Today, we headed to Subiaco, where St. Benedict began his monastic life. The monastery is seated in breath-taking mountains near Rome. That St. Benedict would become famous here is, in itself, quite a miracle--not the place where one would expect fame, which is obviously why St. Benedict chose this area. The Mass was not as well attended as I expected, but I'm glad we went. To get there, we drove through some amazing mountains, with roads that turned left, then right, then left again, then right again, and so on, every few meters, for miles and miles. If there were a major highway from here to there, we could have made it in 15 minutes or less, but as it was, it took us over an hour.
For the evening, we were invited to a local dance competition, featuring the evolution of dances through the ages. The high-light, in my opinion, was watching Italian couples dance to American Country and Western music that was about living in Mexico. Now that is multi-cultural. Caio e Buona Sera!
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