Walking in Europe
A blog of Angus and Alison's walking tour of the Tour de Mont Blanc, Via degli Dei the Dobratsch Circuit in Carinthia, Austria, the Dolomites, Venice, and Iceland

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- Trail’s End
- Along Iceland’s South Coast
- The Beauty of Iceland
- Four Days in Venice
- Tre Cime di Lavaredo
- Lago di Braises and Cinque Torri
- A night out at 9500 feet
- Val Gardena and the Secëda Ridge
- Into the Südtirol; the beautiful Dolomites
- Grateful in Graz ❤️
- We ❤️ Salzburg
- Nötsch – Arnoldstein – Warmbad; a wrap on the Dobratsch
- To Villach, Austria and the Dobratsch Rundwanderweg
- Trieste, Italy
- Last Day in Florence
- Falling for Florence
- Trails end at Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze (Florence).
- Heart of Tuscany: Castello del Trebbio, olive groves, Monte Senario
- Cross of Monte Gazzaro – Sant’ Agata – San Piero A Sieve
- Beech forests and Roman roads
- Madonna dei Fornelli
- Sasso Marconi – Brento – Moduno: into the Apennines.
- Bologna to Sasso Marconi; first leg of the Via degli Dei
- Buongiorno from Bologna!
- Tre le Champ-La Flagere-Brevent and a TMB wrap
- Col de la Forclaz to Col de Balme: Switzerland into France
- Two days in the steep Swiss woods: La Fouly to Col de la Forclaz
- Courmayeur to La Fouly: Italy to Switzerland
- Elisabetta-Courmayeur-Bonatti
- From France to Italy over the Col de la Seigne
- Feet over the Cols
- Lunch in Les Contamines-Montjoie
- Chamonix campsite
- Now in Chamonix, France
- Leaving in the morning!
- A packing dry run
- Hello everyone!
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Firenze is a wonderful place to be a tourist and a learner! We are having an amazing experience in Firenze. And according to Ali’s phone we have walked almost as many kms each day sightseeing and touring the many museums and galleries as we did on the trail. The feet agree. Over the last three…
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Pre-note: Today we wrapped the amazing Via degli Dei 130 km walk from Bologna to Florence over the Apennines (although Strava has it at 157 kms adding distance for a couple variant routes and a detour or two?). Definitely feels like Strava has our correct distance! 🥾😮💨 Today was such a rewarding last day, though…
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A lovely two day walk (but hot) through the UNESCO Villa Medicea through fields and olive groves, then a 2500 ft ascent to the old convent at Mt Senario. Starting early from our campsite at San Piero a Sieve we started climbing almost immediately through a picturesque lane lined with Italian cypress trees up to…