In keeping with our style the Fab Five (new name thanks Cathy & Kevin) decided to head out a day early.
We all met up yesterday at the Hospice du Grand Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps.
Cheapmeister, Bill and I came from Martigny, Switzerland by train and bus. Darrell and Roxanne came from Aosta, Italy by taxi.
It was foggy, windy, cold and blustery at the top.
Coffee and bread for breakfast. Certainly not the breakfast of champions. However, we came prepared so no worries.
We shouted back and kept walking.
Now showered up, clothes on the clothesline. Staying at a 1000 year old monastery/hospice. Roxanne and I are writing and the boys are at the bar.
In the other part of our building is a group of walkers who are here for spiritual reasons and are practicing a vow of silence.
Magic.
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” – G.M. Trevelyan
Now here’s Rockenstein…
Our reunion with Bill, Paige, and Chappy at Grand Bernard Pass, Switzerland was as fresh and invigorating as the rolling fog and crisp wind.
We were all warmed up by tea elegantly poured by the Monk named Frederic.
Why? For the pure joy of being able to walk the Via Francigena.
Internet is really slow so no videos today.