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The access is forbidden to the fields of Tuscany, Italy?? | Day 5 of Via Francigena from Fucecchio to Calenzano
It was the 5th day of Via Francigena trail when we hiked around 18 kms from the town Fucecchio to the village Calenzano. That night was really disturbing partly because we had a fear of somebody’s chasing us away partly because there were a lot of noises coming from the nearest car roads, dogs barking everywhere and even some loud music from the discos. Also we heard the shot guns of probably some hunters and it was really scary and strange that they were hunting at night. Not to say that the thought of who they were hunting for was terryfing as well because we were seeing lots of baby…
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Old pilgrim ways don’t exist anymore? | Day 4 of Via Francigena from Altopascio to Fucecchio
Several days before… The last two days we had the time out of the trail because we needed to get some shopping done and also because we felt like we needed a break from that heat. So the first day we went from campsite in Torre Daniele to Ivrea – the closest biggest town where there was a Decathlon sports goods store. Our shoes were already tearing apart especially after challenging mountain hike we did recently and it has been a year since we changed them. So we thought it was a good moment to buy a new pair. Fortunately we found the shoes quite easily in the trail running…