Spending time in the Tiber.

These same intrepid adventurers also went to the local Roman Catholic Benedictine Abbey with its own personal no fly zone.  As it is a little out of town, we had a lovely tour through places I hadn't been in six or seven years.

The Abbey itself contains both a minor and a major seminary, and is home to quite a large community of monks, and is home to a very accomplished artist.  Sadly, the church has been radically restyled, and is really not my thing.  The worst was the monstrance, something that would have made sense in Star Trek perhaps... As it was the Feast of Pentecost, the Abbot sang Solemn Vespers and Benediction, but sadly the quality of the choir was severely lacking, and the level of liturgical prowess was also a bit sad.

Here is a picture of the roof of the nave... As you can see, the late 70's are alive and well...

And here is a snap of the bell tower from a good distance as we perambulated around the rather lovely grounds.

The final picture is taken again from the grounds, overlooking the valley floor below the Abbey.