To the sky

So thursday evening i started heading to the mountains from La Spezia because there was no road next to the sea.

La Spezia

Last views to La Spezia

And then i headed to a long tunnel which was the only one in my trip over the mountains.

In the mountains its not very easy to find a solid ground where to sleep in the night. But when i finally did spot one i took it. Even if it was way too close to the road.

In the morning i saw one interesting solution how to use old bicycles.

Friday the real climb over the mountains started. And with a clear sky and daylight it was all so beautiful. All the wilderness and then the small villages on the road. Some of them even half abandoned.

And then i reached to the same height with the clouds.

But i sure wasn't easy to get up there.

In the evening when i started to walk down from the mountains it got really cloudy.

At midnight i got down from the mountains and found a sleeping place in a city, in front of an abandoned house.

Saturday wasn't much easier for me. The whole day was walking from a port town up to the mountains to some small village or town and then back down to some port town and so on. But luckily for me i didn't got that high this time. But the views were amazing again.

In the evening i saw lightening 20 km away above Genova and i was pretty sure that it will come to me as well. So later when i spotted this abandoned road workers building i decided that its going to be my sleeping place for the night.

And i wasn't wrong. Since 6am until 11am it was thunderstorm again. But i stayed completely dry.

Yesterdays final walk to Genova went very slowly because the mountains had finally killed my legs. But i still made it.

And when i made it i just sat in one square for hours and did absolutely nothing.

Thats how my feet veins look like after 2/3 of a daily walk.

But then these two polish girls came to me and we started chatting. They also got me a nice bed at their host place where we also had some wine.

I will stay in Genova at least one day more and rest my feet and also go through all the sightseeing places.

So far 1584 km.