Current Day Trip to Date
Miles Walked 14.3 191.0
Feet Climbed 790 22,760
Song of the Day: Circle Game by Joni Mitchell
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game
Almost an off day. We basically walked about 5 miles out on the trail today, then turned around and walked back to Citta di Castello. Just a big circle of sorts....and unlike Joni Mitchell, we could go back from where we came! We then walked around the town for several hours, visiting a museum and several churches. Not a memorable day, but a much needed break from long distance hiking. Still, by the end of the day, we had logged over 14 miles. Here is a photo from the trail. Notice all the trail signs. In the past few days, the trail markings have become significantly better than the first few days.
One highlight of the walk today was visiting one of the largest cemetaries we have ever seen. This thing must have been a half mile long and a quarter mile wide. Here is a photo of one small section:
The weather this morning was actually pleasant, low 60's and relatively sunny. Shortly after we arrived back to the town, it began to pour down rain. Heavy rain. I fear the trails will be very muddy tomorrow. It is supposed to rain tomorrow morning, then turn sunny and warmer for the next week. That will be a welcome change. We have been reading stories about all the rain in the USA, particularly Texas and Colorado. Too bad California couldn't get in on a little of this action!
The big highlight of the day is that we were able to send out laundry for cleaning! This is what passes for big news in our little tiny world of hiking...
While walking around town this afternoon, we saw several of these stenciled spray pain signs on buildings. Speaking of capitalism, most of the bars have a tv or two constantly going. It seems the Simpsons are always on at least one of the tv's. Yesterday at lunch, they were showing "shark tank Italy" which is the same show as Shark Tank in the USA, right down to format, graphicss, etc. Wonder how that show plays to the anti-capitalists?!
Citta di Cadtello is a town of about 40,000 people, but seems a bit tired and rundown. That said there were a couple of nice areas, and as always in these towns, lots and lots of church's!
Tomorrow, our hotel will drive us out to where we left off today. We then have a hike of about 15 miles. Hopefully we won't get too wet in the process. Thursday to Sunday, we will have very long, challenging days of hiking, so today was a nice little rest (funny that a day with 14 miles of walking would seem like a rest!).
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