Tag: Switzerland
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Touching the Matterhorn: Swiss National Day in and around Zermatt
Hello, everyone…I’m back! Last I left you I had just finished an epic crossing of the Andes on horseback (which remains one of the most intense things I’ve done). I lost track of time and never wrote about the rest of my Argentina travels. Rest assured they included Malbec tastings, tango classes, and plenty of…
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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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Day 38: Montreux to Saint-Maurice
Song of the Day: Swim Club — The Cave Singers “Oh ain’t that the way things work, ain’t that the way things go / Ain’t those the stories we’ve been told? / Sister, let’s ride again” This is just a good duo walking song. I first discovered it in, I don’t know, maybe 2011? Off…
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Day 37: Lausanne to Montreux
Song of the Day: Bloom — Paper Kites I love the opening to this song, fingerpicked on guitar — I think it embodies the experience of watching sunlight flicker over the water, a common part of my today. I had it on repeat by the lake and in the vines until it got too hot…
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Day 36: Orbe to Lausanne
Song of the Day: Why Georgia — John Mayer “Cause I wonder sometimes about the outcome / of a still verdictless life / Am I living it right While I wouldn’t say I’m a big fan of John Mayer, I’ve always liked this song. In particular I associate it with sitting in my dorm’s basement…
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Day 35: Les-Hopitaux-Vieux to Orbe
Song of the Day: Road to Nowhere — The Talking Heads While most of my song choices so far have been based more on the vibes of the song, I reserve the right for a few ironic choices. And while this is a fantastic song (and a good walking song), this is sort of a…
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Eva on the Via Francigena (and beyond) 