Back on the road

So monday i left from Rome and started walking again. In the first day after month of resting i took it easy and only walked 21 km but after that started to do some progress.

In the border of Rome i found a big supermarket and bought some more necessary things like : reflecting vest, flashlight, socks and earphones.

Probably the most important things are the flashlight and reflecting vest because now after 1000 km i finally feel safe when walking in the night.
But i still like the earphones more because they make the little cigarette breaks a lot more fun.

The road most of the time is nothing but wheat fields.

I slept in this road triangle that is on the side of bigger roads.

Tuesday the only thing happened that in the night i arrived near the see again and it was so good to sleep there.

Wednesday morning i visited Santa Marinella beach which is on of the most popular beaches near Rome.

In the day time i arrived in the city of civitavecchia where i was few hours and even for a moment i toughed that i will spend the night there but i decided to move on.

But still it was beautiful.

In the evening google maps made me a little prank.

It suggested me to walk on this road.

I don't have nothing against 4 row highways but what google maps didn't know was that this road has been renamed to A12 highway where it is illegal to walk.

That prank costed me 8 km of extra walking and lots of frustration at that time because when i checked the map for alternative road i soon realised that there isn't one. 

Like i said in the beginning that the road is mostly just wheat fields so you can guess where i was sleeping that night.

Thursday was really different day from my normal walking days because i haven't walked on so many different roads in one day before.

I walked on normal country side roads.

Then on a bit smaller road.

Even smaller road.

And for 5 km i didn't had any road at all to walk on so i walked on the beach.

I didn't like that in the beginning at all because it was a lot harder to walk on sand and the sand also got into my shoes so it was really uncomfortable.

And then came the river.

So i took my shoes off and passed the river and after that everything got fun for me.

Walking with barefoot in the waves with a big backbag and with walking sticks and all those looks i got from other people.

I also got a nice cool bath in the midday heat which felt so good, plus i got to wash myself.

And it was a little bit windy on that day so i got a really funny look.

After the beach i got back on those small roads and went to small city Montalto di Castro. Because i asked from the locals from what part of the road i can walk again there (the road that google had suggested me) and they said that i can go on this road right after this city.

From there i went back to this big road and walked until i arrived at the border of Toscany.

So i slept near the highway.

And today just few hours ago i was thinking that how badly i want to lay down on a couch for half a hour. And just 100 meters later i found a couch.

So this is the story of my past five days.

Hope you like it!

So far 1197 km.