Today is a rest day, but I really wanted to go on the long ride, solo, to play on these fabulous roads, but my cold had gotten worse, and had now progressed to a sinus infection. The only thing keeping me together so far was the drugs that Amy & Keith had packed, pharmacists who had brought their own stash, and were willing to share. Keith and I opted for the short ride to Gubbio. Not a bad ride, more twisted roads, but at a slower pace than yesterday. It was at Gubbio while I waited outside of a church that had mass going on that I looked up and saw a rainbow. Not your usual rainbow, this was a full circle, horizontally above the church with the sun in the center, there is a picture of it, but it’s hard to make out. It came out crystal clear if you had polarized sun glasses on, and almost invisible to the naked eye. We had lunch at an outside restaurant, and then another great ride back to Assisi. We met up with Neal and took a taxi to Le Rocco, the fort at the top of Assisi. We had to stop for a drink to let the stars leave Neal’s head, after he smacked it going through the tunnels. Being tall can have drawbacks. As we sat there, Uli came up the hill, a true man, who walked the whole way. We sat and chatted about motorcycle racing, bikes, Edelweiss, Europe and a few more things. Afterwards we took a short cut back into the main streets, stopping to take pictures of the architecture. Assisi is wonderful place, with architecture from the Greeks, Romans and everyone else who at one point or another inhabited the land. You could see it in the walls, where windows and doorways had been moved and others brick, or stoned up. We stopped at a café for a beer or two, and being on the main street our one table grew into two, then three, as more and more of our tour group walked by. We had dinner at a cozy restaurant up the street, by this time I was high as a kite! The drugs Amy had secured from the local pharmaceutical shop for my sinus infection, mixed with beer had me acting quite funny to the amusement of everyone at the table. I’m glad I could be of some entertainment; needless to say it was time to stop drinking. On the way back to the hotel we had to stop by one of the amazing pastry shops to pick up a delicious mid night snack.