Category: Via Francigena
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Day 28: Seveux to Gy
Song of the Day: Douce France — Charles Trenet I’ve known this song since I was young (though I was partial to the other Charles Trenet song my dad used to play, ‘Boum!’). It’s a charming ode to a France that doesn’t really exist anymore, but it’s a song I’ve enjoyed singing along to at…
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Day 27: Champlitte to Seveux
Song of the Day: August — Taylor Swift “But I can see us lost in the memories, August slipped away into a moment in time / ’cause it was never mine” I bet you were wondering how long it was going to take me to include Taylor on here…well, this probably won’t be the only…
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Day 26: Langres to Champlitte
Song of the Day: Holocene — Bon Iver “And at once I knew, I was not magnificent…I can can see for miles, miles, miles, and miles…” I love this song for the opening bars and the slow build of the melody. It’s a song that I find extremely peaceful and have listened to many times…
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Day 25: Langres
Song: Stubborn Love — The Lumineers I’ve always liked this song, and it’s a great song for being in motion. In general, I think The Lumineers write music for motion, whether that’s hiking or road-tripping across America. So I was surprised to find myself drawn to this song for a rest day, but I listened…
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Day 24: Mormant to Langres
Song of the Day: Dreams — The Cranberries ”And oh my life, is changing every day, in every possible way…” I love the orchestration of this song, and it feels like the kind of song that warrants a vista. Luckily, now that I’ve entered the hills just north of Burgundy, I had plenty of vistas…
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Day 23: Chateauvillain to Mormant
Song of the Day: The Wolves — Ben Howard “Falling from high places, falling through lost spaces / now that we’re lonely, now that we’re so far from home…” I remember first listening to this song while walking in my neighborhood. It wasn’t too long after it came out, soI must have been in high…
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Day 22: Bar-sur-Aube to Chateauvillain
Song of the Day: On the Road to Find Out — Cat Stevens My dad first gave me this song in 2020, when I told him about my interest in walking the VF and picking a song per day. And I’m incredibly grateful to him for it, because it truly is the perfect pilgrimage song.…
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Day 21 : Vitry-le-Francois to Bar-sur-Aube
Song of the Day: Brimful of Asha — Cornershop (Norman Cook remix) This was one of my favorite songs when I was younger — I still remember listening to it sitting in the back seat of my dad’s car on the way home from basketball practice. I was listening to a playlist I have of…
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Day 20: La Chausee-sur-Marne to Vitry-le-Francois
Song of the Day: One Time Too Many – Phoenix This is a great song, and one that I’ve carried with me since my very first iPod(!) if you can imagine a day when we didn’t all have Spotify subscriptions. Phoenix was one of the first bands that I started to get into outside of…
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Day 19: Chalons-en-Champagne to La Chausee-sur-Marne
Song of the Day: Space Song — Beach House Some days I struggle to come up with a song, and then suddenly out of nowhere will have a song that fits stuck in my head. Today was one of those days. That said, I thought the dreamy, spaced-out guitar matched both my hours of watching…
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Eva on the Via Francigena (and beyond) 