Gropello Cairoli to Pavia: 
Some pleasant walking around the River Ticino coming into Pavia where we came to the beautiful Ponte Coperto rebuilt in 1947 after undergoing damage from Allied bombing.
Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to our Italian Pilgrim buddies, Barbara and Selene, who are heading home to Trento to begin teaching internships.
The Cathedral of Saint Stephen and Santa Maria was fabulous.
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But I particularly enjoyed sitting out at a street cafeteria, Il Posticino, slowly enjoying an excellent Chianti Reserva and a Tagliere plate; prosciutto, ham, salami and 3 different cheeses and a crispy cristed bread warm from the oven.
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Happy to walk back across the bridge again to return to the top notch ostello, Santa Maria in Betlem.
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