(Bari – Durres by ferry)
Departure: – Durres 7:16 am
Arrival: Tirana
Weather: Cluody/Rain
Distance of the day: 43,66 Km
Progressive km: 682,7
Moving Time: 8h 02m
Elevation gain: 444 mt
“The most pleasant feeling? Inner peace
The best welcome? A smile
The best medicine? Optimism
The greatest satisfaction? The duty accomplished
The greatest strength? Faith
The most beautiful thing in the world? Love.”
(Mother Teresa)
Step after step, walking for twenty-three days, I had managed to complete the Italian section of my pilgrimage from Cassino.
I had left Italy after about six hundred and fifty kilometers through magnificent territories that now, after experiencing them so intimately at walking pace, seemed to belong to me deeply. I had arrived on foot as far as Brindisi, the same place where the pilgrims of the past completed the stretch of peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean and embarked, some directly for the Holy Land, while others continued their journey through Ignazia, landing in what is now Albania. It was that second overland route through the eastern territories of the old empire that I had chosen to follow.
It had been hard, extremely hard, perhaps even harder than I had anticipated, but thank GOD I had made it. Although immersed in the introspection of walking in an astonished silence, along the endless road in front of my eyes, I had never felt alone, because always flanked in the Spirit and assisted by those who were interested in me and my pilgrimage. […]
The story of day 23 continues in the book
Gpx Track Day 23
