Category: Via Francigena
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Day 48: Verres to Pont Saint Martin
Song of the Day: Pulling Our Weight — The Radio Dept. “In time we might walk the straight line / But with memories of a grapevine / A guitar, as we came close from far…” I first was introduced to The Radio Dept. with their song “Heaven’s on Fire,” which I heard for the first…
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Day 47: Saint Vincent to Verres
Song of the Day: You’re On Your Own, Kid — Taylor Swift “Cause there were pages turned with the bridges burned, everything you lose is a step you take / So make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it / You’ve got to reason to be afraid….You’re on your own kid / Yeah,…
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Day 46: Aosta to Saint Vincent
Song of the Day: Gentle on My Mind — Glen Campbell “It’s knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk / That makes me want to keep my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch / And it’s knowing that I’m not shacked by forgotten words and…
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Day 45: Aosta
Song of the Day: Controllo – Thegiornalisti On a cool and gray morning walking around Aosta, this song came up on my Spotify. I’m glad to be back in Italy. Tomorrow is a long day and I need to get to bed, so this will be a relatively short update as I took the “rest”…
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Day 44: Echevennoz to Aosta
Song of the Day: Fast Car — Tracy Chapman Another ironic song choice for a day where I was lacking inspiration for a song. Spent a lot of today with the sounds of rally cars in my ears (and avoiding them, where necessary), so I think it fits…. I was extremely grateful for the late…
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Days 43: Great Saint Bernard Pass to Echevennoz
Song of the Day: Tangles of My Mind — Janis IanI heard this song for the first time earlier on this journey, on the canal to La-Chausee-sur-Marne. It’s funny — a reminder of just how far I have come. Today was a more difficult day than expected. I didn’t sleep well last night — was…
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Day 42: Bourg Saint-Pierre to Great Saint Bernard Pass
Song of the Day: I am the Cosmos — Chris Bell “Every night I tell myself I am the cosmos / I am the wind” This is what I texted my parents when I finally reached the pass — I am the Cosmos! What else is there to say when you’ve crossed two countries and…
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Day 41: Orsieres to Bourg St. Pierre
Song of the Day: Don’t Fear the Reaper — Blue Oyster Cult Okay, so I really did have the best of intentions with the song today, but as you now know I do try to let the song choose itself whenever possible. I did have many other perhaps more appropriate options for a day of…
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Day 40: Martigny to Orsieres
Song of the Day: Humbug Mountain Song — Fruit Bats ”May have been clouds, or sun / I don’t recall, I was young” I obviously have thought a lot about what songs I might use for the Alps, since there are so many good mountain related songs. But in the end, I needed a song…
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Day 39: Saint-Maurice to Martigny
Song of the Day: Ooh La La — Faces “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger / I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was stronger” As crude as the lyrics are at times, I love this song. It’s got that jangly acoustic guitar that…
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