Author Archives: John Ball

From:  Montepiano To:  Vado Miles:  23 Total:  897 Today’s walk was a long one. Luckily for us, it was mostly downhill with a strong wind at our back. Unfortunately, our day did not end at the end of our walk.  We knew we had a longer trek than usual today so we got on the … Continue reading »

From:  Florence To:  L’Isola Miles:  16 Total:  860 Today we left the beautiful Tuscan capital city of Florence behind and are now on a four day walk to Bologna. To get there we will be walking over the Apennine Mountains that run perpendicular to out route. That means three days of climbing and a decent … Continue reading »

From:  Burchio To:  Florence Miles:  16 Total:  844 What a great day we had today.  The weather was perfect, the breakfast at the B&B in Burchio was excellent, and except for the very poor quality of the mattresses we experienced last night, and a slight false start by me this morning, it couldn’t have been … Continue reading »

From:  Monte San Savino To:  Montevarchi Miles:  20 Total:  815 Today’s walk was a nice 20 mile stroll in the country. The skies were overcast all day which kept the temperatures down a little, and there was no wind; just like we like it.  The day got started with a good breakfast at the hotel … Continue reading »

From:  Giovancorso To:  Bettolle Miles:  17 Total:  783 After last night’s amazing rest at the very nice L’Albero di Gameli B&B in Giovancorso, we were back on the road this morning at 8:30 with crisp temperatures, clear skies, with no wind.  Today’s route was pretty straight forward. We spent most of the day on paved, … Continue reading »

From:  Bolsena To:  Fabro Miles:  23 Total:  753 Very tough day!  We walked 23 miles with some steep climbs and descents over very difficult terrain.  We are definitely in the heart of Tuscany now and will be until we get past Florence the middle of next week.  We knew we were facing a longer day … Continue reading »

From:  Capranica To:  Viterbo Miles:  16 Total:  711 Today’s walk was a tough one for several reasons that I’ll explain below.  We got on the road today at 8:45. Rather than our normal Italian breakfast at the hotel, we were given a voucher to go to a local coffee shop just down the street. This … Continue reading »

From:  Isola Farnese To:  Bracciano Miles:  14 Total:  681 Today’s walk got us out of the Rome suburbs and back into rural Italy. Gone are the sidewalks and wall-to-wall people. Now it’s rolling pasture land and what we would call Farm to Market roads back home.  The day got started with a good breakfast at … Continue reading »

From:  Rome To:  Rome Miles:  0 Total:  655 Today was our second of two days off in Rome. As you recall yesterday, Dave went on a tour of the Vatican while I stayed at the hotel most of the day. Today, we both went out sightseeing.  The day got started with our usual Italian hotel … Continue reading »

Form:  Finocchio To:  Rome Miles:  11 Total:  655 Today’s stroll into Rome from the suburb of Finocchio was easy-peasy. We got an intentional late start at 9:30 because of the short walking distance we had to cover. Our route was on our old familiar SR6 which we’ve been walking on for over a week, though … Continue reading »