Category: travel
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Haarlem, Netherlands
Sunday, September 25, 2022 So here I am in Haarlem, Netherlands. Our New York Harlem actually derived its name from here when it was “New Amsterdam”, a Dutch colony. I have to admit, I am wearing thin on my energy levels and it took me a while to get out the door this morning! Also,…
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More Strolling In Assisi
Friday, September 23, 2022 I started my day with another lovely breakfast of too much food lovingly prepared and provided by proprietors Lia and Carmine. And I enjoyed another HOT cappuccino, yum!! Then I was out onto the byways of inner city Assisi courtesy of Rick Steves, via a couple of his generously free website…
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The Living, Breathing Assisi of Yesterday and Today
Thursday, September 22, 2022 So weird. Sandy and Lyn have gone on from here to walk the Via Francesca to Rome! I find myself quite envious (oh how quickly I forget how tired I was of the hills – Ha!). Most of our group left yesterday for extended exploration in Europe or for home. I’m…
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Fare Thee Well
Wedneslday, September 21, 2022 The time has arrived for us to break bread together one last time and then to say our “goodbyes”. It’s always such a mixed bag of emotions, the chance for some alone time, yet the heartbreak of seeing comrades go their separate ways, hopefully to meet again someday, yet not knowing.…
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Walking Proudly Into Assisi!!
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Valfabbrica to Assisi!!! 13.4 kilometers, 8.3 miles It seems we left Florence in the heat of summer with its sweltering temperatures and high humidy, to enjoy the perfect walking temperatures of fall! And we are all loving the cool morning air!! After breakfast (more of the same), we set out for a…
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We’re Almost There!!!
Monday, September 18, 2022 Biscina to Valfabbrica 15 kilometers, 9.3 miles Elevation Gain: 966 Elevation Loss: 1,747 We’re getting closer to Assisi!! Well, of course every day we have been getting closer, but we’re starting to feel it now! Breakfast was pastries, hard bread, jams and juices. Certainly not my opinion of a breakfast of…
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Walking On Mountain Tops!
Sunday, September 18, 2022 Goubo to Biscina 22.7 kilometers, 14.1 miles This will be our last long day and then we have two shorter ones at ten and just over eight miles, on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. We are still up in the mountains so I won’t kid myself that they will be easy… Our…
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Medieval Gubbio
Saturday, September 17, 2022 Pietralunga to Gubbio Breakfast was the usual fare of pastries, cereals, meats and cheeses, fruit, juices and coffee. The clouds were clearing and the temperature was perfect for walking. Yet there continued to be a severe storm warning and so we ultimately determined to set out somewhat cautiously by cutting our…
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Oh Well
Thursday, September 15, 2022 Citerna to Città di Castilla 19.3 kilometers, 12 miles Elevation Gain: 2,067 Elevation Loss: 2,651 I The three of us staying at the secondary accommodations, (if you consider an estate with a pool that has an eye-popping view secondary!) were transported over to the other place at 8:45 for breakfast.…
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Where Are All The Cows??!?
Friday, September 16, 2022 Città di Castello to Pietralunga Projected stage: 29.8 km, 18.5 miles Elevation Gain: 2,636 Elevation Loss: 1,736 The day dawned with a heavy mist as well as a forecast for more thunderstorms. Yesterday‘s torrential downpour caused severe damage in some places and resulted in mudslides and floods. Nine people lost their…