Lausanne to Saint-Maurice with stops in Vevey and Aigle
Most of the first two days out of Lausanne were spent walking along the northern and eastern shores of Lake Geneva before heading up the Rhone Valley toward the Great St. Bernard Pass. It’s incredibly beautiful, but it doesn’t offer much to a pilgrim or a walker that isn’t readily available to any tourist. We […]
Lausanne
Initially, Lausanne struck me as Uptown Dallas meets ancient Swiss city, and I found it hard to get my arms around it, but by the second day, I began to warm up to it. Although the city is sprawled across a steep hill, you can easily navigate that by riding the central tramline that extends […]
Cossonay to Lausanne
In the small village of Vufflens-la-Ville, I took a water break on an unusual bench in front of the cemetery. What made the bench unusual was that it had been carved out of a single log. On one end of the log, it looks like it started as a single trunk, but the other end […]
Orbe to Cossonay
First Views of the Alps The city of Orbe is located on a promontory that sits above the Orbe Plain, which appears to stretch all the way to the Alps. Walking into Orbe, you are coming down from the foothills of the Jura Mountains (through which Les Gorges de l’Orbe run), so you get views […]
Switzerland!
Jougne to the Swiss Border and then to Orbes Map Clarification Jougne is the last significant village in France on the Via Francigena, which means that I had to convert to the next app map that begins at the Swiss border. The map on the left shows the Via Francigena until the Swiss border. The […]
La Cluse-et-Mijoux to Jougne
I had a pleasant night in La Cluse-et-Mijoux, the village that sits at the base of the ridge on which Chateau de Joux is perched. The chateau is open to the public, and I would have loved to visit it, but it would have required another full day in La Cluse, and I was too […]
From Besançon to La Cluse-et-Mijoux with stops in Saóne, Ornans, and Pontarlier
I realized I needed to do a catch-up post, or I would be perpetually behind. On the plus side, though, it will force me to focus on the highlights and not to go too deep into the weeds. Was it my imagination, or did I just hear a muffled laugh from Becca? Besançon to Saòne […]
Besançon
Note (and advance warning): I’m in the mountains tonight in Jougne, the last village in France on the Via Francigena. Not unexpectedly, the WiFi and the phone service are both weak, and I can’t edit the videos or add some that I would like to include, so I may come back later with a Besançon […]
Bucey-lès-Gy to Besançon
Jaques and I decided to walk together to Cussey-sur-l’Ognon, his destination for the day. I was going on to Besançon, a long day’s walk, but I wanted to spend two days in Besançon, and I didn’t want to burn another night getting there. The morning was very rainy off and on, but it was cool, […]
Frensne-Saint-Mamès to Bucey-lès-Gy
Quick Note: I covered the relatively short walk from Fresne-Saint-Mamès to Bucey-lè-Gy in the last post (to have something positive to talk about after reporting the domestic abuse situation to city hall), so this will be a short post about my favorite night thus far on my walk. Bucey-lès-Gy Pierre and I arrived in Bucey-lès-Gy […]