Category Archives: Italy

Day 15 Mealhada to Agueda

25km A long hot day, spent walking mostly on paved roads.We missed an early arrow as we set off, but quickly realised thanks to Greg’s GPS. Then an hour or so later, I walked on ahead of Greg and completely … Continue reading

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Milan

We took a fast train from Rome to Milan yesterday – 3.5 hours, average speed 270kph. Lovely green countryside. We’re staying a few Metro stops from the city centre and after checking in, we headed straight back into the city … Continue reading

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Catacombs of San Sebastiano

Yesterday, Friday, we spent the day being tourists. Proper tourists in an open-roof tour bus, with earphones connected to the English language tour commentary. There weren’t many fellow tourists, probably because it was raining and all the seats were wet, … Continue reading

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Vatican

We took the Metro (underground) to Vatican City. The Metro is somewhat of a disappointment after the efficient, clean Singapore system, but it got us there.  The crowds were enormous. Last visit had been in January some years ago when … Continue reading

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Rome

It took us a day to get from Singapore to Paris to Rome, then another half a day to recover. The AirFrance flight to Paris was … squeezy. But then, it was cheap, so we got what we paid for. … Continue reading

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