We had a somewhat hard day yesterday. We only walked about 11 miles but that is a good distance for us. That had made three eleven mile days in a row and my feet were starting to burn. It was 95% walking on asphalt along roads, some quite busy and noisy. And the sun was relentless. Leave it to Charlie and me to complain about 70 degree days being too hot if we can’t find shade. We were very hot, sweaty, and tired when we finally got to Altopascio, a small town at the end of the first stage past Lucca. But we had a treat waiting for us. We found a lovely B&B which I’ll write more about later. And Altopascio is a great little town. Not spectacular enough to bring in a whole lot of tourists but still lovely.
The above is the main church in Altopascio. I loved all the add-ons. Our B&B is just behind it. I included the photo to show what the Italian weather-people mean by “partly cloudy”. Every day the weather forecast will say “partly cloudy” (or even sometimes rain) but for days and days there haven’t been any clouds dense enough to block the sun. So, yes, we are complaining that the weather has been 70s and sunny.
I enjoy your pictures, comments and I follow your walk on the maps. I have noticed, and find it interesting, that most/all the names of the towns/cities in Italy seem to end in the vowels: a, e, i & o. Not like the names of towns/cities in our area: PeP, TatuM, CarlsbaD, LovingtoN, LovinG, CloudcrofT, HobbS. Ummm? Is there a reason?
Mom, that is very observant. I bet 95% or more of all Italian words end in a vowel. Pretty much the only ones that don’t are words that are borrowed from other languages such as “weekend” (yep they say that). I’m glad you are following us on the map.