Down into the Susa Valley

I left the encampment of protesters against TAV early in the morning, and I was in Chiomonte before 6am

The first  of many  'No  TAV'  flags I would see that day, as I walked, alone again,  down from the Alps and into the Susa Valley.

Once again, new vistas

Susa

After painting over the French version, which I used in Morocco and in France, I was ready for Italy

Just beyond Susa, this fellow asked what my walk was all about. He said he had some connection with the local newspaper. By the time I arrived in Avigliani at day's end, I'd been interviewed twice at the side of the road. I made page 7 of the Avigliani newspaper, 'Lunanuova.' I'm famous!

Bussoleno, which seemed to me a bit like a  miniature Girona.

The Via Francigena, horizontal now

The friendly fruit vendors who gave me more fruit than I could carry when I was interviewed  near their fruit stand

After a 40k day, I arrived in Avigliana. My host, Luisa, who is a doctor for 'Doctors Without Borders', with her father and brother.