Hello all. We are now in Piacenza, which means we are in Italy for only two more days and are about a quarter of the way done with the to London portion of our trip... It is amzing how quickly time and mileage has been passing. Any way enough reminiscing. Today we woke up in lovely Pontremoli, and had a very tasty and very filling breakfast. Our host was so kind and generous, and despite being vegetarian herself, she even bought us some ham for the morning to eat. We decided to take our hosts advise from the night before and take the train for the first part of the journey to Parma and actually enjoy Pontremoli. In general we have kind of come to the realization that this is a bicycle tour not a bicycle race, so we should be taking our time and actually visiting and enjoying the different towns. We walked around Pontremoli and eventually found a nice coffee shop in a main square to enjoy some cappuccinos.
We eventually made our way to the train station and caught a train to Parma. Once in Parma we could notice a marked difference in Italy, the North of Italy is very industrial and felt much more "modern". Once in Parma we found a nice park, had a tasty little lunch, and then got on the way to Piacenza. I called this post "a successful but not very fun ride" because it was entirely successful. Nothing bad happened to the bikes and we made it to Piacenza on time, but the road we had to ride was way to busy for out liking. We had been riding SS roads a lot but this one was apparently a major thorough fare and having semis blow past you at 70-80 km/h which you are only a few feet away on the edge of the road is not very fun. Needless to say we made great time because we just wanted to get off that road as soon as possible. The road also did not really have anything pretty to look at, so overall the ride was just not very enjoyable. All that being said though, we made it to Piacenza alive and well, so we can't be too upset.
We are staying in a little attic room, that is actually very nice and comfortable. Most importantly this room has had the fastest and most realizable internet we have had since Rome! Since it has been a couple days since we last did laundry, we did our first round of sink laundry, which was time consuming. Once we finished the laundry though we realized we did not have enough real estate to dry everything so we used the nylon cord we had to weave a drying rack all throughout the room.
For dinner, we went to a great little restaurant called Osteria D'Una Volta. The food was delicious and the wine was pretty good. Though it was really confusing that it was served in a bowl, like a cheap white IKEA bowl. For dinner we each had a small pasta dish to start and as a main we shared some horse chilly and a fried egg. The egg might have been the best thing I have eaten in a while, but then again I have also really been craving eggs.
Finally in closing, yesterday had another casualty... My headphone decided to fall into my spokes and decapitate themselves. So I am now headphoneless. I think I can go on, and I also feel confident I can buy some new ones relatively easily. We also still have the Bluetooth speaker so it is not quite the end of the world. I will say this though, if this trend of me loosing or breaking something once a day continues until the end of the trip... I am not sure what I will have left come England, so hopefully this trend stops. Any way that is all I have for now so all the best and until next time.
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