Tuesday 18 October 2022
Postscript to Stage 16. I pay the ferryman....
While enjoying the company recently of the Austrian/NZ couple on the way to Gambassi, talk turned to experiences with the famous Po ferryman. It turns out mine is not the only negative encounter. Furthermore, rumour hath it that he is actually paid by at least one Via organisation to provide this service, and is apparently not supposed to request payment.
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