by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 11, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
2017 Camino de Santiago going into Pamplona This photo came up on my Facebook memories today. It’s ironic and funny because without seeing that picture I asked Brian to take the picture below. 2022 Via Francigena going into Rappollo I’m always exhausted after a day of...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 10, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Lifestyle, Via Francigena
Oh how I wish we were the best of friends. The pastries, the pizza, the pasta, the bread, Lord have mercy, the bread. I want to have a relationship with these foods like no other relationship I have had before. Sorry, Brian but you get me. Italy makes pizza right! I...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 9, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
Sometimes the two are one in the same when you are walking the Via Francigena. Other times we assess what route looks the best and go for that one! Yesterday we walked from Saint Vincent to Arnad. We decided to just take the road. It meant a flat walk and just under...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 8, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
After four challenging days of hiking going up and over the Swiss Alps, meandering through lots of Swiss and Italian villages, we have arrived in our first big city in Italy, the quant town of Aosta with a population of over 125,000 people. The big attractions are a...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 7, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
Right now my biggest struggle is food. There never seems to be enough of it. The Hospice we stayed at last night included breakfast. Unfortunately that breakfast was a few day old piece of bread with butter/jelly and tea. Neither one of us could finish our bread...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 6, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
If I complain about any other climb, let me please remember this day. Oh, the climbing, all day long. I kept repeating all day, “if it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” I’m searching for change on this pilgrimage. I don’t know completely what change, but...
