As I mentioned on the show this weekend, we had a great family time to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. We spent a week, primarily in Rome, with some of our closest friends and saw some remarkable things.

I will post a few cell phone videos from a few of the places in the next few days. But first wanted to share a place that we stumbled upon purely by happenstance. Arezzo - a Tuscan village about an hour or two from Rome by train. Beautiful town. Had never heard of it before.

Wow was it gorgeous. And best of all was the Basilica of St. Francis, one of the first Franciscan churches. The interior is magnficent with a fresco cycle Legends of the True Cross by Piero della Francesca. He vividly portrays the wood from the Garden of Eden becoming the wood of the Cross itself.

Really cool stuff.

A couple of places to check it out on line

http://www.toscanaviva.com/Arezzo/cappellamaggiore.jpg

http://www.ilpozzeto.it/piero_della_francesca/immagini_pdf/cappella.jpg