Via Francigena 2017
A nice day of walking, about 8 miles. Half on farm paths, half on quiet country roads, so half on asphalt. Very pretty farm country with Spring showing everywhere.
No wifi tonight so we will wait for an album until the photos are combined from our two cameras.
Normally we get cappucinos but through a ordering glitch we got a regular caffe. It was about one tablespoon of espresso. But I liked it. I added sugar which I don’t use in cappucino.
Okay if you can squat. The women’s had a regular toilet.
Today (Sat 3/25) was a lovely walk, nicer than yesterday. A little over 8 miles. Very little of it on pavement which was nice.
Here is a Google photos album of photos from 3/25 if you want to see more:
Nearly the same as a photo from our Portuguese Camino. Not really a hard day but passing up Italian coffee is impossible.
Just a neighborhood bar but we were taken with the look. As in Spain, a bar in Italy is as much a coffee and sandwich bar as anything. So, we’ll probably mention stopping at a bar often in this blog.
10 euro for the fixed price “menu”, Spanish Camino level prices, and quite good.
From Belgioioso to Santa Christina we took the older route, the VF pilgrim symbol is just barely visible above the arrow. A beautiful route today through farm tracks. The EAVF (European Assoc for the Via Francigena) is continually tweaking the route to avoid busy roads and pavement. The new route is probably prettier but is three miles longer. We liked this because it went by farms and through small towns.
The irrigation ditch.