Hello day 3
Today we walked 7.44mi to Caparzo winery. Then continued another 4 miles, ending in Torrenieri then taking a car ride to Montalcino. We eat & sleep here tonight. 11.49mi on trail, 15.34mi total today — wow!
From our guides: Today we head to Buonconvento at the confluence of the Arbia and Ombrone rivers. This is an important agricultural center which flourished in ancient times due to its location on the pilgrimage road. Then we followed a trail that goes along the crest of the Southern hills of Siena and through the famous vineyards of Montalcino, where we enjoy the taste of some of Italy’s best wines.
At times, I was overcome by a combination of the beauty and how fortunate I feel to be here. Not too embarrassed to share that I had a couple cases of the feels while walking, a mix of joy & gratitude — and yes, there were a release of tears. It was truly wonderful.
The first half of the day
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| Heading out |
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| Beginning of Trek |
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| Walking through a town |
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| Signs lead the way |
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| Vineyards |
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| Interesting signage |
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| More vineyards |
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| We toured a winery |
Where we stayed
ALBERGO IL GIGLIO
(Giglio means Lily)
Where we walked
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| 11.49 mi |
Second part of the day
Montalcino
This is where we are sleeping tonight! We got to our Albergo, showered, changed and went out exploring! Later we met at 6:15 to walk up to the castle. There we climbed up to the top and had amazing views. After, we wandered to find a restaurant. A lot of people went to one restaurant but with such a small town, we kept looking and found a really nice place where we had fresh pasta and the most delicious plate of oven roasted vegetables that I’ve ever had in my life. Wow! Been needing to get more vegetables in, most meals are breads, cheeses, prosciutto, pasta, pizza. It felt so good to eat vegetables!
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| Our hotel |
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| View from our room |
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| View of the town |
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| View from the top of the castle |
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| Another view from up top |
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| We got to see the sunset |
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| Appetizer of Pizza |
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| Tom & my food |
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| Homemade pasta with a white sausage |
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| Tom’s dessert |
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Where we wanted to sit
(reservations only, we had to sit inside) |
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After dinner walk, up up up
(This street had handrails) |
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| The church at the top of that street |
What’s next?
We need to have our bags downstairs by 8am and eat breakfast. Then we will be driven back to the beginning of the trail. It is going to be a long day — 14mi. Taking naproxen to take any swelling down in advance.
