After school one day, the AFS students and a few volunteers met to take on the 3.5 km (about 2 miles) trek to the Sanctuary of the Madonna of San Luca... or just "San Luca." It was beautifully constructed between 1674 and 1793 with the intention to hold the miraculous icon of the virgin. Ok - I can turn off my tourist voice now. Oh my goodness - I would have willingly let someone steal my backpack if it meant I didn't need to drag that thing up that sloooow incline of a hill. After much complaining and too many laughs, we made it to the top! Everyone agreed that this was 100% worth it. Our city is filled with noise and people and graffiti and buses and more people and more noise, so it was great to catch a break and be able to see it from afar. It's difficult to do justice to a description of the view and the church but the words that seems to satisfy me are tranquility and pure beauty. After we left the church (no photos please!) a friend of mine said, "I'm not even religious but I can feel God here."
We had plenty of time to soak in the scene and after just fooled around, having a good time :) Get ready, here comes lots of photos!
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