Day 5: Sermoneta to Sezze

I had a wonderful breakfast of homemade marmalade, a speciality of the house - it was chock full of rind and skin - delicious. After a false start when I had to return, after walking over a kilometer, to collect my warm merino hat, I finally left Sermoneta around 8 am. The walk today was short (14.01 km) and extremely pleasant. There were very few sealed roads, there was some mud - only small patches were problematic - and lots of wonderful scenery. I got my first stamp from the cathedral at Sezze (Santa Maria) since the Vatican; from a very friendly nun who was ironing in what I imagine was the vestry - I saw an open door at the side of the altar and I walked through it! I have a whole house to myself tonight and I'm literally sitting on the roof, overlooking the plains below, with the ocean in the distance, as I write this post. I'm treating today as my rest day, as the next few days are all listed as "hard" and don't intend to take a rest day until after Easter. Oh, and a small dog had a serious go at me ( tail NOT wagging and no owner in sight) just as I came up to Sezze!Read more