Into Rome!

Today we arrived in Rome. The itinerary originally had us hiking from Monterotondo to Monte Sacro, but that would have been a short day, it’s a suburb of Rome, and honestly accommodation wasn’t especially cheap. So we decided to just walk all the way to the hotel we’re staying at, arriving a day earlier but saving us the need to move around.

The hike took us through some open fields and then into the Riserva Naturale della Marcigliana, where we got our first glimpse (wayyyyyy in the distance) of St. Peter’s basilica.

The rest of the walking was city walking along busy roads. We entered Rome through Porto Pia, then walked along Via Nomentana into the heart of town.

Final stop of the day was the Basilica of Saint Mary Major to get our final pilgrim stamp before St. Peter’s.Read more