If you are an armchair traveller, you will love this book. Maggie and her husband will be cold, wet, lost and uncomfortable for you. Without getting blisters or losing your wallet you can walk for 1000 kilometres starting in France, crossing the Swiss Alps, travelling the length of Tuscany and ending in Rome, following the the Via Francigena, an ancient pilgrimage route. Told with humour and a wide-eyed enjoyment of the scenery, the artworks, the people of Italy and the many startling surprises … [Read more...] about The Italian Camino by Maggie Ramsay