「13日目」Day 13
Today we also kept winding through the mountains usually along a big road and / or river.
It was super hot – about 29℃ and the sun burned mercilessly down on us.
暑かった〜〜 30℃近くでした。
今日もずっと山と山の間に歩き続きた。
The “Ono waterfall” was so beautiful that we stopped for a quick picnic there.
Yesterday’s bar granny gave us this local specialty – houba-zushi – some rice with veggie and egg topping wrapped in a leaf.
小野の滝に昔ながらのピクニック。昨日の居酒屋のおばさんに頂きました「ほうば寿司」を初めて食べた。美味しかった！♡
Since we could not find a single hotel on this long long stretch we decided to power walk as fast as our feet carry us to get all the way to the next place with hotels. (Which is about 38 km?)
However the next “post town” is quite deep in the mountains that if it gets dark it would be dangerous plus there was an announcement of bear sightings so my husband wasn’t happy.. Also his foot hurted so much that he couldn’t make it further so we waited for the local train to drive one station to Nagiso and then take the last bus from there (10 min drive?)
So we skipped 9 km in total today which I’m not happy about- as I want to say that i walked the whole Nakasendo 🙁 But oh well..
木曽福島から妻籠宿の間、中山道あたりにホテルは全然ないみたいので、スピードを出して遠いところまで行くしかないと。。頑張っていたけど。
近くに熊は出たと言うアナウンスでうちの主人は嬉しくなく、歩き続けたら暗い中に山道を歩くのも危ないし、彼の足が痛かったりして、南木曽の手前の駅までにした。
電車待ちは1時間…
南木曽駅からは最後のバスで妻籠宿まで。
それで9 kmをスキップしちゃったので、嬉しくない(*´-`) 中山道を全部歩いたってもう簡単言えないね。
We are at Tsumago-juku and to me it looks even more charming than Narai-juku. The Ryokan we stay at is breathtaking!! Very old and our rooms are connected via a bridge outside with pond and all.
妻籠宿は奈良井宿よりもう少し好きかも。お店はもう全部閉まっててそんなに判断できないけど、建物などはもうちょい味はある気がする。宿泊する旅館もとても素晴らしい！
Walked distance:
27.7 km
Kiso-Fukushima to Tsumago
歩いた距離:
27.7 km
木曽福島から妻籠宿まで
Money spent:
Konbini: 370¥
Lunch: 1050¥
Dinner: 1200¥
Bus: 600¥
Hotel: 11000¥
= 14220¥
Thoughts:
Good: My feet seem fully functional and powerful again! Yay!
Bad: The better half is bored and tired and wants to go home 🙁
Anji
