Narrow escape by daydreamer
We were waiting at the bottom of the hill for the bus that goes up to Assisi, when suddenly there was a deep rumbling that lasted for sevaral seconds. It felt like there was a train passing underneath us and that any moment it could come through the earth.
The front doors of nearby houses opened and whole families poured out screaming. That’s when I realised that it must have been an earthquake.
The bus finally arrived and took us up into the town. Part of the roof of the famous basilica had fallen down and injured some tourists. It was scary thinking that if we had caught the earlier bus, we could very well have been inside when the earthquake struck.
over 3 years ago
Assisi (pronounced /əˈsiːzi/ or /əˈsiːsi/) (Latin: Asisium), is a town in Italy in province of Perugia, Italy, in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Mt. Subasio. It is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in th
