Day 6

Yay, the photos worked today ;) I am standing in the laundry mat waiting for my clothes to dry. It was an accomplishment to figure it out, nothing in english here. Im hoping what I bought in the farmacia next door is indeed toothpaste and not Desetin. We had an easy day getting into Sansepolcro about 2:30 on an almost entirely flat rode. We started at the lake and walked down into a valley town, larger than those in the hills and newer. We are staying in the old part of town, which I love, great view from my window. We passed many lakes today and were in among the tobacco fields. We had lunch by a gorgeous little lake. My feet were happy to soak a bit in the cold. We considered skinny dipping but the gucky bottom scared me off, that and the thought of leaches.

We spent a great deal of today talking about balance. More later dryer buzzed. Three songs have been running through my head when I wake and throughout the day, I wonder if this happens to my brothers. For me the songs always seem significant. The several days on start of the journey was  "Dance with me, I want yo be your partner, can't you see the music is just starting..." today I thought about the movie Phenomonon in which Travolta makes the spoon dance using his energy and that of the spoon.  This morning I woke with, "Its the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine". We talked about acceptance and I guess for me I'm not quite sure yet where I am with it all. Today was more of an 8 out of ten day for me, I wonder if it had  something to do with physically moving down in elevation. I've been feeling more like a 12 out of 10 with my head in the clouds.

I was thinking about my last post, and surmizing that anyone reading about my complaints about my feet, etc may believe this experience is hell, but it is quite the opposite. I feel tremendous gratitude and am having the time of my life. I am so lucky!

A small bottle of wine from Ivan calls for a drink while we wait for dinner and a chance to catch sunset... life is good!