Day 41 Mortara to Vercelli

Today’s update is brought to you by Rice Fields and buses 🚌 . Dry rice fields, muddy rice fields, flooded rice fields, draining rice fields, and filling rice fields. Get the idea - no photos as it gets a little monotonous. So much that after 20km I got the bus for that last 6km. I was going to take the train but there was a sudden train strike. To make it even more interesting the bus driver didn’t want to take any money. = free. Also the Ostello was closed today at my 20km mark. I arrived in Vercelli just as it started to rain. I visited the Basilica which was beautiful. Photos of churches never come out very good. The Ostello has wonderful hostesses and said dinner won’t be until 8pm (that is so late when you have hauled a pack kms through rice fields). But we are to have a guest - the archbishop. The Ostello’s belong to the church and I guess he is coming to check us out. I had better behave. Luciano Condina is his name. I like him because of him we got strawberries and ice cream for desert.Læs mere