End of term has come around and again with exams completed it was time for some relaxation and a bit of exploration. My friend Tom had...

Christmas time in Rome again and the nativity in St Peter's square is a replica of the original St Francis nativity that he created on...

This year's Fr Ragheed Ganni 5 a side football tournament was held last weekend at the Irish college. With 9 teams competing....

It has been a bit of a break from posting, I returned to Rome at the start of October from England, where did a bit of trvelling around...

After Portugal it was off to London for my summer placement, instead of returning to Australia, Bishop Karol organised a placement in a...

After the WYD program had concluded in Lisbon many of the pilgrims ventured up to Fatima for a few days to take in the famous apparition...

"Mary arose and went with hast "(Luke 1,39) Theame of WYD 2023, I discovered that from the last WYD Pope Francis has adopted the rosary...

The final day. While starting the day with a bit of joy and optimism, of the long journey coming to an end there was also a bit of...

A bit of a reprieve in the trail distance down to 14 kilometres which meant that at 5km's an hour I should be in the next stop in only 3...

After two 30 + kilometre days behind me, today was slightly lower at 24 kilometres but still enough to demand a constant pace to to get...

A few days following the trail inland and it was back to the coast to city of Ortanto, where I could enjoy a relaxing swim in the...

Another big day ahead, heading out of Lecce at about 6am and today I was off to Martano, a 31km hike and temperatures moving into the mid...

A rest day in Lecce as it is the major city in the lower part of Puglia and needs at least a day to look around it. I have been clocking...

Off to Lecce this morning and the cool start to the day was the same as yeasturday, with cool breeze at my back. It was also a bit less...

A rest day in Brindisi although there was lots to see and do I made a point of limiting myself to the old city where I was staying. In...

Early start again and a nice cool breeze at my back to take me down to Tochialaro. A small town halfway between Brindisi and Lecce. The...

Two weeks down and I was well and truly over the halfway mark. I think that was around Monopoli. I headed to Brindisi quite a big city...

I delayed my start to the day by about an hour to be able take in the breakfast provided by the B&B host. What a breakfast it was from...

From Monopoli, I headed on down the coast where I reached Torre Canne and back to some sandy shore lines. This was probably the first...

The next morning and another early start, unfortunately I was not able to hang around for the Blessing of the Fleet that was to be held...