friday morning started bright and early with a bus ride to Narni (the inspiration for Narnia) where we visited an underground monastery and torture room that dated back to the inquisition over 3000 years ago. As a new(ish) Catholic I have never learned about the inquisition and as my friend Christopher put it \u201cAd Majorem Dei Gloriam means something totally different now than it did then.\u201d Visiting this site really shook my perspective of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\">\n<div class=\"gallery-row\">\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/21433126_1801236336583403_309142966600041521_n\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"21433126_1801236336583403_309142966600041521_n\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/21433126_1801236336583403_309142966600041521_n.jpg?w=409&amp;h=545\" alt=\"Arch above the altar in the monastery depicting Jesus and the Evangelical Authors\u00a0 PC:Duncan C.\" width=\"409\" height=\"545\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/21462691_1801236316583405_7291877556325899692_n\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"21462691_1801236316583405_7291877556325899692_n\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/21462691_1801236316583405_7291877556325899692_n.jpg?w=408&amp;h=545\" alt=\"21462691_1801236316583405_7291877556325899692_n\" width=\"408\" height=\"545\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The tour of Narni was concluded by a lovely glass of wine and some snacks and followed by a rather strange lunch on a beautiful island.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-174\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/bus.jpg?w=429&amp;h=287\" alt=\"bus\" width=\"429\" height=\"287\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drinks with Francie and Christopher!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saturday we toured le Cimate vineyard and had a lovely wine tasting and lunch! The rolling hills, sweet grapes and massive barrels are all etched in my mind forever (PC: Melissa C.). Not to mention the yummy ros\u00e9 that I bought two bottles of\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\">\n<div class=\"gallery-row\">\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/20170909_100117\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20170909_100117\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/20170909_100117.jpg?w=131&amp;h=234\" alt=\"Uvas\" width=\"131\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/20170909_102343\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20170909_102343\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/20170909_102343.jpg?w=416&amp;h=234\" alt=\"So much wine\" width=\"416\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/20170909_111735\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20170909_111735\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/20170909_111735.jpg?w=131&amp;h=234\" alt=\"20170909_111735\" width=\"131\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/20170909_125042-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20170909_125042 (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/20170909_125042-1.jpg?w=131&amp;h=234\" alt=\"Mi vino\" width=\"131\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A nice nap on the bus lead us to il Museo delle Mummie e la Chiesetta di S. Stefano where we saw perfectly preserved human remains from the 13th century and a beautiful mass at the \u2019Abbazia di San Pietro in Valle lead by Father Al (PC: Duncan C.).<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\">\n<div class=\"gallery-row\">\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-1\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/21558960_1801237099916660_8247523900113333641_n\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"21558960_1801237099916660_8247523900113333641_n\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/21558960_1801237099916660_8247523900113333641_n.jpg?w=434&amp;h=579\" alt=\"The Benedictine Abbey where we had mass\" width=\"434\" height=\"579\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-group images-2\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/21430177_1801237043249999_4011411857246191984_n\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"21430177_1801237043249999_4011411857246191984_n\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/21430177_1801237043249999_4011411857246191984_n.jpg?w=383&amp;h=288\" alt=\"Al fresco paintings depicting the New and Old Testament\" width=\"383\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/11\/umbria\/21430515_1801237039916666_114020916969247587_n\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"21430515_1801237039916666_114020916969247587_n\" src=\"https:\/\/skjerveninthesky.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/09\/21430515_1801237039916666_114020916969247587_n.jpg?w=383&amp;h=287\" alt=\"Al fresco paintings depicting the New and Old Testament\" width=\"383\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sunday was a bit of a bummer as we were rained out of our planned visit to the Partenza per Carsulae di epoca Romana (Archaeological Site). Instead we visited the (rather small) museum about the site and then made our way to lunch at La Taverna dell\u2019Arco. Finally, we piled on the busses one last time to make our way back to campus and after a weekend of amazing conversations, views, and laughs we all passed out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was our last bit of orientation to Italy with a trip to Umbria! Friday morning started bright and early with a bus ride to Narni (the inspiration for Narnia) where we visited an underground monastery and torture room that dated back to the inquisition over 3000 years ago. As a new(ish) Catholic &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=11553\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,94,29],"tags":[461,559],"class_list":["post-11553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italy","category-john-felice-rome-center","category-john-felice-rome-center-global-centers","tag-rome","tag-umbria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}