by Gordon Webster | Jun 18, 2023 | 2023 Camino: Budapest to Arles |
Today we passed through the small town of Sabbioneta. It is completely enclosed within Renaissance walls, and has UNESCO status in conjunction with the city of Mantova (Mantua). Both places were ruled by the Gonzaga family, who produced a saint and a shocking number...
by Gordon Webster | Jun 4, 2023 | 2023 Camino: Budapest to Arles |
Before we departed for this Camino I had a casual look at our route across Italy on our mapping app. Zooming into one of the many undulations on the track, I was surprised to see a perfectly symmetrical nine pointed star. This is the town of Palmanova, which we...
by Gordon Webster | Jun 2, 2023 | 2023 Camino: Budapest to Arles |
Gordon: Have you ever heard of the city of Aquileia? Neither had I, but in the second century AD it was the second largest city in Roman Italy. Attila the Hun gave it pride of place in his depredations in Italy, almost completely destroying the city...
by Gordon Webster | May 29, 2023 | 2023 Camino: Budapest to Arles |
Gordon: We met Maja, a Slovenian pilgrim, on the Camino Francés in 2011. In the intervening years I have accumulated wrinkles and Arctic blonde hair (to use Mary’s euphemism) but Maja has been considerably more busy. She has acquired a charming...
by Gordon Webster | May 26, 2023 | 2023 Camino: Budapest to Arles |
Gordon: We are spending a couple of nights in our second capital city of this pilgrimage: Ljubljana. It’s hard not to like, particularly as we are staying in a palace. No, really, it is an upper suite in a palace built for a count in 1755. Of...
