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Rieti

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    • Day 21

      Day 20 Rome

      September 19, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      We remembered our breakfast this morning and were having croissants and Trish a cappuccino at 8am. After Trish escorted an elderly lady across the road, we were on our way walking to the Pantheon. Part way we decided that a bus was a better option.

      Pantheon was massive from the outside. But a really long queue for tickets. But right next door we found a really cool store called Legami, and we got a bit carried away buying some cool gadgets there. The store had only opened on Saturday. We took a few more pics and then headed for Piazza Nervona. It was a shame that the fountains were roped off, maybe to stop people from jumping in. There were a lot of people around today, and sooooo many tours with tired hot people following each other around. Very pleased that was not us!

      We tried some truffle sauces in a shop which was right next door to the cannabis shop which we didn’t try. Had yummy ice creams at a shop with 150 flavours which took us a while to choose. I had pistachio and pomegranate while Trish had Whiskey chocolate and blueberry. Rather nice and great to have a toilet there. Public toilets are a lot less available in Rome than we have been used to, and we have been drinking a lot of water.

      When we got to Trevi Fountain google maps said it was a busy as it gets and that was pretty busy. The colour was wonderful on such a sunny day and it is always good to see that.

      Time for some food by then, and we shared a really nice pizza and bruschetta in a restaurant with aircon. I was told off for removing my shoes tho, it wasn’t a crocs day. Next stop was the Spanish steps, and we found some roasted chestnuts on the way which we tried and they were just ok. The steps were not as large as either of us expected. Police were around to ensure that no one sat on the steps, or took ice creams up there. Some people were quite indignant to be told that they couldn’t.

      We were quite a long way away from our accomodation by this stage, but both feeling hot and sick of the many many people. So we caught a taxi back which was 13 euros and well worth it. Spent a few hours reading books that were available in the Airbnb (Sophie Kinsella), packing and we had a nice salad for tea using up the contents of the fridge.

      Off to Florence early tomorrow morning. Might need a bag for wet washing again, and will hopefully be successful in getting a taxi from here.

      14, 029 steps and 31 degrees.
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    • Day 6

      Day 6: Poggio San Lorenzo to Rieti

      June 19 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

      There were so many great things about the walk (23.74 km) today: I was able to leave early (around 6:20 a.m.) in an attempt to beat the heat (the forecast was for 32°); the Way was a good ratio of sealed and unsealed walking - through a lot of trees (my favourite) and after the initial steep climb and descent it was along fairly flat terrain; the clouds came over about 10 o'clock which really made the day feel so much cooler (it was 29° at midday and I was drinking coffee outside and not even breaking a sweat); and there was no steep climb into Rieti! I am very grateful for a wonderful walk today.Read more

    • Day 5

      Camping da Antonio

      September 5, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      Das sind die Momente einer Rallye.
      Ein Platz an der Strecke, gebucht von unterwegs.
      Antonio spricht sowas wie italienisch, vielleicht auch irgendeinen Dialekt.

      Sein Restaurant hat nicht offen, er hat uns aber angeboten Pizza zu holen.

      Dazu dann Rotwein und als Hommage an die Knights of the Island gab es Tennent‘s Stong.

      Weiter gehts in Richtung Neapel.
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    • Day 7

      Day 7: Rieti to Boggio Bustone

      June 20 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

      The good news for me was that the temperature only reached 32° by the time I got to my accommodation. The other really good news about the heat is that my things dry very quickly. I'm sharing a house tonight with Wendy from Holland - of course, she is walking to Rome. Boggio Bustone is perched on a mountain side (825m). If it wasn't for the heat haze, I think I would be able to see Rieti; the valley is spread out below me. The walk today (20.13 km) was incredibly picturesque; I took so many photos. I felt a strong connection with Saint Francis today as I was able to visit and walk through Santuario della Foresta. It was serene and peaceful, and you could really imagine the monks working and praying there in days gone by. Our host is bringing us dinner tonight; I am very grateful as I'd rather stay in the cool house than wander around anywhere.Read more

    • Day 4

      Daily Task 4

      October 7 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Ziel des Daily Task 4:
      Ein Schwein zusammen mit dem Auto vor die Kamera bringen. Dank ein wenig Hilfe im Hotel hatten wir in Minuten eine Adresse und unser Bild im Kasten. ✅
      Die Sau hatte allerdings Junge und war etwas skeptisch 🐷🐖Read more

    • Day 5

      5. Tag Party

      October 6 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Es wurde von vom Orgateam eine tolle Party für alle Teilnehmer organisiert. 👍
      Alte Villa mit Pool und weitem Blick über die Toscana.
      Alle 110 Autos fanden Platz.
      Ein grosses, leckeres Italienisches Buffet mit charmanter Bedienung.
      Tolle Musik von italienischer Band mit 2 Sängerinnen. Je später der Abend, desdo feuriger wurde die Musik und es wurde getanz.
      Für andere Bedürfnisse standen 8 pikobello saubere Dixiklos bereit. Inkl. ausreichend und gutem Papier und sogar Duftkerze als Nachtbeleuchtung😉
      Das war top!😁
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    • Day 6

      Via Belvilaqua

      September 4, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Heute lassen wir es krachen und haben ein Loft gemietet. Das Refugium liegt fast ebenerdig und bietet neben historischem Ambiente auch die Nostalgie einer zeitgenössischen Unterkunft aus dem römischen Reich.
      Nur das Bad und der Tv stört das vollkommene Eintauchen in vergangene Zeitalter.
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    • Day 6

      Day 4: Toskana nach der Party…

      October 7 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Die Nacht war furchtbar kurz - die einen quatschten bis in die Puppen, die anderen klapperten schon vor Sonnenaufgang los. Müde sind wir dann auch kurz nach 8 los und der Nieselregen trug auch nicht zur Verbesserung der Stimmung bei. Toskana eigentlich at its best, bei Sonne ist die Tour sicher der Hammer - aber bei Regen, den grauen Wolken und den bereits umgepflügten Feldern wirkt es eher nicht so…müssen wir wohl nochmal wiederholen. Kurze Tour durch Sienna, am Nachmittag kurze Pause in Orvieto - das war unsere Stadt, schöne Gassen, tolle Häuser, wenig Touristen, fantastische Atmosphäre! Zum Abend haben wir uns dann noch ein B&B in Rieta gebucht um wieder in die Spur zu kommen.Read more

    • Day 73

      59. Etappe -Rieti-Greccio

      September 11, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Nach dem Frühstück sind wir über die Brücke am Fluss entlang und leider eine Zeit lang über eine Landstraße, bis es bergauf zum schönen Kloster Fontecolombo ging, wo Franziskus in der Höhle die Regeln für den Orden aufschrieb. Der Weg bergrunter war durch den Schotter sehr rutschig und ich musste langsam und konzentriert gehen, was sehr anstrengend ist. Danach sind wir noch durch das Dorf Contigliano durchspaziert. Der letzte Abschnitt ging durch die schwüle Hitze bergauf und ich war ziemlich erschöpft. Seit zwei Tagen habe ich eine Entzündung im Bauchraum, was ich zwei Mal im Jahr habe, aber natürlich bin ich etwas dadurch geschwächt. Morgen ist das wieder weg.
      In Greccio haben wir uns das Dorf angeschaut, ein Toast und Piadine gegessen und sind noch drei Kilometer zum Kloster, wo wir auch übernachten.
      Nach der Dusche haben wir uns das Kloster angeschaut. Hier hat Franziskus das lebendiges Krippenspiel erfunden und daraus entstand die Weihnachtskrippendarstellung. Und das Kloster ist einer der ältesten Aufenthaltsorte von Franziskus mit seinen Brüdern. Wie immer einfach, kleine Zellen.
      Abends mussten wir zum Essen die drei Kilometer nach Greccio laufen, aber es hatte sich gelohnt: wunderbarer Ausblick auf die Berge und das Tal, irrwitzige , kitschig-rustikal überladene Ausstattung, wenig Auswahl, aber gutes Essen: Antipasti mit Schinken, Salami und Ziegenfrischkäse der Region, Cannelloni mit Pilzen und Trüffeln, Ravioli mit Käse und Fleisch in pikanter Sauce und selbstgemachtes Eis in Obstschalen. Zurück im Dunkeln zum Kloster, morgen nach Terni.
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    • Day 19

      Day 18 Pisa

      September 17, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

      We set our alarm this morning for 5.45, yikes as we had the plan to stop in Pisa on our way to Rome. So we were packed and on our first train by just after 7, then after a second one we arrived in Pisa at 9am. We had booked a place to store our bags, and after 2 false starts for finding the place it was very easy to use - called Stow your Bags. Had a quick toilet stop at a cafe with a croissant (yes they do go together !), and then we had to try out the e-scooters that I had spied in the piazza near the cafe.

      I have been wanting to try out scooters for quite a while and were so pleased that we did that today. It was around a 2km walk to the leaning tower from the train, and while the walk there would have been ok, walking back in the heat was probably not. But we cooled off nicely hooning along less busy streets and were there pretty soon.

      There were a lot of people around the tower. We took a few pics, and watched others taking pics, and then walked around to the baptistery where we could walk on the grass and that was lovely in bare feet. We lay there in the shade for a while. Both of us were feeling rather jaded by the heat and the humidity was very high today as well. Bonus today was that we found some cheap hand held fans to help cool us down.

      So then we scootered back, went to the same cafe and had lemon gelatos, picked up our bags, went to another cafe to try and find something to eat in the train, but it was all made up focaccia. Trisha’s looked good, but I was rather disappointed to find that mine was some sort of tuna paste, yuck!

      We were at the station very early for our train and had booked 1st class this time. It was great to relax for 3 hours in good air conditioning.

      Our host in Rome had contacted me several times and is really chatty. Instead of using google maps to find our public transport, which we have been very successful in doing, we followed her directions and of course we got on the wrong bus. Realised it after a while, got off, and waited nearly an hour for the right bus. So we didn’t get to our accomodation until it was dark. Our hostess Kiara couldn’t meet us tonight but her older mum did and she was just lovely while not speaking a word of English!

      Our place is really nice with 2 large beds, one upstairs and one down. Our beds last night were very small singles, and we both felt like we were falling off them all night. Though I am sitting here wondering if the washing machine is going to break down cos it is pretty noisy. In fact it didn't break down, but didn't spin clothes at all and I suspected not rinsed either, so I did that by hand.

      We did need some food and are staying in Trastevere which is renowned for good food. We had a restaurant in mind, but then went past this awesome pizza place which had chicken legs, potatoes and a nice mixed rice salad. Just the perfect food to take back to our house where we once again have plates and crockery!

      It’s supposed to be 33 degrees tomorrow, so let’s see now far our stamina takes us.

      Steps 15,201. 31 degrees.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Rieti, رييتي, Рыеці, Риети, Ριέτι, リエーティ, რიეტი, 리에티, Reate, Rietis, Ријети, Рієті, 列蒂

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