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- Time of past OR future Camino
- May 2023: Via Francigena, Lucca to Rome
I know for some their Camino starts when they leave their front door. For me I’m more in a state of limbo - not home, but not yet on the Camino. But after a 21 hour flight, a night in Florence, and a night in Lucca, it’s finally here.
I had originally planned on spending a few days in Lucca, but I feel like I’m just in a waiting mode. I’ll start walking this morning. Plus starting earlier means I can cut some of the longer stages in half.
I’m at a b&b, patiently waiting for breakfast at 8. Already it’s a different experience, not being in the pilgrim cocoon like at Le Puy and St Jean.
It’s 55 degrees, with moderate rain and a possible thunderstorm. Rain is predicted the next ten days. That’ll be different too - I lucked out with gorgeous weather in France and Spain. I think I’ll take the boring direct route this morning and not the scenic detour. I’ve read that a lot of pilgrims bus through this next section & start in Altopascio. For whatever reason in my mind I want to walk from Lucca - even though rationally I know that starting points are arbitrary.
And it’s breakfast time!
I had originally planned on spending a few days in Lucca, but I feel like I’m just in a waiting mode. I’ll start walking this morning. Plus starting earlier means I can cut some of the longer stages in half.
I’m at a b&b, patiently waiting for breakfast at 8. Already it’s a different experience, not being in the pilgrim cocoon like at Le Puy and St Jean.
It’s 55 degrees, with moderate rain and a possible thunderstorm. Rain is predicted the next ten days. That’ll be different too - I lucked out with gorgeous weather in France and Spain. I think I’ll take the boring direct route this morning and not the scenic detour. I’ve read that a lot of pilgrims bus through this next section & start in Altopascio. For whatever reason in my mind I want to walk from Lucca - even though rationally I know that starting points are arbitrary.
And it’s breakfast time!
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