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  • TravelerVia Francigena
    131
    Day 18

    Day 17 Colle Val d’Elsa to San Gimignano

    May 11 in Italy ⋅ 🌩️ 14 °C

    Another 15 km day but although shortish it was quite tough with 490m ascent. There was also quite a lot of asphalt walking. The ups and downs were through farmers fields of grape vines and olive groves. I’m not so good at walking the ups. San Gimignano is humming. I will treat myself to a gelato when most of the crowds have gone. I saw a cinghiale (wild bore and a local delicacy) riding a vesper in a shop. 2 local icons. There was a man dressed in costume and he looked like he was some sort of preacher. He looked pretty serious.Read more

  • TravelerVia Francigena
    Day 17

    Day 16 Montereggioni to Colle vsl d’Elsa

    May 10 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    A shorter day today and tomorrow to divide a 30km section. The sun rise over the town wall was beautiful. Today includes 2 crossings of the Elsa river. Yesterday a couple told me they were frightened due to the current after previous rain days. Today it was fine hardly any water in the crossings. A short day of which I am grateful as I seem to have a small blister. It is not a very exciting part of town that I am in although the Ostello is fabulous. Newly renovated with room for about 25 people and so far there are 3 of us. Nice 👍. I’ll get to see the historic town in the morning when I pass through on my way to San Gimignano.Read more

  • TravelerTuscany
    Day 14

    San Gimignano Part 1

    May 8 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Today we got up and headed to San Gimignano, the town of towers! So apparently there used to be 72 towers in this tiny town as all the rich families built their own tower to show how rich they are, but most were destroyed during WWII, though 14 still remain! So it was fun wandering the town with all these towers everywhere.

    It was also market day and I had read somewhere that it was a food market today, but it was just a normal market with a mix of things. I did find a porcelain bowl that I loved and had to bring home with me! It is a small town so the market was pretty small, but it was fun wandering. I don’t think Raymond liked the town as much as I did as he said it was a lot of tourist shops, which it was, but nicer ones that I liked so I didn’t mind ;)    Read more

  • TravelerTuscany
    Day 9

    Buen Camino!

    May 6 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Today, we walked a part of the ancient route along Via Francigena starting in Gambassi Terme. We stopped at a church - Pancole - before continuing to San Gimignano where, of course, we sampled local wines of the region Vagnoni. A very light and refreshing white blend 😋Read more

  • V Toskano s Savinjčani 🤭
    Day 2

    Castelfiorentino

    April 26 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Sva upala, da bo to ena luštno stara vasička, ker odpreva sezono Aperolla, ma nisva imela srečne roke. Bolj kot ne zapuščeno, zanemarjeno mesto, kjer sva srečala bolj malo italijanskih obrazov 🫣. Nič, obrneva, pa greva se kam drugam poskusit srečo 🙃Read more

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  • Trip to Italy and Spain
    Day 17

    San Gimignano

    February 18 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F

    It was another strenuous day of walking. I thought I might lose Phil for a little bit, but everything straightened out and we made it to our destinstion.

    Early this morning, we met 4 Italian pilgrims. They seemed very fit and quickly left us in the dust. We stopped at a winery to get a stamp and then a short while later, Phil was having trouble with his pack and walking really funny. At one point he really scared me and said he just couldn't carry his pack any further. I knew I could not carry both our loads, but after stopping for a rest, he unpacked and repacked things more evenly and seemed better.

    We hiked through mud, vineyards, and olive groves again. We met a man named Mario who owned a large tourist villa and was out walking his dog. It was good to chat with him as we walked. He told us there were deer and wild boar in the area and at least two wolves, which is quite rare in Europe. He told us how it was to the next road, etc.

    We managed to get on the road 40 minutes too late for today's bus, so we just walked the last 4 miles. Lots of very steep hills. We are pooped, but I am proud of us. We'll shower and treat ourselves to a restaurant supper tonight if we can stay awake that long.    Read more

  • Europe Family Trip 2024/2025
    112111
    Day 17

    San Gimignano

    January 1 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

    Klaus, Myself, Kyle and Molly drove to San Gimignano. We started at a beautiful vineyard called Tenuta Torciano for a wine tasting and tuscan lunch. The food and wines were delicious and luckily they offered shipping back to Michigan. We then drove to the Medieval town of San Gimignano the town and views were beautiful, everything I picture when I think about the Tuscany region. We explored and had a snack before making our way back to Florence. We grabbed the other two kids and walked to a wine window before making our way to our Pasta and Tiramisu cooking class. We drank prosecco and learned to make Tiramisu, ravioli, and tagliatelle. Once everything was prepared the restaurant cooked the pastas for us with sauce and we sat down with wine and tasted our creations. Back at the condo we started packing for our flight to Frankfurt tomorrow.Read more

  • TravelerSeptember 1 to Rome and 🤞
    13131
    Day 36

    Day 39 ... 9 October 24

    October 6, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 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 updated only a few days ago.
    There was GigaByte's of data left, being unaware there was no GPS.
    Moving on, I found many Italians wanting to help. (See 8th photo). It was resolved. A taxi took me back into beautiful Viterbo. 3 Orange updated my service ☝️. Problem 1 solved, but all this took time.
    So this 88YO executed Plan 2.
    Yes I succumbed to the luxury of taking the Bus all the way to Vetralla. Relaxed me ... and I'm not ruling Bus services out (one of the huge benifits is that you do get to enjoy these Etruscan villages and Italian friendships,).
    Pencil Plans are to walk 17+ Ks to
    Capranica Tomorrow☝️
    I will comment on some of these photos. Point being I was helped many times by English speaking Italians and I am genuinely grateful. 9th photo is an Italian gentleman who gave me a Bus Ticket to Vetralla!!!
    In the photos that follow are a few of these Italian good sumerians. Yes Lucky me.
    PS last photo is one of Magic's boy friend in Italy    Read more

  • TravelerSeptember 1 to Rome and 🤞
    211122
    Day 35

    Day 36 6 October IL Borgthetto Italy

    October 5, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 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) 🤣 Then some kilometers later (again walking back from a wrong turn) this lovely young lady "Sarah" (last photo) stopped her car, asked whether I was lost, (I wasn't, but I was concentrating on checking Goggle Maps), Sarah said "I know IL Borgthetto" Get in the car!
    In an all too short time, we enjoyed one of the best short conversations I could ever wish for. Camino delivers🤗 Lucky Brucee
    Yesterday we spent the day in San Gimignano... mostly sketching (shopping for some). San Gimignano is a UNESCO World Hermitage site. It is located on a quite high hill. It has 15 of it's medieval towers still standing (originally 72).
    Tomorrow, Monday, we leave IL Borgthetto. Many fly home via Milan and other significant cities. Lucky Brucee heads south to VITERBO. The plan there is to walk south to Rome ☝️    Read more

  • TravelerSeptember 1 to Rome and 🤞
    25
    Day 35

    Day 40 10 October 24

    October 5, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 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 to see, sign on many posts, I missed.
    Still I made it to Capranica feeling I should not be stopping so soon.
    Capranica has a history back to Etruscan time. Many streets are cobblestone, narrow and their buildings are updated old structures.
    My photos are limited in number but I hope of interest to you.
    I'm planning the walks and days to arrive in Rome on the 19th.
    My flight home leaves pm 22/10. Tomorrow is a short walk to SUTRI .
    Lastly the last 3 photos show the Deer signs (I saw none), SMART car ... essential for the limited parking in Italy, and a watercolour I did on the last afternoon.    Read more

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