Italy is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and we started in the mountains of the north, traveled through the heartland, along the Adriatic Coast, and all the way to Rome. We visited Milan, Pavia, Florence, Siena, Assisi, Loreto, Manoppello, Lanciano, Padre Pio’s San Giovanni Rotondo, and ended in Rome, with wine tasting, cooking classes, special guides like art historian, Liz Lev, and visits to amazing churches and shrines along the way with Steve & Janet Ray of Footprints of God Pilgrimages. Click picture to view full size.
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- The amazing food of Italy!
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- Basilica in Assisi
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- Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
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- Fantastic fun on our bus1
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- Cute cafe’ in Assisi
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- Chef Emilio Marchetti teaching how to make rosotto w artichokes, riboleta soup, and roast leg of pork
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- Deacon Dom assisting Mass in Lanciano
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- Gargano, Italy
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- Entrance to Cave of St. Michael the Archangel, Gargano
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- Cave of St. Michael the Archangel
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- Delicious calamari always fantastico when eating it while looking at the stunning views on “Fishermen’s Island” Lago Maggiore in Northern Italy
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- Amazing Fish!
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- View from our room in Florence
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- Gardens of Borromeo Palace Isola Bella, statue of St Charles Borromeo
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- Inside the Duomo in Milan
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- Lago Maggiore, Isola Pescatore, Fishermans Island
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- Lago Maggiore, Isola Pescatore, Fishermans Island
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- Lago Maggiore
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- Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano
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- Loreto, Italy
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- Pizza!
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- Manoppello Face Cloth of Christ
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- Manoppello Cloth in Frame
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- Museum of Ancient Art of Castello Sforzesco in Milan. Michelangelo’s Pietà Rondanin, his last sculputure
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- Tomb of young 20th Century Bl. Carlo Acutis
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- Piazza del Campo Siena
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- Ciao! Sending our love from Gargano in Puglia Italy way above the beautiful Adriatic sea.
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- Huge breads in Puglia
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- Puglia’s famous bread
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- San Pietro, Pavia, burial place of St. Augustine
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- San Pietro
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- Statue of St. Augustine
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- Sforza Castle Milan
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- Sforza Castle Milan
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- St. Dominic’s in Siena
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- Statue of Mary overlooking Lake Maggiore
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- Street in Milan
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- Deacon Dom & I In Assisi
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- Deacon Dom & I with Steve & Janet Ray in Assisi
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- Teresa in Rome
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- Tomb of St. Francis in Basilica of St. Mary Major, Assisi
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- Local Fauna
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- Tomb of Padre Pio
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- Padre Pio’s Confessional
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- Santa Maria del Grazie where St. Padre Pio served Mass for many years in San Giovanni Rotondo
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- Bella Italia Sunset from our favorite Rome rooftop bar, American Bar at the Hotel Forum in Rome, Italy
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- Our Pilgrimage Group
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- Mosaic of St. Ambrose
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- Tomb and relics of St. Ambrose at the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan
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- Tomb of St. Ambrose, (white vestments)