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In Quest Of: Assisi’s Holy Week on a trip to Italy
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The writer and his wife spent about five weeks in Assisi, a town located in the heart of Umbria in central Italy.
PHOTO: FRANCIS DORAI
Francis Dorai
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UMBRIA – A 10-week holiday has always been my dream, and the opportunity arose when my wife and I retired from our corporate jobs in 2022. I turned 60 that year and my wife was 59. It was time to whittle down our bucket list.
People we know were slightly aghast – some secretly envious, I think – when we told them about our decision to retire early and our 70-day sojourn to Italy from April to June 2023.
