sadly, no. I badly need to update it all, but between my current physical limitations, the demands of the route itself, and the extra heat+humidity I made the decision to stop after San Gimignano and finish this at a later point when I am in much better physical shape and the temperatures are cooler. If the temperatures were where they normally would be (high-70s at peak), I’d have still struggled but would’ve made it to Rome on Tuesday. Since I want to actually enjoy this, I need to get my 3rd surgery done in July and get myself back to the shape I was in before I walked in May of last year. I had a long talk with my sister about it all and I’ll forever be frustrated that I wasn’t able to finish this in one shot, but I don’t want to make my abdominal situation worse.
Mostly I just need to accept that I’m not where I want to be physically and that is okay. I could’ve quit the route 5x before I did and am still grappling with it. But I keep looking at the temps and seeing that it’s close to 90 by 10-11am each day with a lot of climb+descent and I know that I just can’t do this right now. I plan on heading back to Spain next year and doing 400+km with a good friend. After that, I will re-address the VF and see where I’m at physically.
Thank you so much Brad! The restaurant has the Dhondt-Grellet Les Nogers for 20euro more than the Adrien negoc wines. At that point, 20euro is nothing, so would that be a better decision?
for all here, the restaurant is Da Lucio in Rimini if you want to spy the list and provide any thoughts