The Alpe-Adria trail often takes very big loops. We decided that we didn’t want to walk more than 40kms and finish up only a dozen kilometres south from where we had started. We therefore decided to walk south to Cormons, effectively combining stages 30 and 31 into one day’s walk. We walked along the (relatively) quiet road due south from Breg, though this being a Sunday, there were a lot of cyclists on the road. We had the hills to our left, and the plains on our right. We walked past numerous vineyards, some with basic buildings, and others with grand houses and entrances. One woman wished us “buon camino” and we later realised from seeing the signs that we were on a pilgrimage route to somewhere. As we approached Cormons we left the road and followed a path through the woods. This had a good stone base, but we couldn’t work out whether it was Roman, Mediaeval, or much later. This took us to the top of a small hill and then it was down into the town. We found an excellent ice-cream shop and indulged ourselves, before sitting in the town square, in the shade of the trees. We then walked back out of town to our hotel, which has seen better days, built in the time of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The dining room had numerous prints of young Austrian soldiers, and had a huge fireplace (complete with spit) for roasting large animals. Another print shows the German and Russian (?) high commands. With the giant chandeliers, it was definitely an experience!
