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Florence Duomo

Is Italy Over-Rated? (Part 2)

Kellie4 min read

Despite fantastic food, spectacular architecture, and ancient history, Italy is full of grumpy, surly, chain-smokers. Italy has earned the title Land of Frowns.

Keystone take 2 🎬: the version where Molly 🐶 doesn’t go to doggy ICU and we ski the @keystone_resort bowls with friends and family instead! In 25+ years of skiing at Keystone, I’d never hiked to the back bowls. @rileyamcintyre has a way of talking people into things they don’t want to do. It was SO worth it!! ⛷ ❄️ 🏂 #keystonecolorado #keystone #snowboarding #skiing #keystoneresort #bowlskiing #snow
The striped cottages and sugar-white sand of Costa Nova, Portugal 🇵🇹make it one of the cutest beach towns in the world! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ #costanova #portugal #exploretheworld #beachtown #4wornpassports
In celebration of #worldtourismday, I thought it would be fun to share The Passport Project book’s journey along the Camino de Santiago 🥾. Just as travel erases the lines that divide us, The Passport Project is inspiring readers across generations, genders, and races. 🌎 ✈️ ❤️ #caminodesantiago #yalit #mglit #booktour #bookstagram #travelmemoir #camino #spain #familytravel #middlegradebooks #thepassportprojectbook #4wornpassports #experientialtravel #hikingwithdogs
Camino de Santiago 🥾: The Final Challenge 💪🏼 What better way to end the Camino adventure than with an Aussie 🇦🇺 vs. American 🇺🇸headstand competition. You know your feet are killing you when standing on your head in a piazza seems like a good idea. 🧘‍♀️ Notice our different techniques in the approach and pose. The competition was fierce, but the Aussie @matt_landy11 won when I toppled into him. 🇦🇺💪🏼 #caminodesantiago #headstand #headstandchallenge #stupidhumantricks #santiagodecompostela #buencamino #yoga #cathedraldesantiago
Camino de Santiago 🥾 Day 5: O Pedrouza ➡️ Santiago de Compostela ⛪️ 🥾 We made it! Our final day was rewarded with a magnificent sunrise. ⛪️ There are no words to describe the Camino experience. The people you meet along the way never seem random. From the 17-year-old Irish student to the 73-year-old Indian dentist, you are either giving or receiving wisdom with each encounter. Although not all who walk the Camino are Believers, there is no doubt that God is with each person along this journey. ⛪️ Our “Last Supper” consisted of Mary, Jesus, Peter, and Matt(hew). Not kidding! Buen Camino! 🥾 ⛪️ #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #satiagodecompostela #hikingadventures #faithjourney #spain #travel #4wornpassports #sunrise
Santiago de Compostela 🥾 Day 4: Arzua ➡️ O Pedrouza. 🥾 I remember when I thought 13 miles was a long hike. Oh right, that was just last week. After yesterday’s 20-mile walk, 13 miles feels like a stroll around the block. 🥾 We had a great night with our Camino friends in the fantastic Albergue Porta de Santiago, where we chose bunks next to our Aussie friends like the adult version of summer camp. 🥾 One more day to go!! 🥾 🥾 🥾 #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #hikingadventures #spain #galicia #opedrouzo #cow #pilgrimage #thepassportprojectbook #writingcommunity #travelmemoir @albergueportadesantiago
Camino de Santiago 🥾Day 3: Palas de Rei ➡️ Arzua. 🥾 The bad news…today was 20 miles and brutal! The good news…The Passport Project has become the reading choice of pilgrims along the Camino! 😉 . . . #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #hiking #pilgrimage #spain #thepassportprojectbook #hikingadventures
Camino de Santiago 🥾 Day 2: Portomarin ➡️ Palas de Rei. Today’s Camino bonus was meeting fellow memoir writer, Liza Grantham, who lives in Galicia, Spain. We met in a FB group a few months ago, and met in real life when she and her hubby joined us one evening for a few drinks and many laughs. 🥾 ⛪️ 🥾 #caminodesantiago #caminofrances #pilgrimage #spain #hiking #palasderei #labyrinth
So today the adventure really began. We started our pilgrimage walk from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela. If you aren’t familiar with the history or significance of this walk that has been around since the Middle Ages, watch the movie The Way or the documentary I’ll Push You. 🥾⛪️ Also known as The Way of St. James, thousand of pilgrims make this walk every year for religious or cultural reasons. We are doing the shortest section of the Camino that qualifies for the Compostela. We are walking the last 72 miles carrying everything we need on our backs. It is exhausting, painful, and exhilarating. We’ve only completed our first section, and I’m so humbled by the pilgrims who finish the entire Camino each year. Leigh Ann Fuller, I’m looking at you! Here are a few pics from day one. It looks like we started in the middle of the night, but it was 7:30 am and the moon was still high in the sky. 🥾 🥾 🥾 🥾 #santiagodecompostela #pilgrimage #thewayofsaintjames #spain