We had a mixed day on Monday 3/27. We got up at 6:30 to make the ferry at 9, 2.5 miles away. Another post will explain how that went. We walked into the next town and found lots of things closed because “Monday” when lots of things in Italy are closed. Wynette called a agrotourismo to ask about a reservation and the guy there was quite unfriendly and impatient with her Italian, the first time we have encountered this. That kind of spoiled things for a while. We decided to go on to the next town. That was tiring and unpleasant walking along busy roads. Finally in Piacenza we got a taxi to the train station.
We had previously intended to skip the next two legs and take the train to Fidenza. That worked out fine and we got a nice hotel in Fidenza and have already had two excellent meals.