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Hike Day 5: CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA – PROCENO
The climb continues From the first half of the day. The big excitement of the day was when we met these two Italian hikers who warned of us of aggressive…
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Hike Day 4: SAN QUIRICO – CASTIGLIONE D’ORCIA
Nice open trails like this, a rare flat section A very hilly dayToday was a 1964ft elevation gain over about 11 miles. We walked a couple of miles then reached D’Orcia…
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Hike Day 3: PONTE D’ARBIA – TORRENIERI
Hello day 3Today 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.…
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Hike Day 2: COLLE MALAMERENDA – PONTE D’ARBIA
On this day, we walk across open meadows and along the Strade Bianche (white roads). We see views of Tuscan countryside. Ponte d'Arbia is our hiking destination for the day.We…
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Hike Day 1: SIENA – COLLE MALAMERENDA
And so it beginsToday we start our trek to Rome. We leave Siena from the gate of Porta Romana and head into the hills of Tuscany. Where we stayedTonight &…
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Siena
New city, new Duomo. This time we did the Gates of Heaven entrance at the Duomo, going up up up straight stairwells and narrow spiral ones, short ceilings with beams…
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Florence Day 2 – Art Ed
Today our schedule looked like this Let’s get the food pics out of the way. Pasta and gelato. This gelato us my favorite and it looks like it is well known…
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Florence Day 1
Today we traveled to Florence. Returning the scraped car at the Florence Airport, the attendant shrugged and suggested we buy him a coffee when he visits San Diego. A quick-ish…
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Sirmione water day
Riding on the water We took the ferry to Desenzano because I wanted to shop at Vestopazzo! We ate lunch there then took the ferry back. The ferry pathIt was a pretty…
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Sirmione – Grotto di Catullo and a Boat Ride
After recovering from our arrival, we went to look at Grotto Catullo, ruins of a Roman Villa. Here, we are hoping to have become Instagram famous. Check out our poses.Then…