We enjoyed our last day before heading home by touring the International Museum of the Reformation here in Geneva. It was surprisingly entertaining and interesting for anyone who likes history. My favorites are below. A papal indulgence (one of the hot points of the Protestant movement) The First Peace of KappelOn 26 June 1529, the First …
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Jakobsweg Day65 Martigny-Geneva 6mi
With our pilgrimage over, we became tourists for the day. After sleeping in (until 7am) we had a breakfast of Croissants, butter and jam. Allison also ate a hard boiled egg that she’d saved from the night before (or was it two?). We then walked the short walk through Martigny https://youtu.be/ueGqlYFQcko?si=1ZBgr6S6R4tcixBT and caught the train …
Jacobsweg Day 64 Conthey -Martigny 16.1mi
Heavy rains were predicted this morning, so last evening we made the decision to sleep late. We had planned to leave our lodging around 9am. Our discussion at breakfast led us to make plans to return home. Yes, we are stopping this pilgrimage early. This one has always been different insofar as we never had …
Jakobsweg Day63 Salgesch-Conthey 17.39mi
We woke up at 6am in the dark (we all remembered the 5am sunrises 63 days ago in Prague). We packed under the light of our phones and dragged our stuff under a light near to the bathhouse at the campground. There, we basically repacked because things weren’t in the right place, and we also …
Day62 Kendersteg to Salgesch. 13.4 miles
Nadine It's complicated. There were many unknowns in the plan for today including both our lodging and even our destination. We have done three consecutive days of significant climbs and I had had about enough. Mark’s knee was also stiff from a minor strain and little sleep last night. So we decided to skip today’s …
Jakobsweg Day61 Bundalp-Kendersteg 8.3mi 3074ft ascent
This morning we started our day with breakfast with Gertrude and wished her well as she was going on a llama seeking adventure. https://youtu.be/VgIeZ5EPKhQ?si=XPMFslpjcD0gmI3s The morning was warm and we started with some pretty step climbing. This progressed to even stepper ascent including ropes attached to the mountain side for balance and possible high winds. …
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Jakobsweg Day60 Mürren-Bundalp 8.42mi 3743ft ascent
Today was challenging to say the least.. Those 3743 feet of ascent were all real and included a challenging descent as well. We are tired. Morning I’m not sure what we can upload tonight due to poor wifi but we will try to catch up again tomorrow if possible. We packed up our damp tents …
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Jakobsweg Day58 Grindelwald-Grindelwald 0km
No update today because other than eat and plan lodging we just rested. The pilgrimage starts again tomorrow. Grindelwald
Jakobsweg Day57 Grindelwald-Jungfraujoch-Grindelwald 0km
Early Morning Rest Day Start Today was our first rest day but that doesn’t mean we were not active. We woke at 6am to leave the apartment by 7 and begin an adventure to the top of the Alps. Jungfraujoch is the highest peak in Switzerland and claims several other “-ests”. At over 11,000ft of …
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Jakobsweg Day56 Grosse Scheidegg-Grindelwald 5.1mi (39.4ft ascent) 704.7 Total
We woke in our tents to the pattering of rain so we knew today was going to be a less-than-ideal start. It’s no fun packing up wet tents in the rain. Also, neither Allison nor I slept well since our stomachs were feeling off. We were not in a rush since our bus back up …
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Jakobsweg Day55 Meiringen-Grosse Scheidegg 9.63mi (4482ft ascent)!
“Good morning pilgrims” is a phrase you’ve likely heard us say most mornings as we do our morning update. This is because in many ways we count you as pilgrims with us on this journey. But today, more than ever, I wish you all could have been with us in person. Today’s walk was superb …
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Jakobsweg Day54 Giswil-Meiringen 14.1mi (2350ft ascent)
Leaving our nice Pilgrim Herberge this morning was bittersweet. The hosts had been so kind to us letting us use their oven and clothes washing machine and being available for us. The Herberge in Giswil is highly recommended. We also said goodbye to Otto with whom we’ve been traveling for a few days now. We …
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Jakobsweg Day53 Stans-Giswil 16.9mi
We had yet another discombobulated Morning Update but we’re just trying to keep you on your toes. After leaving Stans we immediately started climbing and the intensity so early took us all by surprise. We were quiet as we all struggled. Soon up ahead we saw a children’s school group (I’m guessing 8-9 year olds). …
Day 52 Schwyz to Stans 20.7mi
Today we were up at 5:30 am with a plan to catch a ferry across Lake Lucerne about an hour from our lodging. Johannes walked along with us as we recorded our morning update. Things didn’t really go as planned… https://youtu.be/eRvXt4Ft3eU?si=snLkmbCPuLfiVT0c https://youtu.be/EfWFavmjHWc?si=DcjZtQ9BkcbFESmr Schwyz is home to the Swiss Army knives company Victorinox. After we arrived …
Jakobsweg Day50 Rapperswil-Einsiedeln 11.1mi
We planned slightly later start due to the short distance planned for the day and alarms were set for 6:30am. Of course Nadine was up much earlier. The Pilgrim Herberge in which we stayed last night was full and it was the first night sleeping with nearly a dozen “strangers”. I was amazed that no …
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Jakobsweg Day49 Au-Rapperswil 16.3mi
Our morning began a little later than normal. Our hosts prepared us breakfast at 7:30am which was lovely and very filling. Then Richi drove us to a high point where we could walk on our route. Boy, was it up high. In my mind I was thinking we cannot possibly walk any higher this trip. …
Jakobsweg Day48 Märstetten-Fischingen Closter (Au) 18.3mi (610.9 Total)
First. Sorry for the discombobulated post today. It seems the ladies were tired and things got a bit scrambled. So some things may not be in order. Because we were warm last night we left a window open. This made the room perfectly cool but also let in an annoying mosquito. So when the alarm …
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Jakobsweg Day47 Konstanz-Märstetten 10.4mi -592.6 Total
Nadine So whenever someone tells you it will be flat for the whole day do not believe them. I think we started the day just out of Konstanz with 1100 steps up. (I'm exaggerating just a little). We were lazy this morning and slept in on purpose. It was a wise decision as it was …
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