@RickiTarr We just returned from a month of walking through Italy - we try to do that every year for 4-6 weeks (yes, we have time and means), covering 15-25km per day, seeing hardly any people, nothing but panoramas the whole day, arriving in time for aperitivo, eating like Tuscan farmers, early to bed. After maybe a week a sort of pilgrim’s mood sets in, the steepest climbs are effortless, getting up early becomes easy. I hope to do this for many years to come