Day 5
3 сентября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Day 5 Bari to Dubrovnik by ferr
Day 7 Bari Italy to Cratia Dubrovnik
5 сентября 2024 г., Хорватия ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
This was our 2nd day in Dubrovnik. Rick and I started early and walked both mornings, the 6kms down and into Dubrovnik's historic old town. I'd booked a 2 hr walking tour of the old town. It was justЧитать далее
Day 8 Old Town Dubrovnik
8–12 сент. 2024, Хорватия ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
ПутешественникHi Bernadette I have packed your Via Francigena Credenziale passport and intend to use it. I am not for getting your advice of Tuscany's beauty versus the last stages into Rome. Fingers crossed my final decision will be the one best for me. Thanks for your advice and help. 🤗
ПутешественникYou’ll make the right one. In the meantime enjoy your pre VF travels. 🤗
Mondays Ferry from Dubrovnik to Split
10 сентября 2024 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Day 9-10 Dubrovnik to Split.
Rick and I enjoyed this opportunity to travel through these Croatian island waterways. The weather was good for traveling but not for photography. Arriving dockside inЧитать далее
ПутешественникThe last photo shows Brucee packed too much! So Split's Post Office to the rescue 🤣
ПутешественникBruce your smile is infectious! How wonderful to be travelling with Rick. Looks fascinating at every turn 😊
ПутешественникThanks Lisa. It is the first time we traveled extensively together. Youthful Rick, 53 (ha-Haaaa) is proving a real asset in our multi nation 4 week adventure. Like you traveling with your son, it's a treasured time.
Day 12 SPLIT
11 сентября 2024 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Rick and I have enjoyed 4 days in historic Split (beautiful harbour/coastline) including a side trip to Trogir. Ancient towns and castles. Currently busing it up to Slovenia via Zagreb for 5 nights.
Day 14 Sept Ljubljana Slovenia
12–15 сент. 2024, Хорватия ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
After 6 days in the beautiful sunny Split, Rick and I took the FlixBus to Ljubjana the capital of Slovenia.
For 3 days we have enjoyed many aspects of Ljubljana. It has many excellent buildings fromЧитать далее
ПутешественникHi Kelly Trust all is well with you and the real estate is positive 🤞 Slovenia and Slovenia's capital Ljubljana, was Rick's prime adventure. It's proved to be culturally and beautiful. Currently we are up in Lake Bled with it's specular snow covered mountains and beautiful lake. Tomorrow we plan to enjoy Lake Bohinj. Rick has proved to be fun and clever in every way. Lucky Brucee 🤣
ПутешественникThanks Lisa. I believe that too. l'd like to add you and Ed are achieving wonderful goals too. It is a pleasure following your Camino Frances. 🙏🤸🤣
Day 15 & 16 Slovenia
15 сентября 2024 г., Словения ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Touring Slovenia has been an outstanding success for Rick and I. The mountains and lakes are spectacular. I keep thinking I'm in Austria. Homes even Bus shelters have these "A" roofs and their yardsЧитать далее
Day 19 Tolmin Slovenia
19 сентября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Rick and I are now in Tomlin, one of Slovenia's skiing, hiking and canyon centres. The " Tomlin Gorge" sign (see 4th photo) is the area we walked/climbed yesterday.
Another
Day 19 Postojna Slovenia
19 сентября 2024 г., Словения ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Rick and I Trek up the Tolmin Gorge. Very picturesqe amazing wild gorge. At the very top there is the deep cave where Dante wrote Dante's inferno. (last photo). We are staying overnight in PostojnsЧитать далее
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Cyclists leaving our hotel to enjoy the many natural mountain attentions of Slovenia.
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Look down and think how many steps Rick and I climbed to get to this height. Truly worth the effort. BTW Rick magically sourced the best locations for us to visit in Slovenia.
Day 23 our Penultimate dat together
21 сентября 2024 г., Словения ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Our recent journey highlights covered the drive back to Ljubljana via the fortress Castle in the hill and 2 days in Ljubljana before taking a 9 hour bus ride to Florence. The first photo is when weЧитать далее
ПутешественникHi Pam 🥰 Yes has been it's been a wonderful and incredible journey at a significant time in our lives. Take care. Love to you. Bruce xx
Day 26 LUCCA, Italy
24 сентября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
I arrived in Lucca yesterday on a sunny day. To Lucca's credit the Tourist Crowds were evident but certainly not overbearing like Florence.
Lucca is known as the Wall City.
So the first thing for meЧитать далее
Narelle CampbellHow wonderful to be in Lucca. Enjoy ‘your’ VFC Bruce. Absolutely nothing for you to prove…..Just take it all in and have the joy of walking with gratitude in your heart. You are one lucky 88 year old!
Путешественник🤗🤸🤗 thanks Narelle. Yes Luck has been on my side, boosted by so many BMCS. Lucky Brucee 🥰
Day 27 Lucca and adventures to Cambassi
27 сентября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today I enjoyed a Positive grateful Camino day. It has its huddles but as my Son Richard would say "adventures with ups & downs" are always positive.
I decided I didn't need to walk the 28ks to SanЧитать далее
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This 1st photo is one of the treasured evening scenes one sees in Spain and Italy. At every age group, woman enjoying their friends, Men in their groups (1 table playing cards). Off to the left there's a cluster of teenagers.
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Hey tonight I had another "lucky Brucee" moment. Brugly enjoyed a Vino Rosso or 2. Also many VF pilgrim chats. I then, full of happy thoughts, tried to recall my way back to my lovely Hostel. Long story short, Locals new the owner, who came and lead me home. 🤗🙏🤗
Day 30 San Gimignano 🤣
29 сентября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Lucca to Gambassi Terme a few days ago by Train/Bus. Walked from Gambassi Terme 13.7Ks. to San Gimignano. The guide book lists this part of Via Francigena Tuscany as the not to be missed Scenic best.Читать далее
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This is the locals evening meeting park. It instantly reminded me of Melide in Spain. ALL ages in their own groups.
Day 33 Oct 3 and Yes I've enjoyed ...
3 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
88 today 🥳. 16 of us enjoyed an extension Wine tour at one of Italy's oldest, large and v impressive Wineries... followed by an impromptu after art evening with Susie and her devoted WednesdayЧитать далее
ПутешественникHaHAAAA ... well in truth we enjoyed some awesome Vino Rosso late into the night 🤣
Day 36 6 October IL Borgthetto Italy
5 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Did you ever turn left when you should have turned right ?¿?
Brucee did with wonderful results.
The last 3 photos show the Canadian Camino couple I happily met again (when I took the wrong turn)Читать далее
ПутешественникHi Narelle. Yes that is a lovely young lady Sarah... she insisted on giving me a lift 🥳
Day 40 10 October 24
5 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I walked today from Vetralla to CAPRANICA. The condition was windy but good. The 1st photo shows you the Via Francigena sign (from San Gimignano) I was hun
looking for.
The 2nd (photo) tiny, hard toЧитать далее
ПутешественникHi Pam. That painting was done on the last afternoon... Susie's tutoring paid off 🥰
Day 39 ... 9 October 24
6 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Day 1 of my Viterbo to Vetralla of my Via Francigena , was positively excellent.
However after my "3 Orange" service initially cut out, my plans changed.
I should say my 3 Orange service was updatedЧитать далее
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The Macdonald couple who work hard to sort out my 3 Orange problems (the text 3 Orange responses were all in Italian and were not able to be converted using Goggle Translate)
Day 39 9 October 🥰
9 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Day 41 11 October 24
11–18 окт. 2024, Италия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today's Walk was from Capranica to Sutri.... said to be 9Ks. It started with a long twisting cobblestone road and the Via Francigena signs pointed to an uphill and bushland road. This for me was aЧитать далее
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The Type is small but if you look (or enlarge) you will see the bush part I referred to " FOSSO MAZZANO -stream pathway"
ПутешественникHaHAAA it's comforting to know I have tread the same Nordic path
Day 42 12 October 24 ;-)))
12 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
SUTRI Rest Day today, I enjoyed some of the Etruscans historical sites, plus Sutri's villagers and their welcoming warm culture.
Since arriving in this part of Italy I naturally was keen to learn aЧитать далее
ПутешественникThanks Bruce for sharing about the Etruscans. I had never heard about them before. Since reading your post I have read up a little about them. Very interesting. 🙏😃
ПутешественникANN the 7 photo might help explain these narrow, hilly and twisty Etruscan streets. Street lighting is a ok to good.
Day 44 14 October 24
14 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Hi all
Find Penquin is telling me this was not published. So forgive me if I'm repeating.
I'm a little upset at it not being published... I do remember every photo.
The final 3 photos feature myЧитать далее
Day 45, 15 October 24
15 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Hi All. I missed a day +. Happily I'm still having a magic time in Italy... some bumps in the adventure but both genders do help me with language issues. On that subject Spain was easier. The 3rd andЧитать далее
ПутешественникI'll try to convert A$cash to € Also I'll try my Wise card again tomorrow 🤞 Finally hopefully I should be able to get to a 3 orange branch. 🤞🙏
DAY 47, 17 OCTOBER 24
17 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Yesterday my short walk was from Campagnano Di Roma to Formello. Easy. I arrived early and the owner was able to let me into my apartment 🤣
Today I learnt about this remarkable Museum of EtruscanЧитать далее
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I just noticed the number of steps I recorded yesterday, it was 17, 121 vs 29,869 3 days ago. I'm still not losing weight 🤣
Day 49. 19 October 24
19 октября 2024 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
I have arrived in La Storta. Last day before Rome. The walk from Formello was 17+Ks. I felt it especially the last uphill section.
Rest day today (19/Oct) and preparation for tomorrow's 19K walk intoЧитать далее
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This morning VF walking across the street... wearing Poncho's or carrying an umbrella. Rain half the day.
Day 51, 21 October 24
20 октября 2024 г., Ватикан ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Yesterday @ 4pm-ish rubber legs staggered into St Peter's Cathedral and happily was granted his Testimonial.
The 20+Ks trek from La Storta had its challenges but your wishes (and many Italian's, too)Читать далее
ПутешественникCongratulations what an achievement 🥇such an amazing walk ❤️
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Very wise words 😊
ПутешественникAlex you live by them. 🙌
ПутешественникThank you Bruce. That means a lot to me coming from you
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What an excellent time you appear to be having! And love that poem! Thanks for sharing. [Mary T]