I have nearly walked double the number of steps which someone somewhere decided that I should do. I’m not too hung up on completing this amount.  (…or the other day when I achieved 50 I would have been distraught.  I left my phone upstairs so it barely moved.)

Today I managed nearly 12000 and a lot of them were uphill.

I begun the day by looking for the bus stop for the airport bus in completely  the wrong direction.

I have never been to Bergamo before.

However after returning to my apartment and looking at Google maps I felt more informed.

As I came out of the gate a bus passed at the top of the street. That was a very good clue. Then I asked a girl at the bus stop and she pointed at a bus approaching with “aeroporto” written on it. Now I just need to check that my ticket is the right kind.

Next I followed the old city wall for quite a long time. I hadn’t seen it on the map ,but it looked pretty.

I decided to risk exploring the old city and wandered around for a while before finding my way out again.

It was much nicer walking down hill again.

Then I realised I’d no food or wine so walked on past where I’m staying and after quite a lot more walking I found some shops selling food.

After all that I fell asleep.

Deciding that it would be good to paint something, I discounted all the photos I’d taken and painted the tulips which were in a vase on the table.

The view from my doorway is gorgeous. 

I can see a large colourful ferris wheel in the distance out of the window, but it’s too far away to visit.

Now I think I’ll try some of the local wine . Looking forward to getting home tomorrow. 

Cheers🍷🍷