“Happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast” - John Gunther
yesterday, I finally checked out of the hotel mignon after two days, had my back clicked back into place, and found my next stop - la méizón de Sara, next to the Via Francigena path in Aosta.
the nice thing about spending three days in one place has been the volume of other pilgrims I see as they pass through.
when I left the ortheopata, I was walking down the street taking pictures and heard someone call my name.
it was Tracey, an Australian woman I first heard of over breakfast in Trefcon from two Belgian pilgrims. We had never met up in all this time, but now we recognized each other on the street in Italy. With her was Michael, an American pilgrim I had met in Langres.
“Where are you headed? l walk with you!”
Tracey showed me some stretches for my back and how to use hiking poles to distribute your weight efficiently while you walk.
And we went to the Italian post office and to lunch.
After, they continued 15km to the next city and I checked into new place in Aosta for a third and final night - la maizon de Sara.
The name caught my eye for some reason.
It turns out that Méizón is a patois spelling, not the french “Maison” or Italian “casa”.
The other Sara is a very cool Italian girl who runs the bed and breakfast with her parents and likes a lot of cool things like telemark skiing, snowboarding, backpacking in Cambodia and surf camp in Spain!
It was nice to spend the last day in Aosta with so many friends.
