From Mortara to Vercelli
I wake up before dawn today, the days are very hot and suffocating so it is best to take advantage of the fresh air of the morning when the sun is still down. We leave after an good coffee and a croissant prepared by miss Carla, the very nice lady who welcomes everyone at the Sant’Albino Abbey.
We walk through the village until the station where Lorena is waiting for us; she’s joining us because she wants to be a part of Grazia’s journey. Just right outside the village the road starts flanking a drain and, finally through the fields where the grass is still wet, soaking our feet. We walk on paths for some kilometers and get to a paved road leading to Nicorvo where we hope to find an open bar to have a second breakfast; unfortunately this small village looks like a ghost village and the only bar is closed.
We sorrowful keep going on the Francigena and just outside the village we have a little break on the parking of the cemetery. Once we get back on the road we walk again on a paved road to turn then on a long dirt path which goes on until Robbio where finally we can stop at a bar to have a break and drink something fresh.
From here, given the day is very hot, we decide to shorten our journey at any cost, even though it means to walk on the asphalt. Among the hot day, the asphalt and the muggy weather we decide that the first one is the best choice even though we have to be careful because the cars run on the road like there’s no speed limit at all.
We get to Palestro very tired and we stop to have lunch with a sandwich and a fresh beer but most of all to get some rest.
Once we get back on the road we zigzag for some time through the paddy fields and some paved road; our idea is to get to the destination walking as less as we can because we can’t take anymore between the hot weather and tiredness. A couple kilometers before Vercelli we find a fountain so we can refresh a little before starting the last stretch of this leg; the only water we have left with us is almost hot.
We enter the city walking on the bridge which crosses the Sesia river and we have another fresh beer before saying goodbye to Lorena who will head to the train station to get back home.
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