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.

Living in Rome, part 2

Its been a while since last post again, but i try to cover bigger things again.
After my friend Triinu left from Rome i started to earn little bit of money again to buy better equipment but it still wasn't as good as before because people know me already.

Last Sunday i had a really good morning.
When i woke up i discovered that somebody had made me a present while i was sleeping.

That was also the last day for me on that side of the river and Rome.
So in the evening i went to all the bars and restaurants to say goodbye.
And it was really nice that most of the bars made me a little present, from the simple coffees and ice creams to bottle of wine.

In the night i met with my friends and we had a little party with them.

But this little party got a bit long so i went to sleep at 7 am and woke up at 8am. 

And the lack of sleep wasn't good because i had planned a busy shopping day.

And i did the shopping in one of the Europe's biggest shopping mall where every year around 13 million people goes.

But i was still successful because the big amount of coffees i drinked.

I bought a new bag, new walking sticks and rubbers for the sticks.

When i unpacked my old bag i was really amazed how many things were inside.

But the new bag is a lot better.

And in the evening in went to the other side of the river.

And later i went to vatican.

I also visited Vatican in the next day to go inside as well.

And then i moved to Trastevere where i sleep on the main square so i guess i like people and crowdy places.

And its really nice here. The people are a lot better and the night life is amazing.

So i find many awsome people every night and even in day time.

Also something interesting happened in one day. Two girls came to me and gave me roses and then started chatting with me. I know that guys do that but that some girls also do like that was new for me.

Here i made quite good network for myself as well.

In the morning you can get free breakfast in that same church, for lunch there is a place where you can have good and big lunch for 2.50€ and in the evening i have my favorite restaurant.

There the workers are awsome and nice.

They occasionally give me free coffees and in the night tequila shots, snacks and also a dinner which is pasta and pizza.

I also met a cool Spanish guy. Hes traveling 1 year already and his wallet and all his things got stolen in Paris. So now he continues to travel with no money in Europe by trains. Ive been with him for three days.

I sure got a lot of good memory's and experiences from Rome to remember. But now its time to leave Rome behind and move forward.

So far 1037 km.