The shoes I wore to dinner after our first (successful — 28 km) day walking the Via Francigena wouldn’t fit me again this trip, thanks to a fall and a very swollen ankle the next day. I eventually reframed the experience more positively, but first. . . I might have done some weeping and gnashing of teeth. Click through to read on. . .
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Home from Italy, enjoying my garden, sorting travel memories, and processing the experience of injuring my ankle on the second day of an intended week-long walk on the Via Francigena, Toscana. And wondering, “What’s Age got to do with It?” Click through to read more. . .
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Sorry for the radio silence here, but perhaps you’ve been following my travels over on Instagram, a platform that is easier to use for quick updates while on the go and with limited data, Wifi…
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I took grandkids and memories of my mother on my annual hunt for a favourite indigenous Spring-appearing bloom. Click through to see this year’s version of a recurring theme on the blog. Happy New Season!
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I’ve never seen Siena’s dramatic annual horse race, Il Palio, but I’d read about it before we visited last fall. And I very quickly saw traces of the city’s horse culture throughout the winding narrow streets of its historic centre. Walk through it with me? click to read the full post.
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