Day 80 Bolsena to Montefiascone:
A lovely easy walk through forest and olive groves with Lake Bolsena to the west the entire span.
Coming into Montefiascone there are tributes to a famous local wine Est! Est! Est! Supposedly a 12th Century German Bishop sent his prelate( wine scout) ahead to mark “Est” ( Latin for “there is” on doors with acceptable wine. The prelate liking the local wine here wrote Est! Est! Est! We of course had a bottle at lunch. Mika liked it more than me but I am a red man.🍷
We spent a quiet night at Monasterio San Pietro enjoying three nuns. Wonderful big private room and quiet as we are the only pilgrims:
One Old Italian nun in a wheel chair who through our difficult communications early on never stopped smiling.
An Egyptian nun who threw our keys to us.
But dinner was served by the ultra friendly Sister María Magdalena from Cuenca, Ecuador. One of those few people in a constant state of joy. At dinner time, she signalled me to come in and I was going to go upstairs to get Mika and she told me to wait and she started ringing a big bell furiously with a grin on her face. Then she walked to the stairs and sang out, “pelllliiiigrniiiiiiiiiii”. Can’t get her song out of my head now!😂
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The Cathedral of Santa Margherita:
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Saint Flaviano Romanesque church in Montefiascone:
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Simple but delicious pilgrim food provided by Sister Maria Magdalena and other nuns at Monasterio San Pietro:
Leaving Montefiascone:
