Italy: Venice, Milan, Turin, Biella & Pollone
Trip Start
Aug 20, 2008
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Trip End
Ongoing
This has been, so far, my best trip yet. Before I came to Austria, I knew I wanted to make several pilgrimages to holy places just to pray and grow in my faith. One of the pilgrimages I wanted to do was to go to Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati' house. Frassati is a famous blessed (not yet a saint) who lived from 1901 to 1925. He is famous for his youth and zeal in defending the faith in his wealthy and very secular northern Italian home of Pollone and Torino. This was a man who surrendered his entire life to Christ and lived to serve the poor for Christ. He was also a great mountaineer and lover of the wild outdoors, both of which I learned to love very much growing up in Colorado. In fact, Torino reminds me very much of Denver. So, me and four other friends set out on our pilgrimage to find Pier Giorgio's house. The catch was we had no idea where we were going...literally. All we knew was that his house was somewhere near Torino and we trusted that God would honor our intentions and that we would find some place to stay...Here is the story....
