The Big Passport Debacle
Hi everyone, Steven here. Losing a passport under normal circumstances can be traumatic but losing one while walking in the wilderness of Italy (kind of) with no fixed address is even more so. Let me tell you my sad tale. …
Category: Italy
Via Francigena: Dispatch #5
Lazio! We were both very excited to reach this milestone, the seventh and final region we would pass through on our pilgrimage on the via Frangicena! Leaving Tuscany and entering Lazio gave us a sense that there is light at …
Via Francigena: Dispatch #4
I didn’t quite make my goal of posting once a week, but we have not taken a rest day since we last published a post! Once you start walking it is so hard to stop! That said, we have done …
Via Francigena: Dispatch #3
We find ourselves in the foothills of the Apennine mountains with some decisions to make. We thought it would be the lack of lodging that forced us to jump forward, and that is still an issue, but the weather has …
Via Francigena: Dispatch #2
This week we finally found our pilgrim groove, staying in hostels, finally getting comfy with our packs and generally being more efficient on the trail. And then everything came to a screeching halt when I developed blister. I had a …
Via Francigena: Dispatch #1
Hello, from Italy! We are now one week into our walk on the Via Francigena and and all is going well! Even before leaving Sofia we had our eyes on the weather in the Aosta Valley and all we could …
Let’s Go for a Walk – The Via Francigena
During our last few days in Greece, much of our time was spent preparing for our upcoming pilgrimage on the Via Francigena in Italy. Last fall we found a storage facility in Sofia, Bulgaria for Bijou, so we began making …
Home Sweet Home
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2022 is going well for you so far. Steven and I welcomed the new year at the ranch with my Dad and friends Bill and Kelly. My Mom was at the house in Abilene …
Roman Holiday
After leaving the beautiful agritourism campground we headed for Rome. As we neared the turn off toward our campground, we stopped to fill up with diesel and propane. If there is one thing we dislike having to do, it’s pack …
Pisa and Cinque Terre
In the days leading up to our departure from the farmhouse we were sad to be leaving. We felt we could have easily stayed another month. But when departure day finally arrived, we were surprised at how eager we were …