La Via Francigena, Five Pilgrims to Rome

[sillydoll]

In about 12 hours time our book - LA VIA FRANCIGENA, FIVE PILGRIMS TO ROME - will be available on Amazon kindle. Five very different not-so-young women blog as they walk from Switzerland to Rome following a Google translated guide book and a few yellow pilgrim way markers.
No fights, no getting lost (just confused!), no injuries (besides a few black toes) and no weight loss because they ate too well!!
Read about their challenging hike and read their daily 'Food Report' as they munch their way through Switerland and Italy.

http://www.amazon.com/Francigena-Five-P ... 574&sr=1-1

 

[oregonwalker]

Downloaded this book a few days ago for my Kindle and am about 1/3 through it and am thoroughly enjoying it. But my husband, who walked from Sarria to Santiago with me last month, is shaking his head.

He has come to realize that I have been bitten by the walking bug and that mini-Camino we did will not be my only pilgrimage. Since our trip, I have awakened every morning, and quickly realized that I was dreaming about the walk, the local residents in the villages who were so nice to us, the sights we saw, the places we stayed along the Camino. I feel there is no cure for this "bug".

I have walked four half marathons and one full marathon, and have more scheduled for this year, too. But it's just not the same as walking along a pilgrimage path.