Its not often when we get the opportunity to travel somewhere in Europe that is not touristy at all, so when we had the opportunity to stay in the tiny village of Gazzola, tucked away in the mountains of northern Italy, we jumped at the chance. The nearest big town is Piacenza, and from there we drove for an hour along narrow winding roads to get to the village containing just a handful of houses. We hit the markets in the main plaza of Piacenza which is swamped with statues of soldiers riding horses, a massive catholic church and a concerete factory towering in the distance, pretty much the norm for an Italian town, before having some lunch. Whilst eating lunch, two police officers rode past of bikes and stopped to get something from a shop.
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