Today was 12 miles.  Our total, to date is: 85 miles walked and about 8,000′ of climbing. During this time, we also logged an additional 35 miles of tourist and errand walking.  That’s a lot of time in the feet!

We will stay two nights in Siena to rest our feet, etc. for the next stretch.

Yesterday evening we stayed within the walled village of Monteriggioni. We are learning that not all walled villages are the same! Lucca (our first walled city in Italy) would require about 30 minutes to walk from one side to the other. San Gimignano, about 25 minutes. Monteriggioni, on the other hand, took about 3 minutes … If that was a casually paced 3 minutes!

The view in the outside gives some perspective:

But the real perspective comes from looking at a panoramic shot of the interior:

Yep, that’s about it.  Why this was important was that it was Sunday afternoon (businesses close) and we needed to buy breakfast and lunch supplies for the next day (we needed to start early to avoid much of the Monday heat).

As you can see, our options were limited. We settled for bread and some cheese and considered ourselves blessed🙂!

Of note:  While walking, we were warned of dangerous animals. Here’s that sign:

We took appropriate caution!

Tomorrow is a rest day in Siena. For now,  we’re in a park awaiting the reception hours (4:00pm). It is a difficult life we lead, us transient pilgrims!