Milan to Genoa

This post is part of a series called Italy

Arriving into Italy and springtime

I was not expecting crossing the border to have such an impact on the weather. Turns out the south side of the Alps is a whole different climate!

Milan and Marcela

I arrived to Milan to the dream hosts, Marcela and Gabi, who had made a welcome cake, dinner and all sorts of delicious desserts.

Put your right heel on the bull’s balls and turn three times, this will bring you good luck

North Italy’s rice trade

I then left Milan and head for the rice paddies of Vercelli. Just outside of Vercelli I stayed with a ‘Warm Showers’ host family in a rice trade office. Not only did I learn something about the north Italian rice trade (which I didn’t even know existed) I also found the Slow Food guide book, which went on to determine my eateries for the next few weeks.