Day 21: Benevento - rest day

Like many large Italian places, Benevento is chock full of churches. I visited quite a few, but as this area is earthquake prone, many of them have been rebuilt more than once. It also has a university (University of Sannio), so I saw a lot of young people around. It's obviously very old as there are some Roman ruins and quite a few museums. And, they patently love the local football team as the main street is festooned with the teams colours and the team flag is flying all over town. I had a pretty quiet day - I am quite tired. The highlight of my day was getting my VF stamp from a French Franciscan Frier (try saying that quickly three times) at the Basilica of Madonna Della Grazie. I had a lovely Japanese poke bowl for dinner last night.Read more