The Chronicles of Narnia

Cascata Delle Marmore with our tour guide's hair at the bottom!
Waterfalls...
Me being a Velocaraptor on the bridge
Waterfalls!
Narni
Narni
Narni again..
Me and Heather
Narni from the bus (that's why the picture is not that great when you blow it up, it was taken from the inside of a window)
Same here..
Rocca Albornoz (Castle)? I think?
Alley in Narni
Heather and our DELICIOUS lunch...That pasta was HAND MADE that morning mmmmmm
Me with our delicious lunch!
Heather and I by the Cascata Delle Marmore

Yesterday we went to Narni, which is in a region of Italy known as Umbria. They gave us a little sheet with background information on the area so, I'll type that in here for you!

Umbria: Il Cuore Verde D'Italia
This region, "the green heart of Italy," is known for its medieval hilltop towns, verdant valleys and hearty cuisine. Umbria's history is both turbulent, with factions from these small villages constantly at war, and peaceful, with such figures as St. Francis.

Narni - Pictures of this above
Narni's foundations date to Neolithic times, but the first consistent references to the township can be traced to its Roman origins, when it was called "Narnia." In fact, it is said that C.S. Lewis was inspired by the town, its name, and the local Santa Lucia (Lucy) in his creation of the Chronicles of Narnia.

Cascata Delle Marmore - Pictures of this above
The spectacular Cascata delle Marmore is a waterfall built by the ancient Romans as part of a canal that deviated the Velino river, protecting the town of Rieti from floods. At 514 ft., this cascata is one of the tallest in Europe and is the tallest man made waterfall in the world. Today it is part of a regional park complete with trails and viewpoints.

We also went inside this Church which I believe was called Church of Santa Maria Impensole - it was inside this cave in the mountainside. Apparently it's been used and re-used by tons of different people in different time periods. Some of the rooms were used as torture rooms where Monks kept prisoners. We saw those rooms, which were really cool, and I took a bunch of pictures with my 35mm camera and really fast ISO black and white film (3600 I believe), so they should come out. I'm really excited to drop my film off and see. There was one room that had graffiti all over the walls, which was apparently where the prisoner was kept while he wasn't being tortured, and he scratched graffiti into the walls using his chains, including some on the ceiling! It was really cool. After our visit to the Church we went to another area by the Cascata Delle Marmore and had lunch. We got hand made pasta that had been made that morning, which was ABSOLUTELY amazing...and then we embarked on our trip up to the waterfalls. They were pretty gorgeous, HUGE waterfalls, and as we got closer the umbrellas came out because the spray from the falls got really intense toward the top! After the waterfalls we had an hour to walk around and stuff and then we left to go back home to Roma. It was about a 2 hour bus ride, which is not bad at all. All in all, it was really fun and I'm so glad that we got to experience it!!! :) Enjoy the pictures and everything!!