One of the world’s greatest explorers and adventurers was Marco Polo, who travelled extensively throughout China and Southeast Asia before returning to Venice around 1291 with a hoard of beautiful items never before seen. Things like silk, paper money, gunpowder and porcelain – and salt! Surprisingly, the people of Venice enthusiastically embraced the salt trade, leading to great prosperity for the city of canals. Join us as we travel the world to discover not just the importance of salt and its impact throughout history but what it means to be the ‘salt of the earth’!
