Day 13: Minturno to Sessa Aurunca

Minturno turned out to be a bit of a dark horse; immediately within the vicinity of my accommodation was a Roman acqeduct (which is now a walkway - I wish I had had the time to walk it), a perfectly manicured WWII Commonwealth War Graves site (with 2049 graves), a Roman amphitheater and accompanying ruins, and Italy's first suspension bridge - paid for by the Burbons in 1832! The Way today (26.48 km) continued inland and took me through many, many back roads, mostly unsealed, and was extremely pleasant. The Way now will cross over to the other side of Italy. I moved out of the Lazio region into the Campania region. The biggest excitement of the day was seeing two wild boars! The photos aren't great, but I wasn't going to hang around for the perfect shot. I had a lot of encounters with dogs today, almost all of them entirely harmless, but, of course, the one that sticks with me was the only full on attack as I was walking through a small village (Gupo)! Fortunately, a man intervened and put a stop to it. I'm trying to look on the bright side and focus on the lack of any actual harm and the fact that most of the free range dogs, and it does seem there are lots of them, are not a problem. I saw a lot of lizards today and even some frogs. I'm sitting in a bar, with my Aperol Spitz, as the WiFi is out, due to bad wind apparently, in my accommodation.Read more