Day 28 – Monteriggioni

Never trust a guidebook.

We thought we had a challenging 17 miles to cover today. When we finished, we had walked 21.65 miles!!! Over 45,000 steps. That’s my second longest day ever on a Camino.

Ali is 5 months pregnant (yay, I’m going to be a grandpa!). So she and Billy decided today would be a good rest day. They had a lovely morning in San Gimignano and an even better afternoon in Monteriggioni. Two beautiful towns to explore. They made a great decision.

The rest of us plowed through. I’m really proud of the team. Today was really challenging but everyone persevered. Attitudes were great even though everyone had sore feet. We walked for nearly 8 hours. What a great accomplishment.

After about 8 miles, we stopped for a great lunch in a town that had a food festival going on. That proved a wise decision since unbeknownst to us, we still had 13 miles to walk.

We had a nice dinner together and then all headed to bed early. We are all tired but satisfied. Tomorrow is our last day of walking together. The week has flown by. I am truly happy.

San Gimignano as we left in the morning
We loved the town of Colle di Val d’Elsa. They were celebrating a food festival based mainly on pork products.
A tasty lunch was critical to getting us through this hike
The beautiful blue water of the Elsa river. The blue is from calcium carbonate that erodes off the limestone riverbed. We walked along this river for about 45 minutes. It was lovely.
Happy Pilgrims. We were about halfway at this point.
The trail was varied today. Fields. Forests. Rivers. Vineyards. Cute villages. We saw everything.
Monteriggioni is a cool walled city. One of our favorite places that we’ve visited. (Photo credit Toscana.info)
The view as we approached
Monteriggioni
The kids waiting for dinner. It’s been a joy to spend so much time with them all.
The Monteriggioni main square
Free wine tasting before dinner. We were exhausted but couldn’t turn it down.

Pasta with “big garlic”
Lasagna
Caprese Salad
Ravioli with orange duck sauce

Today’s Data

Starting Temp: 58

Finishing Temp: 62

4 thoughts on “Day 28 – Monteriggioni”

  1. Your blue river looked like the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, minus the geothermal heat and the bar in the middle:-)

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  3. congrats on the long hike, wow. Beautiful pictures. I have a drawing of San Gimignano in my kitchen. One of our favorite places. Cheers

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