Monday, September 5, 2022. A trip to Modena, another great lunch and a trip to Lake Garda.

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First thing in the morning we visited Marco’s business.

Marco sells plastic packaging and labels and other packaging materials to clothing manufacturers in and around Carpi and Modena.
This is his office and warehouse.
After Marco set up his assistant for the day we drove to Modena. This is the cathedral of Modena.
This is the inside of the Modena Cathedral. I lit a candle and said a prayer for everyone.
Another view of the cathedral.
The woman who runs this little sandwich place was so excited to see Marco. He told me that she makes the best sausage sandwich in Italy. We split one of her award winning sandwiches and Marco was right. It was very, very good.
We had a glass of sparkling white wine to go along with the sandwich.
The sandwich shop was located in a market like the one in Santiago. Six long stalls all under one roof selling almost anything edible. All local and all fresh and all delicious.
Next we went to the house of Marco’s father and mother for lunch and Frago joined us.
We started out with homemade tortellinis in chicken broth. They were so good.
Next we had meatballs in a marinara sauce. These were little bits of heaven. They were that good.
Then we had roasted chicken thighs. These are Cosetta’s specialty and they were really good.
After lunch we took a 45 minute drive up to Lake Garda. This is the largest lake in Italy. You can see the effect of the severe drought and hot spell that Italy is suffering through. The water level is down significantly.
This is the castle that was used by the Duke of the region to guard the lake.
We drove back to Carpi and we are having dinner in the Square.
As a starter we are having focaccia bread smothered with soft cheese and topped with capicola. This was beyond good.
Second course is a hamburger made with pulled pork. Yum
As a third course we had fried zucchini flowers. Very tasty. What a great dinner. I am stuffed.
They have a Movie on the Square in Carpi every night during the summer. Tonight it was Vertigo with Jimmie Stewart.

That’s it for tonight. I hope you had a good day wherever you are. Good night from Carpi, Italy.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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