Author: robbidenman
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Walking In The Sacred Forest
Saturday, September 10, 2022, Camaldoli to Badia Prataglia Projected Elevation Gain: 2139, Elevation Loss: 949, 11 miles Today we walked through the forest, Sacre Foreste to be specific – ultimately ending in a lovely resort town. We walked uphill for a good couple of miles, but then our path gave us more trade offs of…
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This Is The Land Of “More Or Less”
Friday, September 9, 2022 Stia to Camaldoli 16.6 km, 10.3 miles. Elevation gain: 2,982 feet. Elevation loss: 1,742 feet After gathering on the town square (which is actually a rectangle) for photos and to drop bags, we were off for day 4. As for dropping bags – there is a van available to us each…
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Green Tuscany
Thursday, September 8, 2022 Consuma to Stia, projected 16.6 km, 10.3 miles, (actual 12.1 miles) Almost exclusively on paths and gravel roads we walked in “green Tuscany” and saw the first hints of breathtaking mountain views. Our final destination of Stia stands on the headwaters of the Arno amid forests of oak, birch and pine.…
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When In Rome, Eat The Friggin’ Pasta!
Postassieve to Consuma Wednesday, September 7, 2022 For today’s outing, our itinerary briefly notes a constant uphill track that takes us from vineyards into the trees and for about the next five days, the forest will be our setting! Most of of us have been so looking forward to getting into the woods for the…
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Tuscany!
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 From Sandy Brown’s, “Trekking The Way of St Francis”, “Standing at the edge of the Late Middle Ages, a time of the dominion of religion and the Church, Michelangelo and his fellow artists looked within Biblical stories for the classic and timeless beauty in their subjects. Their work gave rebirth to…
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Moving Day
Monday, September 5, 2022 Today is bittersweet. I am closer to starting my walk, for which I am very excited, but it’s the day of check out at this lovely boutique hotel that Bill previously stayed in and booked for me and which I have become very fond of – Residenza II Villano. It’s a beautiful and…
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Fiesole Today!
Sunday, September o4, 2022 So, I hopped the #7 bus (knew to do this from my travel buddy, Rick Steves, of course!) at Piazza San Marco. There was an easy peasy ticket machine right there, too! The square was a bustle of traffic – pedestrian and motorized. I share this article from visitflorence.com, “Piazza San…
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Always Something More To See!
Saturday, September 3, 2022 My plan this Saturday: go back to some of the Hot Spots I have already visited and observe with a keener eye. Also being armed with more information after researching a bit more in the Rick Steves, “Florence and Tuscany” guidebook that I picked up off the bookshelf where I’m staying.…
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On A Clear Day, You Can See Forever!
Friday, September 2, 2022 And even on a cloudy day the vistas here in Florence are quite breathtaking if you’re okay with climbing some hills! Yet as noted by someone in a review on Trip Advisor, “Walking in Florence is walking in an open air museum. Behind every corner there is a nice view, another…
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It’s A New And Wonderful Day!
Thursday, September 1, 2022 I’m looking at the clock-it’s 7:00 pm right now… Do I go out? It’s only 10:0 0 am back home and I’m still adjusting…? I slept in today until 11 and felt pretty rested, but now I am tired. I made my way out to “wander“ after I unpacked and settled…