May 28, 2005

Heading for Spello, with fingers crossed

This morning we are going to the train station headed for Spello. They have a festival there called "L'Infiorata." It's the religious festival of Corpus Domini but the big show is the paintings on the streets using crushed flower petals to create these amazing floral carpets throughout the town. We've read about it and seen some photos and have been trying to find a room for weeks with no success. The tourist office we used to get us a room in Gubbio a few weeks ago thought maybe there was the possibility of a room in a brand new bed and breakfast about to open so we held out hope until a few days ago when they said no, it would not be open in time for this weekend. But, undaunted, we have decided to pack a few things in our backpack (change of underwear, clean shirt, toothbrush - just the basics) and take our chances. We really want to stay overnight because we have heard that they work all night on these paintings and that the best time to see them is early in the morning before the rest of the tourists arrive in droves, apparently. So, wish us luck! Spello isn't very far away by train, so if we can't find a room we will go back again tomorrow on the earliest possible train and see as much as we can. We'll let you know how it goes!

Ciao!
Rosemary & Bob