Category: Via Francigena
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Day 58: Corte Sant’Andrea to Piacenza
Song of the Day: Pulaski at Night — Andrew Bird “I’ll paint you a picture / but it never looks right ‘ ‘Cause I fill in the shadows / and block out the light” This song was one of a few on a playlist that I listened to a lot in 2016 — including on…
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Day 57: Miradolo Terme to Corte Sant’Andrea
Song: Groovin’ — The Young Rascals “Groovin’ on a Sunday afternoon / Really couldn’t get away too soon…” This song came up on shuffle as I was making my way on the last stint of my relatively short day. It’s a song I love but wasn’t on my walking playlist — but walk a good…
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Day 56: Pavia to Miradolo Terme
Song of the Day: Uncertain Smile – The The “A howling wind that blows the litter as the rain flows / As street lamps pour orange colored shapes through your windows / A broken soul stares from a pair of watering eyes / Uncertain emotions force an uncertain smile” A great song that always, inexplicably,…
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Day 55: Garlasco to Pavia
Song of the Day: Linger — The Cranberries “Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?” I have been saving this song for a good sunrise, because I firmly believe that the first 20-30 seconds or so must be listened to in this context. And today was one…
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Day 54: Mortara to Garlasco
Song of the Day: Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) — Looking Glass “She hears him say, ‘Brandy, you’re a fine girl (you’re a fine girl), what a good wife you would be (such a fine girl) / but my life, my lover, my lady is the sea” The name came up in a podcast I…
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Day 53: Vercelli to Mortara
Song of the Day: Wake Up — Arcade “Something filled up / my heart with nothing / Someone told me not to cry / Now that I’m older / My heart’s colder / And I can see that it’s a lie” A great song — lyrically maybe not the best fit for today, but the…
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Day 52: Santhia to Vercelli
Song of the Day: America — Simon & Garfunkel “And the moon rose over an open field…Cathy, I said, I’m lost / though I knew she was sleeping / I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why” I was between this and “The Only Living Boy In New York” for my song today, but…
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Day 51: Roppolo to Santhia
Song of the Day: Bella — Jovanotti “Bella, come una mattina d’acqua cristallina / come una finestra che mi illumina il cuscino / Calde come il pane, ombre sotto un pino” I sort of loosely had plans for this song later on down the line, but when I woke up this morning to the sky…
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Day 50: Ivrea to Roppolo
Song of the Day: Dear God — XTC Any religious readers, cover your ears / eyes now. But this song has always resonated with me, as someone who was raised without religion. To be clear — I have deep admiration for people of faith, and specifically for people who dedicate their lives to their faith.…
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Day 49: Pont Saint Martin to Ivrea
Song of the Day: Gloria — The Lumineers ”Heaven help me now, heaven show the way / Get me back on my own two feet / I would lie awake, and pray you don’t lie awake for me” Another great one to have heard live in Rome, I was clacking my poles (in place of…
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