Month: October 2023
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Reggio di Calabria
Day 478, 28-10-23, 12,1km walked in Messina en Reggio Calabria. And that means I’ve walked passed the mark of 7777,7 km!!! ( I wanted to reach that on the 27-10 on the 477th day but my painful leg made that impossible). I send some stuff back home and went to look at the towers with…
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Messina, Sicily, Italy
Day 477, 27-10-23, 16,2km walked, Getting very impatient for Vincent to arrive! Finished one piece: ‘caught a restless thought’ white thread in crochet, metal wire and yellow ribbon. (Adoptable contact me for info) Messina is bigger than I thought, pretty though, Here is some wallpaintings and duomo and other stuff. I’m sending home some found…
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Taormina, Sicily
Day 476, 26-10-23, 9,6 km walked After my terrible night I had breakfast with Jack and Ethea next to their van packed up and left Arlette in the car park and climbed back up to see the Greek/ Roman theatre, it truest was amazing! With the backdrop of the sea!!! After that I went down,…
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Acireale
Day 474, 24-10-23, 19.4 Km walked from Capomulini to Archi ( a car park with some green) A good day of walking with less km done than I would have liked. My leg felt like a elephant leg at the end of it! I visited Acireale with more beautiful baroque churches (why so many?) and…
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Aci Castello
Day 473, 23-10-‘23, 20.2 km walked , from Catania to Capomulini. My leg is still very blue but walking on it is ok. I slept at a deserted campervan parkup and ate last nights left overs. I visited the castle at Aci Castello, there was a Homeric myth. According to the legend, it was here…
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Catania, Italy
Day 472, 22-10-23, 13,3km walked In Catania I finished another piece I call it Friendship ties, knitting crochet weaving and stitching, a lot of colours (adoptable to support me, contact me!) I took a bus to town and wandered around, while my leg became bluer and bluer with the movement! (good! Less painful now) Talked…
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Catania, Italy
Day 471, 21-10-23, 3,8 km walked We went to the market I bought some trousers for approaching winter. I finished one piece : Saint Agata ( who is patron Saint of Catania. (You want to adopt let me know! In Personal message) And I took it easy, my bruised leg is still quite painful but…
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Etna Vulcano
Day 470, 20-10-23, more pictures/video same post. 28,5km walked but most of the were on horseback so I’m not sure how to count them. (15 counted) So I got a chance to visit around the etna on a horse so I went! It was really a bit over my budget and I felt a bit…
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Catania, Italy
Day 469, 19-10-‘23, 7,9 km walked at Erica’s and Catania. I spend most of the day working/ art making but zi didn’t actually finish anything but I was good to be at it! Then my friend Irma visited with her daughter!!! (From my hometown ‘s—Hertogenbosch!). So great to see her! And At night we visited…
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Syracuse, Italy
Day 464, 14-10-‘23, 12,7 km walked in Siracusa, after breakfast at the hostel, I had coffee at a cafe where they had Vegan croissants! With orange marmelade in it! Yumm Then I just wandered and came across the papyrus museum! Very interesting, there was papyrus growing in Syracuse and paper making but the technique got…