P2 Stage 6 – Pavia to San Colombano al Lambro 32 km

We left Pavia reluctantly If we were starting our life again settling in Pavia would be an attractive option Centrally located near world class urban areas but an island of civilization and culture As we walk each day presents new opportunities to appreciate the world, we just don’t know what we will meet Today turned out to be a day of walking and not much else The rice fields are becoming more infrequent replaced with it corn and soy As we would would have it our accommodations are 4.5 km off the Via Francigena When Paula saw the heavily trafficked truck route we would have to walk she said “ #%¥* no we are not walking this” so we called the B&b who kindly came to pick us up. The San Colombano monastery, site of the town where our B&B sat, was founded by the Irish monk who founded dozens of other monasteries on his way from Ireland to Rome. We walked along the Via Colombano for a ways Tomorrow Piacenza