It is Good Thursday and I am an emotional basket case. I am getting an early start this year. Have been taking Good Friday off for years to keep away from the saws and other tools of the trade. I’m just too distracted with thoughts of our Savior’s Passion.

But maybe I can pull off a nice post about things far away. Here we go! Lucia, one of my Camino buddies is from Sicily but for many years has taught at St Andrews in Scotland. In my mind those two places are world’s apart. And as picturesque as the north country is, she escapes occasionally to walk in Italy on famous trails there. On March 19th I blogged on this last trip but today we continue because I now have some gorgeous pics from her.

Gorgeous, right!?! These guys flew into Florence and walked A three day stretch west of there. This Tuscany. OK, I’m just going to copy her very own words from a recent email:

“Came back yesterday night, from a 3 days walking with 10 camino buddies. We started from Lucca and yesterday we arrived in San Gimignano. There are still 3 of us that are walking till Siena.
It has been just beautiful. Differently from the walk we did in January on the Way of the Coast in Liguria, the Francigena is mostly organized like the Santiago’s way. There are not that many pilgrims on the way during these days… probably in the next weeks with the good weather it will be busier. Anyway, it has been just fantastic for the landscape (Tuscany is just amazing) and even for the way how the hospitaleros had us in their places. It is still a bit different from the Santiago’s one where you can go without booking anyting. Here you have to do it, even there are hostels for pilgrims.
Here there are some pictures… one with all of us and the rest about the way, just to give you an idea!”

Well, there you have it, the adventures of Lucia. Aren’t Camino buddies so precious? No need to answer that question. Oh, and Lucia is the woman in the pics with the darkest hair.

Thanks for being with us here at Caminoheads. We treasure your participation and friendship. The best to you during this Easter season. Know that you are loved, Felipe.