Day 9: Cremona - Bologna
We've got some big Tuscan hills coming up so going to supplement with a train or two today because my knees are a bit sad.
Grasshopper sheltering in my tent
Last night my German neighbours with a massive motorhome took pity on my huffing up my sleeping mat and helped me inflate it with an electric pump. Then a bird shat on my bag and I got a mosquito bite in the middle of my forehead.
Sustenance
Actually yesterday's lunch but when I stopped to eat it when I met that friendly cat, I got munched by mosquitos so had to move on. Today we've spiced it up with the now quite chalky Green&Blacks 85% to complement the tahini date barberry Brazil nuts and chia seeds. And yes I am eating with a silver teaspoon. Thank you Ella for this teaspoon I love it
Searching for coffee in cremona
Spent hours, literally hours this morning trying to find a place to stay in Bologna that was not £200. Even the campsite wouldn't take me. Finally sorted somewhere and made my way to the station to discover that the next train is cancelled. I think surely this is all for a reason. I spent hours goes in circles trying to sort accommodation to then miss the next train to have an hour to kill in Cremona for...maybe the best pastry of my life?
Stay tuned.
Ain't she pretty!
Having had some sugar and caffeine and a moment to reflect, this trip and the bici is bringing me much joy and it is extra special to have pieces of many friends and family from the pedals to the headtorch
Hello Bologna!
What the hell. Bologna is so ridiculously pretty.
I wish I didn't dilly dally this morning and had more time to see the pretty sights and eat all of the tasty things. Still looking for that reason that makes sense of why I was delayed getting going this morning. Am starting to think that maybe it is just a lesson in patience and not rushing 🤌
So I don't rush and have aperol and arancino.