Our days follow the same pattern as when we walked the Camino to
Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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I try to get a little dolled up
before walking...
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I get up before John (usually 5 am or so – it's like getting
ready for work!) to get a little dolled up for the day.
This time I used a packing trick that has made getting ready
much easier – all of my clothes are in packing “cubes” specifically identified….dresses,
slacks and separates, misc. No more
rooting through the entire suitcase to find socks!
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| Packing cubes make changing hotels every day easier... |
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Matching red 24" ultra light
luggage gets transported
to the next hotel...
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Our luggage is transported forward to the next hotel on our
pre-planned itinerary. We’re usually in
a hotel for a single night, but have several two night stops for a more
leisurely exploration of Italy.
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We're walking remote
and beautiful paths
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The walks are rugged, remote, and hot.. We arrive at our day’s
destination in the early afternoon after about 6-7 hours of tough walking and
spend a couple of hours resting, recuperating, and rehydrating.
We’re staying in
beautiful little hotels, several of them converted from 12th and 13th
century building.
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We see a lovely parts of Italy
as we walk...
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We’ll be staying in 22
different hotels during our time in in Italy.
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We stayed in the middle of this
village - unchanged for 1000 years...
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The organizer of our trip, Camino Ways out of Ireland, has
done a great job of selecting hotels and making reservations.
We’re certain we couldn’t have found them on
our own – many are quite small. Everything
is easier because the entire trip was paid for in advance.
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| View from our hotel window in Siena |
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In Siena, we're staying in a hotel that was a monastery for
700 years...
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We’re experiencing local Italy by eating and sleeping in tiny
Medieval towns that draw Italian travelers but are off the beaten path for
Americans and other Europeans.
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