Soph and I have developed quite a talent for locating the very best Gelateria in each town we come to. We are now treating this as a serious research project. We have some standard flavours used to compare and we then try anything new, unusual or local. The standards are Amarena (cherry), Chiocolato and Tiramisu. We had just finished checking out the Gelateria in Fidenza when a young woman came up and asked if we were pilgrims. We felt a little un-pilgrim like having just polished off a cupette of gelati each. However Francesca introduced herself by assuring us this was in fact very good gelati. She had spent three months in Australia, studying in Perth so her language was great. She is now in Fidenza working as an intern for the International Association of the Via Francigena and finishing a thesis for a Masters in Art History. Francesca was very helpful and we met her after her work to have pizza together and discuss the Via Francigena, our journey and pilgrimage.
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