tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279853882024-03-14T11:25:41.953+02:00Via Francigena PilgrimsIn June and July of 2006, five South African women (average age 55 years) walked ± 700kms along the old VF pilgrimage trail from Switzerland to Rome. They raised over R50 000 for Homenet Children's Charities.
This is their story - written on their blog in towns and villages along the way.Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-45431179548386774412015-04-06T17:08:00.002+02:002015-04-06T17:09:17.533+02:002016 - Three groups of 12 from Switzerland to Rome2016 was declared an extraordinary Holy Year - Jubilee of Mercy - by the Holy Father.<br />
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amaWalkers will take three groups on the Via Francigena from La Douay in Switzerland to Aosta in Italy and then from San Gimignano to Roma between 23 June to 16 July.<br />
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After contacting amaWalker members and putting a notice on our Facebook page, we received over 50 requests to be included in this walk. We can only take 36 people in 3 groups of 12.<br />
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amaWalkers grew out of 'Highway Tours' - an informal group of Highway Walkers (based in the Highway AC) - who started planning a walk in 1999 to do the Coast to Coast walk in England in 2001. They then walked the Camino Frances in Spain in 2002, the Via Turonensis in 2004 and the Via Francigena in 2006. <br />
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In 2011 amaWalkers Camino (Pty) Ltd was formed and registered in order to formalise future long distance walks organised by amaWalkers. <br />
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These are not guided walks with registered tour guides. Experienced amaWalker hikers accompany the groups and are in charge of the practical aspects such as room reservations, transport and so on. Where relevant, optional tours and excursions are suggested with local registered tour guides. <br />
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Three of the original Via Francigena Five will each lead a group to Rome next year</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><strong>LETTER TO FRIENDS</strong></span><span style="color: navy;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: none;"> </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.francigena-international.org/"> AIVF</a> - </span></span></strong></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">SUMMER<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2013</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"></span></span><br />
<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Our gratitude goes to</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> <span class="hps">Hubert Moulin</span>, co-founder <span class="hps">of the European</span>
<span class="hps">VF</span>, <span class="hps">who passed away</span> <span class="hps">on March 5</span>.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><span class="hps">With the support</span> <span class="hps">and assistance of</span> <span class="hps">FRIENDS and</span> <span class="hps">Friends'</span> <span class="hps">Associations</span>, the </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">AIVF</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">
is <span class="hps">increasingly</span> <span class="hps">engaged</span> <span class="hps">in the improvement of</span> <span class="hps">historic</span> <span class="hps">pilgrimage routes</span> <span class="hps">to Rome</span>, <span class="hps">its founding</span> aim <span class="hps">in 1997.</span></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
T<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; text-shadow: none;">his past year has been characterised by the publication of paper and
virtual guides.<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><strong></strong></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><strong>EVENTS<o:p></o:p></strong></span></i><br />
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">·</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">In Europe</span></i></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><br />
<span class="hps">Nino</span> <span class="hps">Guidi</span> <span class="hps">has</span>
<span class="hps">realized the</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> AIVF</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">'s</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> <span class="hps">dream by following Nikulas' 1154 route (</span></span><strong><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Iceland – </span></span><span class="hpsatn"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Basel – </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Vevey – Rome </span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">3700 km)<span class="hps"> in</span> <span class="hps">4 months; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Topofrancigena</i></span>
and <span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dormifrancigena</i></span>
<span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">updates</span> for <span class="hps">Switzerland</span>
<span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Italy</span> <span class="hps">were
greatly appreciated</span>, as was the route to <span class="hps">Cesano</span><span class="atn">-</span>Roma. O<span class="hps">ur president</span> <span class="hps">Adelaide</span>
<span class="hps">met</span> <span class="hps">Nino</span> on 2 <span class="hps">November
2012</span> up<span class="hps">on his arrival in</span> <span class="hps">Rome.</span>
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<span class="hps">Follow his journey</span> <span class="hps">on his blog</span> <a href="http://ilcamminoritrovato.blogspot.it/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://ilcamminoritrovato.blogspot.it</span></a>
<span class="hps">(the VF</span> rediscovered).</span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">·</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"> In Italy
2012-13: <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">With the <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; text-shadow: none;"> </span><strong><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ivrea</span></span><span class="atn"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">-</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Santhià</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hps">folder</span> <span class="hps">distributed
free-of-charge</span> <span class="hps">at the Grand</span> <span class="hps">St</span>
<span class="hps">Bernard</span> <span class="hps">(GSB</span>) and at <span class="hps">the Aosta and</span> <span class="hpsatn">Pont-</span>Saint-Martin<span class="hps"> Tourist</span> <span class="hps">Offices</span>, the majority of <span class="hps">pilgrims</span> <span class="hps">now</span> <span class="hps">take the
"Roman"</span> <span class="hps">route</span> south <span class="hps">of
Lake Viverone (5</span> <span class="hps">km shorter than</span> <span class="hps">the
official</span> <span class="hps">VF</span>).</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hps">leaflet
published in late</span> <span class="hps">August</span> <span class="hps">suggests</span>
<span class="hps">a route</span> <span class="hps">between</span> </span><strong><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Pietrasanta</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">Sarzana</span></span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hpsatn">(you save</span> 6 km) through<span class="hps"> the Magra Nature Park</span>. It leads <span class="hps">to the site
of</span> <span class="hps">the ancient port of</span> <span class="hps">St</span>-Maurice
<span class="hps">at the mouth of</span> <span class="hps">the river Magra,</span> <span class="hps">where</span> <span class="hps">pilgrims</span> once <span class="hps">embarked
for</span> <span class="hps">Spain and</span> <span class="hps">Jerusalem.</span> <span class="hps">You can visit the</span> <span class="hps">monastery of</span> <span class="hps">Santa</span> <span class="hps">Croce</span> <span class="hps">for a</span>
<span class="hps">memorable</span> <span class="hps">moment of meditation</span> <span class="hps">in front of the 11<sup>th</sup> C.</span> c<span class="hps">rucifix</span>,
o<span class="hps">r go</span> <span class="hps">directly</span> via the <span class="hps">Luni</span>-<span class="hps">Avenza</span> <span class="hps">amphitheater</span>
<span class="hps">to return to</span> <span class="hps">the Tyrrhenian</span> <span class="hps">Sea</span> <span class="hps">for several kilometres</span> <span class="hps">before taking the</span> <span class="hps">"Via</span> <span class="hps">Romana"</span> <span class="hps">uphill and</span> re<span class="hps">joining</span> <span class="hps">the MiBAC VF</span>.<br />
<span class="hps">Be careful not to</span> <span class="hps">follow the official</span>
<span class="hps">VF</span> <span class="hps">route</span> <span class="hps">when
leaving</span> <span class="hps">Sarzana</span>: <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">June 2013</span>, according to <span class="hps">pilgrim</span> <span class="hps">Anne,</span> <span class="hps">the grass</span> was <span class="hps">knee-deep</span>
<span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">the hills and</span> there were <span class="hps">vipers</span>! <span class="hps">Follow</span> <span class="hps">this
alternative with E-book</span> <span class="hps">on your</span> <span class="hps">iPad.</span></span><strong><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></strong></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Our</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hps">initiative</span>
<span class="hps">suggesting</span> </span><strong><span class="hpsatn"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">"</span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Abbadia</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hps">S.Salvatore</span> e l'<span class="hps">Alta</span> <span class="hps">Valle</span> <span class="hps">del</span> <span class="hps">Paglia</span> <span class="hps">2012</span>"</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> as a
FAI-favourite site <span class="hpsatn">(</span>Italian Environment Heritage)
received <span class="hps">617</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">votes</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: magenta; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"> </span></i><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">from</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hps">private
individuals, which the</span> <span class="hps"><span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span>
finds a very satisfactory result. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The historic </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><strong>Monterosi-Cesano</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> route
has been improved </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><strong>(25 marvellous kms)</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> with the collaboration of the
Bracciano and Martignano Regional Park and our wonderful Aldo Romani (who
passed away suddenly in early August).<br />
Thanks to the intervention of the <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span>
and messages sent by VF FRIENDS to the City of Rome authorities, the character
of the medieval village of Cesano <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><strong>Nikulas
stopover in 1154</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">) has now been preserved and major projects for the
whole region (the VF included) are being prepared by the University of Rome-La
Sapienza Faculty of Architecture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Medieval Cesano enchants all those who visit it, for its atmosphere and
gastronomy!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span><br />
<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The ten years of
historical and</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <span class="hps">scientific research</span> carried out by
the <span class="hps"><span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span></span> <span class="hps">is bearing</span> <span class="hps">fruit</span> for the <span class="hps">VF</span>. <span class="hps">The</span> </span><strong><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">CAI</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span></strong><span class="hpsatn"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Italian Alpine Club) <span class="hps">has</span> <span class="hps">been mandated by</span> <span class="hps">a
few regions</span> <span class="hps">such as</span> <span class="hps">Lazio</span> <span class="hps">to prepare a detailed</span> <span class="hps">inventory of</span> the <span class="hps">VF</span> <span class="hps">and to provide the</span> <span class="hps">upkeep
and marking</span> of the <span class="hps">trails</span>. <span class="hps">For
its</span> <span class="hps">150th anniversary</span>, <span class="hps">we place
all</span> <span class="hps">our expectations</span> in the <span class="hps">CAI so
that</span> the substantial<span class="hps"> </span></span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><strong>EU Via Francigena funding</strong></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> is <span class="hps">not only used for</span> <span class="hps">promotional events,</span> <span class="hps">as is often the case</span>, but is put towards<span class="hps"> the</span>
<span class="hps">improvement and</span> <span class="hps">conservation</span> <span class="hps">of the route</span> <span class="hps">itself</span>, the territory, the
<span class="hps">monuments,</span> and <span class="hps">sites that are</span> closely
<span class="hps">connected</span> to it, <span class="hps">activities</span> that
the <span class="hps"><span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span></span> <span class="hps">solicited since 1997. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">After
the</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> <span class="hps">fabulous </span></span><strong><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Jougne</span></span><span class="atn"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">-</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Romainmôtier</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> hike
on <span class="hps">13 October 2012</span> <span class="hps">on the occasion of</span>
<span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Autumn
Fair</i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span class="hps">and</span>
<span class="hps">Cowbell Festival</span></i>, the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">AIVF</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> <span class="hps">published
the</span> <span class="hps">historical VF</span> route <span class="hpsatn">in
Switzerland </span><span class="hps">including</span> <span class="hps">the safe
and</span> <span class="hps">scenic</span> </span><strong><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Chemin </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">Vens</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> <span class="hps">variant</span> <span class="hps">that</span> <span class="hps">adds only 30
minutes</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">Sembrancher</span>.<!--[endif]--></span></div>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;">The</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> </span><span class="hps"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">AIVF</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"> <span class="hps">will be pleased to</span> <span class="hps">support</span> <span class="hps">new proposals for</span> <span class="hps">guided tours</span> <span class="hps">(1 or more days)</span> <span class="hps">on the VF</span>, <span class="hps">offered by</span> <span class="hps">institutions or</span> <span class="hps">pilgrims.</span> PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A VF
Pas-de-Calais guide was published by the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Conseil Général du
Département</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> including ¾ of the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Leulène
route</strong></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> proposed in 2007 by <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span>, which
still hopes to see it in full one day.<br />
NO more contact with the AVFF (Association VF-France) which, we are told, has a
habit of working very secretly. <br />
The <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> provides, upon request, to its
members, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Topofrancigena</i> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>updates</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> and of the official MiBAC route as far as we are informed, but our
main sources of information are pilgrims and FRIENDS.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"> The </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"> looks forwards to receiving your info.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">·</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Welcome
for pilgrims in Rome</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> is still subject to changes ("Nothing is ever
final," as we say) except in regard to St. Peter’s Basilica. By 3 July, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>3300</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> pilgrims had been registered and had received their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Testimonium.</i> We are expecting more news about
this and will immediately post it under VATICAN on our website.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To combine the joy of a pilgrimage on foot with local historical
knowledge, the <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> has published a guide
with "Editions Mon Village" called "</span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">La Via Francigena de Sigéric de
Pontarlier au GSB</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">"</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: 200 km
in 9 stages </span></strong><span class="hpsatn"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">(</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">37 km <span class="hps">shorter than the</span> <span class="hpsatn">VF-</span>70<span class="hps">)<span style="text-shadow: none;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">accompanied by sixteen 1.50.000 maps, a road book, a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dormifrancigena</i> and geo-cultural
information, particularly related to little-known medieval sites and monuments.
It is illustrated with many photos provided by FRIENDS-pilgrims.<br />
It is recommended to everyone who, on foot or by bike, wishes to discover or
rediscover a "Switzerland" at the crossroads of international travel
around the year 1000.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> keeps abreast of the
times with a </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>new online
shop</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> and especially with its new </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>e-book publications</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> which
provide savings for both the association and the pilgrims.<br />
<br />
The </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>E-ToPoDorMi-Francigena</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> is a new <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> product for modern
pilgrims. It comprises an extract from the printed guide with high quality maps
prepared on Swissmobile by our Vice President, Jean-Claude Joseph, and produced
by Giovanni Caselli, as well as a roadbook and Dormifrancigena list. Thus the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>e-ToPoDorMi-Francigena
Pontarlier - GSB </strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">can now be used for the VF-Switzerland on iPads and
iPhones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;">T</span>he book, "</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Cesano
borgo sulla fortificato VF</strong></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">", has been presented on
six occasions, the most important of them held in the State Archives of the
City of Rome with the director of the Vatican Museums accompanied by the director
of Parks and historic Villas of Rome and the Director of the Lazio Archives.
All three enjoyed the wealth of material and the reader-friendly style; the <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> extends its sincere thanks to them.<br />
This volume has already been put into e-book format by the publisher. The <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> will also be publishing its upcoming
historical variants in this form. The </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>ToPoDorMi- Francigena Sarzana-Pietrasanta</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> is already available for 2 €.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; text-shadow: none;"><strong>PROJECTS<o:p></o:p></strong></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We would like to hear the pilgrims’ opinions about publishing the invaluable
<span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Dormifrancigena
in e-book </strong></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">format?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The AIVF
wants to produce the Swiss North-South East route: the "</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Via
Francisca Lukmanie</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">r (1970 masl) - </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Lake Constance to Pavia</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">." We would appreciate any help from FRIENDS-pilgrims willing to help
out with verifications, even partial, and especially info about budget
accommodation</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;">!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"><strong>COMMITTEE MEMBERS and MEMBERS
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span> and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Hubert</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Moulin</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">’s family would like to thank the many FRIENDS in Canada and Europe who
sent messages of thanks and encouragement. Being in contact - whether by telephone,
mail or in person - with so many pilgrims was a great joy for him, says his
wife Bernadette. <br />
To honour his memory, we have dedicated our VF Pontarlier-GSB guide to him.<br />
In addition to her valuable contribution as a German translator, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Margot
Collins-Fäh</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">, a devout pilgrim who has done the Italian VF with a friend, has
generously taken up the torch with great competence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"><strong>FRIENDS-pilgrims,
1563 </strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;">of them</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"><strong> </strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;">(since 1998), come from </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"><strong>26</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"> different countries, including
France (500), Holland (200), Switzerland (260) and Australia (increasing). </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For those who wish to be helpful, please spread the word about the
riches of this historical route in the footsteps of Sigeric. Without the
pilgrims, the VF would not exist.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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would like to express its sincere appreciation to the staff of volunteers, our
coordinators, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Virginia </strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(assisted by her husband Bernard), </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Eva, Margot</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">, our excellent English translator </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Carol, </strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;">and to</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"><strong> Lia, Ugo,
and Giancarlo, </strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;">who help the <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span>
carry out its activities as efficiently as possible</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;">. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>Adelaide</strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Trezzini, <span style="text-shadow: none;">AIVF</span>'s President (06
85302675 / 06 916507710<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>info@francigena-international.org)
when she is in Rome, is always pleased to meet our FRIENDS-pilgrims at their
arrival. We need your helpful feedback to go forward! </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">info@francigena-international.org</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="FR" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;"><strong>France</strong></span><span lang="FR" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA;">: Virginie
Brouillard 14 rue P. Joly F-95100 Argenteuil </span><span lang="FR" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: FR;">Tel.+33(0)953 356 598<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><a href="mailto:france@francigena-international.org"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">france@francigena-international.org</span></a>
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-58595365559956768762012-08-23T19:44:00.000+02:002012-08-23T20:08:24.784+02:00NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL VIA FRANCIGENA ASSOCIATION (AIVF)<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">LETTER
TO FRIENDS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SUMMER 2012<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">With the support and assistance of our Friends and Friends
Associations, AIVF is now actively promoting the historic pilgrim routes to
Rome by working with guided historic VF route projects!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong>EVENTS<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">In Italy 2012<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>March 24</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">Archaeological walk from Campagnano to Cesano (9
km) guided by Vittorio through the excavations of Baccano (the first Roman
station excavated 30 years ago is now practicable). It will be suggested again
for the Italian Enviroment Day (FAI) in 2013. The passage of pilgrims will keep
it clean - please do your part.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><strong>April 24</strong></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">National VF Day: Etrusco-Roman VF between Monterosi and Cesano (25
km), a guided walk with Aldo that only met 7-8 cars. And on May 5 done again
with a dozen enthusiastic participants from a Roman Health Unit.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>June 17</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">The ancient Etrusco-Roman VF from Veio to Isola Farnese-La Storta (the
Via Veientana-which leads to Cesano), was organized by the 20th district of
Rome on the occasion of "VF walks in the parks of Lazio" sponsored by
the Lazio Region.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><strong>July 1</strong></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">A variant of the Ivrea-Santhia Roman road from Cella di Borgo d'Ale to
Azeglio, along the south shore of Lake Viverone (presence of prehistoric lake
dwellings) with Mario and Valter, Friends of Santhià. The missing sections are
on schedule for the coming months. <br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><strong>September 26</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">Exploring Cesano: presentation of the VF from Monterosi + walking
+ visit + aperitif at the Osteria del Borgo as part of the VF Evenings</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">Tuscany-Lazio). info@francigena-international.org</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><span style="color: #ffd966;">
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>In Switzerland:</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>October 12-14</strong> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">In Romainmotier (Autumn Fair and Cowbell Market</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: none;">the ancient Sigeric route from Jougne (22km) will be
organised by VF FRIENDS Francis and Jeannine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">"A big THANK YOU and BRAVO to EVERYONE
(pilgrims, associations, public and private institutions) for their effective
and generous work" says Pierre-Yves (CH), who has walked again, after 11
years, the Tuscany-Lazio VF route: signposting, the pleasure of meeting other
pilgrims (almost daily), the satisfaction of no longer being considered crazy,
but recognized and supported as a pilgrim, improvements to the track and work
completed (sidewalks, paths). The only remaining regret is the crowded meeting
(for the Testimonium) in the hall of St. Peter’s Basilica, but this problem
will be solved by the second reception centre in S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini.<br />
Finally the AIVF dream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>The Iceland-Basle-Vevey Nikulas route</strong> (1154), is being
brought to fruition between June and October 2012 by Nino who is fully
supported by the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eva,
our coordinator in Germany, has improved the route. You can follow Nino on the
blog, ilcamminoritrovatoblogspot.it (rediscovered route) and support him by
walking some of the way.</span></span></div>
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7.pdf</span></a><span style="color: #ffd966;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He will be very pleased! The TOPOFRANCIGENA CH and
DORMIFRANCIGENA CH will be invaluable to them but some other pilgrims are
already taking the route and Father Quéloz of Courrendlin is thrilled. </span></div>
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<strong>From Stade</strong> there is another route to Rome, that of Abbot Albert von Stade (1252),
which passes through East Germany and is already well structured thanks to a
recently-formed association of German and Italian communes.<br />
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In Switzerland</strong> (warning!) watch your budget: the parish of Sainte-Croix no
longer receives pilgrims, and accommodation between Auberson and Romainmotier
(50 km) is expensive! The Jougne-Romainmotier variant (22 km) is cheaper.<br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>DANGER </strong>on the official route (marked No. 70) Martigny―Bovernier: none of the
planned improvements have been made. Hubert Moulin and Francis Geere suggest an
easy and safe alternative from Martigny-Bourg (Ruelle de Mont Chemin), Chemin-Dessus
(2h), Vens―Sembrancher (1.5h). See NEW VIA map on website.<br />
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<strong>In France</strong>: The VF 145 GR is under construction, the CDRP (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Comité Départemental Randonnée
Pédestre</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">) is trying some variants to make it closer to history and,
especially, to pilgrims.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>In Italy</strong>: June 2012. According to pilgrims passing
through the Aosta Valley (Chatillon area), the VF situation is not very good. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>Warning!</strong> Cristina Menghini, who marked the entire Italian
official VF with red & white adhesive tape in 2011, compiled a list of all the
difficulties on her website http://www.viefrancigene.it/le-tappe/italia.html.
This moved the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> to look for solutions
among the historic routes. Many of them are mentioned in the VF guide "La
VF, le Chemin de Sigeric du Grand St. Bernard à Rome" 2012. They are
shorter, pleasanter, smoother and mostly on quieter roads. This <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF </span>research is supported by Franco Alessandri
of the "Il Pellegrino di Firenze" association who is making GPS
verifications to produce a map of historical VF throughout Tuscany.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>The Ivrea-Santhià Azeglio</strong> path (short, level, shaded) is
already used by about 20% of pilgrims who say they love it.<br />
<br />
<strong>The Sarzana to Luni path</strong> (short, level) with accommodation possible at Camping
Marina 3b (5 km), is closest to the medieval route to the village of St.
Maurice and its harbour (no more visible along the river Magra) where once pilgrims
embarked for Spain, or Jerusalem. It is possible to reach the Santa Croce monastery
(by boat because bridge has collapsed), after which the VF follows the coast to
Marina di Massa and then winds back up into the Tuscan hills before
Pietrasanta.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>On leaving S. Quirico</strong>, Franco was thrilled to be walking
on the paved path used by Sigeric to Gallina (4 km shorter than the official
VF). Back in the valley, after Abbadia S. Salvatore, a high path parallel to
the Via Cassia leads from Voltole to Ponte a Rigo, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From Centeno to Acquapendente 8 km, of which
3.4 are dangerous, to get beyond the Gregoriano bridge, still along the Via
Cassia. Unfortunately, the province of Viterbo is not interested in VF or in
its safety. Not many are the pilgrims willing to make the 10 km safe detour via
Proceno.
Upon request, <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> will provide its
members with updates on the TOPO and the official MiBAC route as long as we are
informed or able to get the information.
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>Joint initiative:</strong> AIVF and
University of Siena (Department of Archaeology Territory) have promoted the
"Places of the Heart" petition from the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">FAI (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Italian Environment </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Foundation)
to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">vote for the ancient via Francigena route from S. Quirico
to Centeno: add your vote (it appears immediately) and add your photos and
comments on the internet
http://www.iluoghidelcuore.it/segnala/antica-via-francigena-nell-alta-valle-del-paglia
(commune of Abbadia S.Salvatore, name: Via Francigena). We need hundreds and
thousands of signatures so add yours now! The many postal votes will be added
to October 30.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>The AIVF has launched
three SOS's</strong> for the historic VF. 500m of the route at Monteroni d'Arbia (south
of Siena) is paved (even if it is white); a bio-mass factory 400m away
threatens to the rest of Sigeric's site of Voltole; Cesano risks losing its
authenticity through a useless development project (sidewalks, bike paths, etc.),
thank you to FRIENDS who have written to the mayors. Lets join forces to
prevent these massacres - difficult but not impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>
Now a DOUBLE welcome for pilgrims in Rome</strong>. <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span>
and <span style="text-shadow: auto;">ALP</span> (Ad Limina Petri-CEI Italian
Episcopal Commission) were invited by Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP the
largest religious tour operator) to coordinate their actions. The church and
oratory of S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini (opposite St Angelo Castle) offers a
spiritual welcome 7 days a week with masses and a stop at the Chapel of St.
Mary Magdalene (the recently-identified precious 16<sup>th</sup> C. relic
containing her foot). It also provides information about the Testimonium (rules
for obtaining them from the ORP and St. Peter's Basilica will be better
coordinated and defined in the coming months) as well as information about very
economical accommodation in religious communities, etc. <br />
</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>Since 2001, 2913</strong> (on 10/07/2012), VF pilgrims have been received and are
recorded in the Pilgrims' Register at St. Peter's, which also hosts millions of
other pilgrims and tourists. S. Giovanni dei Fiorentini is a boon for VF
pilgrims.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">
</span></strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; text-shadow: auto;"><strong><span style="color: #ffd966;">ASSOCIATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>Contacts with AEVF</strong> (European VF Association), chaired by
Mr Tedeschi, were strengthened through <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF </span>participation
at the general meetings in Abbadia S. Salvatore on 29/10/11 and Martigny, which
was attended by the new director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (IEIC</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">),
Penelope Denu (14/04/12).<br />
These occasions have highlighted the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span>'s
commitment to promoting the historic routes and introducing the new 2012 VF
guide (Ed Lepère). The reviews of the guide and of St Pilgrim, between Myth and
History will be reported in the AEVF magazine "Via Francigena". The
latest AEVF idea is a VF campervan itinerary.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong>Associations-Friends of the AIVF - </strong>there
was a fruitful meeting 2-3 April organized by the Santhià Friends of the VF
which clarified the characteristics of the official VF route north of Lake
Viverone and the one suggested by the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span>
to the south. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> President, Adelaide, met the Ivrea Company of Sigeric, which
will hopefully lead to a real collaboration on the Roman-medieval VF routes.
Santhià and VF Friends of Abbadia SS are strongly committed to seeking
Roman-medieval pilgrim routes and are engaging with local residents to find
paths and for local maintenance and signposting. The <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> thanks them for their energy and enthusiasm for promoting the
historical landscape along the VF.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">The associations are gradually coming together. Thus, Alberto Alberti of Rete
dei Cammini associated the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> with the
awarding of a medal of recognition for VF activities by the City of Rome, and
the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> has been promoting the VF route
in Insugherata Park, the gateway to Rome. For guided tours, the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> can count on the professionalism of Aldo
Romani-CAI (Italian Alpine Club) and Vittorio Paielli Altair-Rome.<br /><br />
<span style="text-shadow: auto;"><strong>PUBLICATIONS 2012</strong></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong><em>Cesano Borgo fortificato sulla VF -</em></strong> How to discover, thanks to the VF, a hidden medieval
village, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the second <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF </span>VF scientific book, Cesano Borgo
fortificato sulla VF by A. Trezzini and Luisa Chiumenti has been published.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><strong><em>DORMIFRANCIGENA B Italy</em></strong> - Another big <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> job in time and
financial terms has been the publication of the 4th ed. of the only reliable,
accommodation guide, the DORMIFRANCIGENA B Italy. Some more communes in France
have asked to use the European VF logo, owned by the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span>.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><strong><span style="text-shadow: auto;">MEMBERS</span> </strong> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Our FRIENDS-pilgrims, 1490 of them since 1998, come from 26
different countries and are mostly French, Dutch and Swiss. For those who wish
to be helpful, tell others about the riches of this historical route in the
footsteps of Sigeric. Without the pilgrims, the VF would not exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along with the pilgrims, the <span style="text-shadow: auto;">AIVF</span> would like to express its sincere
appreciation to the staff of volunteers, our coordinators, Virginia, Hubert and
Eva, and our translators Carol<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Margot.
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Carrying everything on their backs, five very different, not-so-young women,
share an amazing adventure on the ancient Via Francigena pilgrimage trail in
Switzerland and Italy. <br />
Walking almost 700km, with an average step length of
75cm, they took over 1 million steps from Vevey to Rome. Their longest day was
11.5 hours when they climbed from 680m at La Douay to 2472m at the Grand St
Bernard Pass covering 28 km. They walked through over 210 villages and towns and
crossed a variety of bridges, metal, wood, hanging, stone and Roman, over more
than 150 rivers. On some days the temperatures reached +40oC.<br />
Although they
didn’t have an English guide book, at no time did they actually get lost – only
confused a couple of times - usually when following the VF signs along the way.
They stayed in a backpackers, a hospice, a campsite, a Gite, a castle, on a
farm, three youth hostels, nine B&B’s, two convents, six hotels (one a
converted monastery) and two apartments. <br />
They raised over 50 000 ZAR for
Children's Charities back home<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-75484370147684261142012-03-01T21:05:00.000+02:002012-03-01T21:05:23.947+02:00Extracts from the Newsletter of the Movimentolento<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Slow Movement - Newsletter n.47<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="Newsletter per chi viaggia senza fretta a piedi e in bicicletta">Newsletter for those traveling without haste on foot and by bicycle<br />
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</span></span><span title="IN CAMMINO TRA SANTIAGO E GERUSALEMME, PASSANDO PER ROMA"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ON THE ROAD BETWEEN SANTIAGO AND JERUSALEM, VIA ROMA<br />
</span></span><span title="<http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it/page/daSantiago/aRoma/>"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it/page/daSantiago/aRoma/<br />
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</span></span><span title="Informazioni utili per moderni viandanti che viaggiano con lentezza tra il"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Useful information for modern pilgrims traveling slowly between<br />
</span></span><span title="Cammino di Santiago e la Via Francigena."><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Camino de Santiago and the Via Francigena.<br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="Nel medioevo Santiago, Roma e Gerusalemme erano le tre peregrinationes">In the Middle Ages, Santiago, Rome and Jerusalem were the three major pilgrimage<br />
</span><span title="maiores, meta dei fiumi di pellegrini che attraversavano l'Europa.">destinations in Europe. </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="Oggi">Today you can repeat the experience of past travelers, and walk<br />
</span><span title="tra Santiago, Roma e Gerusalemme lungo gli antichi itinerari.">between Santiago, Rome and Jerusalem, along the ancient routes. </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="I sentieri">The paths of the<br />
</span><span title="medievali spesso sono andati perduti, o si sono “evoluti” in grandi">Middle Ages are often lost, or have "evolved" into large highways. </span></span><span title="In questi casi sono stati trovati percorsi"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In these cases alternative paths safer and more pleasant paths have been established.<br />
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</span></span><span title="Vi proponiamo sul nostro canale dedicato alla via Francigena"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We offer our channel dedicated to the Via Francigena<br />
</span></span><span title="(www.camminafrancigena.it <http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it/>"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Www.camminafrancigena.it<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it/<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span title=") una piccola guida sul web, dedicata soprattutto ai moderni viandanti che"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A) a small guide on the web, devoted primarily to modern travelers who do not disdain the use of technology to organize their paths, and that through the use of GPS and interactive maps available on the Web can rediscover old emotions.<br />
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</span><span title="La guida uscirà a puntate, ogni settimana."><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The guide will be released in installments, each week. </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="Vi invitiamo a leggere i primi">Please read the first two articles http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it/page/daSantiago/aRoma/<br />
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News<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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</span></span><span title="**Basilicata Coast to Coast: on line le tracce Gps"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">** Basilicata Coast to Coast: GPS tracks online<br />
</span></span><span title="<http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/basilicata-coast-coast-line-le-tracce-gps/>"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/basilicata-coast-coast-line-le-tracce-gps/<br />
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</span></span><span title="Riccardo Carnovalini ha rivisitato in versione "escursionistica" il cammino"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Richard Carnovalini revisited version of "hiking" path the caravan of the film Basilicata Coast to Coast, are available GPS tracks of his way, for anyone who wants to discover an area<br />
</span></span><span title="meravigliosa del meridione italiano."><span style="font-family: Calibri;">wonderful southern Italian.<br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="<http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/basilicata-coast-coast-line-le-tracce-gps/>">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/basilicata-coast-coast-line-le-tracce-gps/<br />
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</span></span><span title="Gli appuntamenti alla Casa del Movimento Lento"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The itineraries<br />
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</span></span><span title="Da Piazza San Pietro all'Appia antica"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From St. Peter's to the old<br />
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</span><span title="Questo spettacolare itinerario, percorribile a piedi e in bicicletta,">This spectacular route, walking and cycling, connects some of the most beautiful and famous in the world: Piazza S. </span><span title="Pietro,">Peter the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Appian Way. </span><span title="Un crescendo di emozioni forti">A crescendo of excitement interval from the discovery of less famous monuments and views. </span></span><span title="L'itinerario"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The route can be completed along the Via Appia, where pedestrians can take bus, or on to Castel Gandolfo<br />
</span></span><span title="<http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/resource/statictrack/dallappia-antica-castel-gandolfo/>"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/resource/statictrack/dallappia-antica-castel-gandolfo/<br />
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</span></span><span title="Visualizza la presentazione del percorso"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">View the presentation of the path<br />
</span></span><span title="<http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/resource/statictrack/da-piazza-san-pietro-allappia-antica/>"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/resource/statictrack/da-piazza-san-pietro-allappia-antica/<br />
</span></span><span title="e visita il portale dedicato alle Vie Francigene del Sud"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and visit the site dedicated to the Francigena Way South<br />
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Travelling slowly along the ancient streets<br />
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</span></span><span title="Via Francigena: in via di risoluzione il problema dell'accesso a Roma"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Via Francigena: The problem of walking into Rome is being resolved<br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="Uno dei problemi più importanti del percorso pedonale era costituito">One of the most important problems of the walkway was made access to Rome: in fact the height of the orbital pilgrims were forced to walk for about 800 m on a busy stretch<br />
</span><span title="della via Trionfale, senza marciapiedi.">Triumphal street without sidewalks. </span></span><span title="Grazie al lavoro di squadra"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks to teamwork Association Group of Twelve, Nature of Rome, the Municipality of XX Rome and the Lazio Region Department of Culture, it seems that finally is coming to a very interesting solution, which exceed the Ring Road on the Via Cassia, and the attraversarà dell'Insugherata beautiful green area.<br />
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</span></span><span title="grande itinerario culturale!"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">great cultural itinerary!<br />
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</span></span><span title="Bacheca del Movimento Lento i tuoi"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Slow Movement of your Bulletin Board<br />
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</span></span><span title="bicicletta un luogo dove conoscersi e raccontare le proprie esperienze."><span style="font-family: Calibri;">know a place where cycling and relate their experiences.<br />
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</span></span><span title="Visita il nostro sito www.movimentolento.it per leggere altre notizie,"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Visit our website to read more news www.movimentolento.it,<br />
</span></span><span title="articoli e itinerari per chi viaggia con lentezza."><span style="font-family: Calibri;">articles and itineraries for those traveling slowly.<br />
</span></span><span title="<http://www.movimentolento.it/>"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.movimentolento.it/<br />
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</span></span><span title="Iscriviti ai nostri corsi per l'uso del GPS lungo i sentieri!"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The newsletter is edited by Federico Alberto Conte and Carli Giori,<br />
</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span title="in collaborazione con l'Associazione Il Movimento Lento">in collaboration with the Association The Slow Movement<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-77176595744983074782012-02-22T19:47:00.001+02:002012-02-22T19:48:07.582+02:00New Safer route into Rome and the link between Santiago, Roma and Jerusalem<strong><span style="color: yellow;">From the VF Yahoo Forum:</span></strong><br />
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One of the most important issues of via Francigena was the access that the pedestrian route to Rome: in fact the pilgrims were forced to walk for about 800 m on a busy stretch of via Trionfale without sidewalks.<br />
Thanks to teamwork Association Gruppo dei Dodici, Roma Natura, the twentieth Municipality of Rome and the Lazio Region Department of Culture, it seems that finally it is coming to a very interesting solution, which will cross the Ring Highway on via Cassia, and will cross the beautiful green area of Insugherata before joining current path in the area of Monte Mario.<br />
The route has already been changed even in the area of Monte Mario, and the latest version through the green area offering wonderful views of Rome, before coming to the classic viewpoint of Mount Joy, from where to admire the dome St. Peter's.<br />
For route details of Insugherata you should read this article:<br />
<a href="http://www.vignaclarablog.it/2012022018043/progetto-via-francigena-insugherata/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1329931764_0">http://www.vignaclarablog.it/2012022018043/progetto-via-francigena-insugherata/</span></a><br />
Now you can already walk on the new route, but during the weekend they close a gate, so please avoid saturday and sunday.<br />
We are working on the maps, that will be published soon on <a href="http://www.camminafrancigena.it/">www.camminafrancigena.it</a> <br />
<strong><span style="color: yellow;">Santiago, Rome and Jerusalem.</span></strong><br />
I started to publish on our website a series of articles, both in Italian and in (my:-) English, with useful information about walks between Santiago, Rome and Jerusalem.<br />
The first three articles will talk about the connection between Via Francigena and <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1329931769_0">Camino de Santiago</span>, on Via Aurelia and Via Domitia to Arles, and then on Via Tolosana to Somport. <br />
Who can give me additional information and links about the a/m routes is welcome.<br />
You can read the first article, about the great Peter Robbins website:<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/en/resource/blog/AlbertoConte/walking-pilgrim-la-mappa-interattiva-dei-grandi-ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1329931769_1">http://www.movimentolento.it/en/resource/blog/AlbertoConte/walking-pilgrim-la-mappa-interattiva-dei-grandi-ca/</span></a><br />
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A new article will be published every week.<br />
Ultreya!<br />
Alberto Conte<br />
www.camminafrancigena.it<br />
www.movimentolento.it<br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><strong>And, from Peter Robins</strong>:</span><br />
I have just this week added detailed mapping for the Monginevro-Arles GR653D to my site. <a href="http://maps.peterrobins.co.uk/f/overview/montgenevre.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1329932643_0">http://maps.peterrobins.co.uk/f/overview/montgenevre.html</span></a> Parts of the route are now printed on the IGN maps, and the whole route has been checked by someone who walked it in 2009, so should be reasonably accurate.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"></SCRIPT>
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-11896921866640076472011-08-14T17:30:00.000+02:002011-08-14T17:30:28.570+02:00VF Five Pilgrims to Rome book<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HLCjnrLDZXU/TkfpGWYm9_I/AAAAAAAAFmc/A0xRy0dTxgk/s1600/VF+Five+Pilrims+To+Rome+-+Book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HLCjnrLDZXU/TkfpGWYm9_I/AAAAAAAAFmc/A0xRy0dTxgk/s320/VF+Five+Pilrims+To+Rome+-+Book.jpg" width="223" /></a><a href="http://vfpilgrims.blogspot.com/2007/05/vf-five-pilgrims-to-rome-in-print.html">In May 2007</a> I announced that I had transferred all of our blog posts to a word doc and had it printed as a book. We even got an ISBN number for our book. <br />
The printer did 5 soft copies each for us and one hardback copy.<br />
We had a special book "L [a] unch" in a castle near Shongweni (about 25km from my home) where we signed all the copies of the books before sharing them out.<br />
Four years down the line we have decided to put our book out there and I will reformat it and make it available on Kindle. <br />
I'm quite looking forward to sharing it with wanna-be Via Francigena pilgrims and although a few things have changed since we walked the VF, I think there is a lot of useful information, insights and advice from the five different peregrinos who contributed to the book.<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-20512147641748990562011-07-03T08:28:00.000+02:002011-07-03T08:28:45.943+02:00New VF Website<strong>Posted on the VF Yahoo Group Forum</strong><br />
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Hi everyone!<br />
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I want to suggest a new italian web site by the group "Camminando sulla Via Francigena".<br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;"><strong><a href="http://www.camminandosullaviafrancigena.com/">http://www.camminandosullaviafrancigena.com/</a></strong></span><br />
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There, you can find all the maps and the tracks of the official path of Via Francigena and many other information. The web is in italian language but you can translate by gogle traductor component :)<br />
Cristina, the creator of the group, has just finished to signalized the whole path (from Pont Saint Martin to Rome) with the new white and red signs with a black pilgrim in the middle, after three months of hard work by the help of some volunteers pilgrims...<br />
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You can find her testimoniance about this work on<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.occhiali3d.com/lavia/?cat=7&option=com_wordpress&Itemid=44</span></strong><br />
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Cheers<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-77291125336762146902011-02-06T08:47:00.000+02:002011-02-06T08:47:48.830+02:00The VF in Switzerland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TU4-D85qaeI/AAAAAAAAFZs/QrOf3Mx0m9o/s1600/Switzerland.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TU4-D85qaeI/AAAAAAAAFZs/QrOf3Mx0m9o/s320/Switzerland.bmp" width="235" /></a></div>When I was planning our VF trip we only had a month to walk so I asked other VF pilgrims to recommend the best sections. All agreed that the most beautiful was the route through Switzerland, the Aosta Valley, Tuscany and Lazio.<br />
So we planned to walk from Lake Lausanne to Ivrea. (We skipped a 200km section in the north across the rice paddies of the Po Valley and continued from Parma and Luca to Rome). The Swiss section was the most beautiful and the most memorable. The hiking was rated 'easy' but the conditions rated 'difficult'. <br />
This website has all the information a hiker would need to walk 215km of the VF in Switzerland including transport (how to get there), profile maps, stages, accommodation, guide books, etc, <a href="http://www.wanderland.ch/fr/buecher_karten.cfm">http://www.wanderland.ch/fr/buecher_karten.cfm</a><br />
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It lists 12 sections starting from Ste-Croix<br />
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Section 1 Ste-Croix<br />
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Section 3 Yverdon-les-Bains–Orbe<br />
Section 4 Orbe–Cossonay<br />
Section 5 Cossonay–Lausanne<br />
Section 6 Lausanne–Vevey<br />
Section 7 Vevey–Aigle<br />
Section 8 Aigle–St-Maurice<br />
Section 9 St-Maurice–Martigny<br />
Section 10 Martigny–Orsières<br />
Section 11 Orsières–Bourg-St-Pierre<br />
Section 12 Bourg-St-Pierre–Col du Gd St-Bernard<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TU5DwM-QwKI/AAAAAAAAFaE/DyMr8DERIWg/s1600/55.+Italy+is+on+the+other+side.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TU5DwM-QwKI/AAAAAAAAFaE/DyMr8DERIWg/s320/55.+Italy+is+on+the+other+side.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>"The Swiss stage runs through a variety of landscapes and is without doubt also one of the most spectacular pilgrims’ paths in Europe. The route from Sainte-Croix to Vuiteboeuf leads past unique sections of cart tracks then alongside the quiet Venoge to Lac Léman. Stops at Romainmôtier Abbey and the Roman mosaics in Orbe are highly recommended.<br />
From Lausanne, the Via Francigena runs through the vineyards of Lavaux to the bend in the Rhone. From the ancient city of Octodurus, it winds through the narrow pass shaped by the wild waters of the Drance to the northern slopes of the Grossen Sant Bernhard-Pass. In Val d’Entremont, medieval villages line the route, which peaks in the aptly-named Combe des Morts."</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"></SCRIPT>
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-74719229784523718592011-01-26T09:05:00.000+02:002011-01-26T09:05:11.501+02:002011 JANUARY NEWSLETTER OF 'SLOW MOVEMENT'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">English translation (with permission) from <a href="http://www.itineraria.eu/">http://www.itineraria.eu/</a><br />
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Newsletter for traveling without haste, walking and cycling <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">The importance of hospitality </span></strong><br />
The House of the Slow Movement from 8 to April 10 will host the second course “Hospitallers for volunteers”. In addition, we included in our maps interactive workplaces for hospitality "poor." <br />
Signs and accommodation are the main weaknesses of the Via Francigena, and as usual the slow movement seeking to help measures to improve the situation. By partnering with Ad Limina Petri, the Association of the Church dealing with the Catholic Via Francigena, the census of structures host <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/accoglienza-via-francigena/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/accoglienza-via-francigena/</a><br />
Carried out by the CEI in the last year has been included in the database geographic site <br />
<a href="http://www.camminafrancigena.it/">http://www.camminafrancigena.it/</a> <a href="http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it/">www.camminafrancigena.it/it/</a>. <br />
This will allow pilgrims to see on our interactive map nearly 150 places of accommodation "poor", including many parishes that have not yet appeared in the lists currently available. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Hospitaleros Voluntarios</span></strong>Also, after the success of the course for volunteers is Hospitaller held in Monteriggioni in 2010, this year we decided to repeat the wonderful experience at the newly formed House of the Slow Movement, which will host a free course devoted to volunteers wishing to operate a hostel on the Camino de Santiago and Via Francigena. <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/AlbertoConte/la-cronaca-del-corso-degli-hospitaleros/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/AlbertoConte/la-cronaca-del-corso-degli-hospitaleros/</a> <br />
The course will also be a time of celebration and meeting of the Hospitaller Spanish and Italian communities living along the Via Francigena Piedmont. Probably we will organize a second course in Tuscany. I will confirm as soon as possible. If you are interested in attending the course please contact us in the next newsletter will give you the details ull'iniziativa. <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/about/contacts/">www.movimentolento.it/it/about/contacts/</a> <br />
Alberto Conte <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">News </span></strong><br />
World Day of Slowness - "Ambitious and altruistic" <br />
The art of living with slow non-profit organization presents the Fifth Day of the World Slow to reflect on the damage of economic, environmental and social live at breakneck speed. The event will be celebrated in Italy and around the world February 28, 2011 and we are all invited to participate in our cities, with friends, colleagues or family creating our small but great event. <br />
Go slow, be happy! <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/giornata-mondiale-della-lentezza/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/giornata-mondiale-della-lentezza/</a><br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>Also in Liguria bike for free on local trains</strong></span> <br />
The agreement between Regione Liguria and Trenitalia has been officially officially confirmed and another example of the concreteness dissemination of sustainable mobility. The entire list of trains identified can be viewed and downloaded from the website of the Liguria Region. <br />
For advice on how to place the bike on trains can be downloaded from the site Fiab driving "Train + bike". <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/anche-liguria-bici-gratis-sui-treni-regionali/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/anche-liguria-bici-gratis-sui-treni-regionali/</a> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">National Day of the Railways Forget - "A window on the landscape " </span></strong><br />
Preparations for the Fifth National Day of the Railways Forget, in program March 6, 2011, proceed with great enthusiasm. On the website 24 events already present. The sponsors of the Alpine Pearls Association committed to the promotion of sustainable tourism, invites you to attend the photo competition "A window on the landscape, and win a weekend with accommodation and tours of soft mobility. <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/giornata-nazionale-ferrovie-dimenticate/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/giornata-nazionale-ferrovie-dimenticate/</a>> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Read all news </span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/</a> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Appointments - Lenses </span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/appuntamenti-lenti-seminari-e-corsi/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/appuntamenti-lenti-seminari-e-corsi/</a> <br />
"WORDS ON THE WAY: Travelling tell, tells the journey <br />
From Friday 11 to Sunday, February 13, at the home of the Slow Movement, actor John Balzaretti reveal the secrets of the story. Watch the video that introduces the course and its contents. <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/parole-cammino/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/parole-cammino/</a> <br />
The "Appointments lenses" are a series of seminars and residential courses have in common the journey on foot and by bicycle. <br />
Photography, use of GPS, storytelling, painting, walking deep, and a seminar for aspiring travelers on foot are some of the topics will be treated between February and March. <br />
<em>Read the schedule of courses and programs.</em> <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/appuntamenti-lenti-seminari-e-corsi/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/appuntamenti-lenti-seminari-e-corsi/</a> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Blogs </span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/</a>> <br />
"Pilgrim becomes" Carla De Bernardi <br />
And that's how I came July 31 in Rome with fellow pilgrims from Triumphal Way, which has nothing triumphant. It was almost one o'clock and we were hungry. The Roman road from the capital had Campagnano through forests and golden fields ... <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/CarladeBernardi/pellegrini-si-diventa-iii/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/CarladeBernardi/pellegrini-si-diventa-iii/</a> <br />
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"Around the corner, hit by the sun", by Claudio Jaccarino <br />
Don Milan from the overpass can I watch long brush-strokes of green Canal flowing or the row of old chimneys and signs pubbliciarie that dot the rooftops ... <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/ClaudioJaccarino/giro-langolo-investito-dal-sole/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/ClaudioJaccarino/giro-langolo-investito-dal-sole/</a> <br />
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"The Rio Bovina, according to the goats," Richard Carnovalini <br />
From large rivers in a small stream below the house with a leap of twenty years. Paths are not always sought and desired. Sometimes you live in the country and to choose an animal to breed more that there are naughty ... <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/RiccardoCarnovalini/il-rio-bovina-seguendo-le-capre/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/RiccardoCarnovalini/il-rio-bovina-seguendo-le-capre/</a> <br />
Read all articles in the blog <br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/">www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/</a><br />
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Travels<br />
<a href="http://www.compagniadeicammini.it/it/">www.compagniadeicammini.it/it/</a>> <br />
Dunes to salt lake of Sidi Naji - 6 to 13 March 2011 <br />
A fascinating trek over the dunes that surround the Great Depression clay that is named after the marabout buried one of its banks. A journey through the ancient beliefs and traditions Sahrawi. Stories to listen to crouch around the campfire, after a day's walk, enjoying a strong green tea, a fragrant "pain de sable "and the delicious dates of this land. <br />
<a href="http://www.compagniadeicammini.it/it/resource/blog/WebmasterCdC/dalle-dune-al-lago-salato-di-sidi-naji/">www.compagniadeicammini.it/it/resource/blog/WebmasterCdC/dalle-dune-al-lago-salato-di-sidi-naji/</a> <br />
Visit the new website of the Society of the Ways and read your calendar complete travel. <br />
<a href="http://www.compagniadeicammini.it/it/">www.compagniadeicammini.it/it/</a><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Traveling slowly along the ancient roads </span></strong><br />
<a href="http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it">www.camminafrancigena.it/it</a> <br />
Year on record ViaFrancigena <br />
Already passed the first pilgrim in 2010 were 210. Are you a good morning starts in the morning, the new year promises to be a record: come on 4 January 2011 of the first pilgrim to the host via Francigena Benedictine grange in Orio Litta. <br />
<a href="http://www.camminafrancigena.it/it/resource/news/anno-di-record-la-francigena/">www.camminafrancigena.it/it/resource/news/anno-di-record-la-francigena/</a> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">The CamminAttori visit the extraordinary artistic laboratory of</span></strong> Mark Guglielmi, Viterbo <br />
<a href="http://www.francigenalazio.it/it/resource/poi/laboratorio-artistico/">www.francigenalazio.it/it/resource/poi/laboratorio-artistico/</a>> <br />
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><strong>Watch the video</strong></span> of the stage from Viterbo and download the Montefiascone roadbook <br />
<a href="http://www.francigenalazio.it/it/resource/track/vf-39-da-montefiascone-viterbo/">www.francigenalazio.it/it/resource/track/vf-39-da-montefiascone-viterbo/</a> <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ea9999;">Follow the advice of Cammina Francigena</span></strong> videoracconti and 2010 on <br />
<a href="http://www.francigenalazio.it/it/">www.francigenalazio.it/it/</a> and join Facebook group "Via Francigena in Lazio to share photos and Information on the treatment of Lazio ViaFrancigena. <br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=197804468054">www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=197804468054</a> <br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-14673541106047291862010-12-23T16:09:00.006+02:002010-12-23T16:32:11.734+02:00UP-DATES FROM THE WWW GRAPE VINE<strong>From: <a href="http://www.viafrancigena.eu/">http://www.viafrancigena.eu/</a></strong><br />
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The President Massimo Tedeschi AEVF awarded honorary citizenship of Canterbury. The event was held at the presentation of the twelfth edition of the journal ViaFrancigena <br />
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Although not located along the official route, we note that the bridge over the Po in San Rocco al Porto (Lodi) is broken. For Orio Litta (Lodi) pilgrims in St. Andrew's Court to direct bicycle do not have access embankment.<br />
Coming to Bicester, the ford of the river Stirone is no longer passable, but you can use the road bridge Sigerico and, pending the new official surveys, indicate an alternative route to cross the river and rejoin the path Stirone ministry. After the village of Bastelli, turn left and go straight for about 1,200 m, then turn immediately right towards Bicester, on a bridge in excess of the A1. After about 1,500 meters, turn left and walk along the bridge Sigerico. We descend, turn right towards compulsory and pass under the bypass and then get behind the cemetery and find the location of Bicester ministry. In an annex to the photo and the map shows in red the alternative route that is temporarily advised to follow.<br />
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The section of trail that leads to the Pieve di San Miniato Coiano Castelfiorentino is interrupted for landslide and also precluded the pedestrians. Due to reports of a pilgrim, we suggest an alternative route: via the intersection of Mellicciano, because of Poggiarella Meleto and so, due to take Meleto, to our left. From here you reach a paved country road, where you must go right, towards the local customs and then to Castelfiorentino. Before entering the country, at the roundabout, continue for Gambassi Terme and from there take the Via Francigena.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TRNapLHQLII/AAAAAAAAFVQ/PJcgCwheUA0/s1600/VF+in+France.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TRNapLHQLII/AAAAAAAAFVQ/PJcgCwheUA0/s200/VF+in+France.gif" width="178" /></a></div>About the French section of the Via Francigena may be required to the Association des Pèlerins de Compostella et de Rome, to the email address <a href="mailto:ass-pèlerinscompostellerome@hotmail.fr">ass-pèlerinscompostellerome@hotmail.fr</a>.<br />
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You can download the GPS tracks of the section that crosses the French Champagne-Ardenne on the following link: <a href="http://www.tourisme-champagne-ardenne.com/balades/voyageurs/via-francigena.aspx">http://www.tourisme-champagne-ardenne.com/balades/voyageurs/via-francigena.aspx</a><br />
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A variation on the section from Fidenza to Bastelli<br />
<a href="http://www.viafrancigena.eu/public/documents/variantebastelli_fidenza.pdf">http://www.viafrancigena.eu/public/documents/variantebastelli_fidenza.pdf</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.viafrancigena.eu/">Accommodation Guide updated on 3 December 2010-12-20</a><br />
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<strong>Events:</strong><br />
14 and 15 January 2011 Novoli (LE) : ViaFrancigena. Journey of faith and cultural tourism <br />
Workshop <br />
"Via Francigena. Journey of faith and cultural tourism "is the title of the workshop offering the Department of Heritage, Arts and History at the University of Salento, the City of Novoli Association Vie Francigena Pugliese. The aim is to promote a project whose purpose is to recover the ancient historical role of an ancient path of a religious nature, which represents an important opportunity for knowledge of the area. Will be involved in the agro-food and local crafts, there are a panel discussion on the possibility of enjoying ViaFrancigena and a guided walk along the stretch of the Adriatic ViaFrancigena Salento.<br />
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Download the application form.<br />
Fees for requests from abroad<br />
A credential: € 7.05 - 11 x 23 cm bag<br />
2 or 3 credentials: € 7.65 - 11 x 23 cm bag<br />
up to 8 Credentials: € 9.15 - 23 x 33 cm bag<br />
up to 10 credentials: € 10.15 - 23 cm x 33 envelope<br />
more than 10 credentials: € 13.65 - 23 x 33 envelope or larger<br />
Post it to Piazza Duomo, 16-43036 Bicester (Pr) a letter containing the request form, duly completed, including a pre-paid envelope with a quantity of stamps corresponding to 5.35 €. This amount, in fact, it is necessary to cover the shipping cost A / R (+ registered return receipt) for a credential<br />
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Other organizations distribute their credentials: Theubilantes, Brotherhood of Romei, ViaFrancigena Association, Confraternity of St James of Compostela, Eurovia, Ad Limina Petri.<br />
In France, the credentials can be requested to the Association des Pèlerins de Compostella et de Rome: ass-pèlerinscompostellerome@hotmail.fr<br />
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Order from the website: <a href="http://www.rivistaviafrancigena.it/">http://www.rivistaviafrancigena.it/</a><br />
Read a summary of the latest edition;<br />
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<strong>The Way of Art now on line</strong><br />
Art is now a constant presence in our walk, so we decided to dedicate a website to CamminArtisti and CamminAttori.<br />
The project began through the work of Blessed herbicides, the communicator of our environmental journey Ge-Mi-To through the industrial triangle, and the financing of Farework, a project of the Province of Milan, which was intended to accompany the artistic talents in via entrepreneurship.<br />
Benedict played the key work in media, publishing on the site www.camminarte.movimentolento.it videos that tell the artistic realities encountered during our trip, as well as photographs, music, paintings, travel notebooks of artists that we accompanied it.<br />
This is just the start again next year we will organize "travel artist", as we believe that the arts can be a powerful vehicle to communicate the beauty of a slow journey. The site will be enhanced, also expect your contributions!<br />
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<strong>Seminar on the integration of data paths Bicitalia</strong><br />
Saturday, December 11 the tale at its headquarters in Milan offers a training meeting in view of the mapping of over 16,000 km of paths Bicitalia. We discuss techniques for data entry. Participation, Fiab reserved for members is free but places limited. Reservations are recommended.<br />
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<strong>Way and art along "paths of Monet Bordighera</strong><br />
On the occasion of the exhibition "Mediterranean from Courbet to Monet to Matisse" (Palazzo Ducale, Genoa), the Coop Liguria Roads to Discover invites us all to Bordighera, to participate in a series of guided walks. Every Saturday will be organized between escurisioni landscapes, exotic gardens, and forests that are illuminated by the intense Mediterranean light inspired many artists and painters during the second half of the nineteenth century.<br />
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Gianluca Bonazzi presents his travel diary in San Benigno Canavese<br />
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L 'Association Smile, sponsored by the City of San Benigno Canavese organized a series of "Meet the Author" and Friday, December 17, at 21:00, at the Library "Pierre Octave Fasani, Gianluca Bonazzi will talk about his travel diary born after the trip-event that brought him groan to walk along three sides of the industrial triangle Genoa-Milan-Turin. <br />
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Stop the killing!, Alberto Conte<br />
Once again it comes to the safety of cyclists and users 'weak' of the road just after a serious car accident. Seven deaths together is an enormous, as they were three years ago, the seven deaths on the work of Thyssen ...<br />
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<strong>Pellegrini becomes</strong>, Carla de Bernardi<br />
On foot? These are crazy, it was my first thought. And then? On July 31? A month of walking? Come on ... On second thought was .... But I went with them. And so one morning I left the house ...<br />
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<strong>Winter in the Celtic huts</strong> Apennines, Gianfranco Bracci<br />
After leaving behind the beautiful refuge of the Celtic huts, am going to walk alone, "the costume and I" (me and my jacket), as they said when they wanted to emphasize the old Tuscan to be his alone ...<br />
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<strong>Proposal for a co-housing on the Frankish Road</strong> of Courage Immaculate<br />
We would like to create a co-housing/eco village along a path (preferably along the Via Francigena Lake Bolsena) which converge in the satisfaction of various needs / desideri.Ci seems important that arise along the way ... <br />
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<strong>Discovering Via Francigena - second meeting of pilgrims Aulla</strong><br />
In the marvelous Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Saturday 11 and Sunday, December 12 will be held the second in a series of meetings among the pilgrims. A meeting for all lovers of the "way" to know, "walk" and discuss the problems and opportunities for intervention on the route of the Via Francigena.<br />
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The municipality of Monteriggioni decided to create a new hostel in the service of pilgrims. A small guest house "low-cost" (8 / 10 beds) inspired by the ancient hospitable, allowing for modern pilgrims to stay overnight in comfort at low cost, simply by showing the credentials of the sections covered.<br />
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<strong>Interview with Renato Trap,</strong> a great lover of ViaFrancigena<br />
Between Bolsena and Montefiascone the ViaFrancigena flows between olive groves and patches of woodland, with a path of ups and downs and stunning views of the lake, which covers some features in basalt of the ancient Via Cassia. Upon arrival we met Renato Trap, a great lover of Via Cassia, tells us his views on the current path and the qualities that in his opinion less considered are the value added of the Central European pilgrimage.<br />
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A couple set off from Canterbury on 2 August and arrived in Rome on 3 November. <br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-15934723272517496682010-11-17T21:27:00.007+02:002010-11-22T19:46:35.720+02:00An Italian Odyssey: One Couple's Culinary and Cultural Pilgrimage: Julie Burk & Neville Tencer<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOWCOZGES3I/AAAAAAAAFSM/OBWUMMHJ4-I/s1600/An+Italian+Odyssey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOWCOZGES3I/AAAAAAAAFSM/OBWUMMHJ4-I/s1600/An+Italian+Odyssey.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">A couple of years ago I sent Neville and Julie a CD with maps, our daily guides translated from the Italian AEVF website and copies of our daily info sheets compiled for our walk on the VF in 2006. Many of the maps had been sent to me by another VF Pilgrim, Jeff McDonald, who walked the VF in 2004. The others were downloaded from the AEVF website. Neville and Julie were planning their walk on the VF from Martingy to Rome. </div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">In August 2010, Neville announced the release of a book about their VF adventure - "An Italian Odyssey: One Couple's Culinary and Cultural Pilgrimage". I couldn't wait to read it! We had blogged about our walk and Val had written a whole section about food on the blog. </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Neville very kindly sent me a copy of the book and asked if I would write a review.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Last week, I posted this review on the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Odyssey-Culinary-Cultural-Pilgrimage/product-reviews/0986588709/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R1WF45OGKB7SQJ">Amazon website.</a> </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOS5f59DTkI/AAAAAAAAFR8/_ycKoQ8NB2U/s1600/52+On+the+snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOS5f59DTkI/AAAAAAAAFR8/_ycKoQ8NB2U/s320/52+On+the+snow.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOS5V8BsuqI/AAAAAAAAFR4/B9MvXXu0L34/s1600/40.++The+Hills+are+alive.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOS5V8BsuqI/AAAAAAAAFR4/B9MvXXu0L34/s320/40.++The+Hills+are+alive.JPG" width="320" /></a>"<span style="color: #fff2cc;">To be honest, I found it difficult to review this book objectively. Not because it isn't well written - it is. It is fast moving, with lots of interesting history and delicious food reports thrown in. It makes fascinating reading, especially for anyone contemplating walking the Via Francigena through Italy. The authors took more time out to visit places of historic interest than most pilgrims do and delighted in sharing their enjoyment of regional foods and delicacies. However, Neville and Julie's experience was so different from my Via Francigena trek that I found it hard to identify with their tales of hardships and their constant bickering and squabbling brought on by getting lost, searching for places to stay, often blamed on demons and trickery. When the going turned tough, the tough turned on each other! </span></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Unlike them, we climbed up to the Gr St Bernard in beautiful June sunshine and although it wasn't easy traversing melting glaciers and detouring around large banks of snow, we managed the 11 hour haul to the pass with no dramas or extreme physical challenges and no fall-out. </span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOqqijwGkhI/AAAAAAAAFSc/aPBX4jrpG_I/s1600/DSC00134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOqqijwGkhI/AAAAAAAAFSc/aPBX4jrpG_I/s320/DSC00134.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #fff2cc;">I must admit that in 2006 when I and four friends walked the Via Francigena from Lake Leman in Switzerland to Rome, we were often bemused and confused by the signs and directions but we never actually got lost, not once.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Perhaps this is because we listened to experienced pilgrims' advice and skipped a 200km section in the north and took a train from Ivrea to Parma. </span></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">We booked every night's accommodation ahead and, amazingly for 5 very different women walking together, we didn't have any heated disagreements or arguments even when the going got tough. I loved their idea of writing the story from a cultural </span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOqqwyBfVHI/AAAAAAAAFSg/CT3dvtCFkws/s1600/108.+Degustation+menu.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOqqwyBfVHI/AAAAAAAAFSg/CT3dvtCFkws/s320/108.+Degustation+menu.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #fff2cc;">and culinary perspective. This sets the book apart from scores of similar pilgrimage tales, which by their very nature, are often merely day to day accounts of getting up, packing the back pack, walking all day, arriving, eating and sleeping. This book is much more than that. In Julie's words, theirs was "an extraordinary experience with a bitter undertone but with time, sweet, spicy and delicious." </span></div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">PS: I've been asked about the 3 Star rating. I don't like fights, especially between couples and when they nearly gave up walking because of them, I nearly gave up on the book. I'm glad I didn't because as the terrain inproved so did their disposition and the story!"</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOqppfcA4ZI/AAAAAAAAFSU/dIHS0tkN7TM/s1600/Ivrea+to+Parma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TOqppfcA4ZI/AAAAAAAAFSU/dIHS0tkN7TM/s320/Ivrea+to+Parma.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Neville explained to me that the worst part of the VF through Italy is the section we skipped - the section from Ivrea to Fidenza. It is this tough, difficult section that is a source of grief for many. While there are other locations along the VF that could be improved, this ± 200km section was a source of lot of pain for them and hence represented their “hell” of a Dante 3-act play. They did not want to sugar coat their experience and hence the second section of the book focuses on the hellish experiences of this stage of the walk. I take his point. We followed the advice of Joe Paterson and Andrew and Carol Walsh who walked the VF the year before me and skipped that section altogether.<br />
Another source of aggravation for almost everyone who has walked the VF is finding accommodation. As far back as 2003 when I was researching the Via for our planned walk, the only written accounts were Veronica O'Connors short diary of her walk in 2002, Brandon Wilson's diary of his walk from the Gr St Bernard to Rome and Jeff McDonald's diary of his walk in 2004. <br />
Jeff often referred to his frustration in trying to find a hotel at the end of a day. His diary gives the time taken for each stage, and in it he writes: '<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;"><strong>The times include finding accommodation each day, sometimes that could take an hour or so.'</strong></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My friend John, who is a seasoned pilgrimage walker, walked the VF in 2005 and on his return said that he would never recommend it to anyone. He struggled to find accommodation, sometimes having to sleep on a park bench, in a cardboard box, on the portico of a church and one night, in a police station. He also got hopelessly lost on numerous occasions and said that he felt he was committing suicide walking on some of the busy roads with huge trucks and heavy traffic hurtling down on him.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Because of these tales of woe, we decided not to risk trying to find beds at night for five middle-aged women so I laboriously booked beds for every night before we left South Africa. And, we were so pleased we'd done that. No matter how far we had to walk; no matter how tired we were; no matter how incorrect the mileages were (some days we thought we'd be walking 23km and ended up walking over 30km) we always knew that there was a hot shower and a clean bed waiting for us at the end of the day. It took the anxiety and panic out of the walk and gave us the lee-way to take our time, enjoy the scenery and interact with the locals.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Via Francigena today is probably what the Camino was like 30 years ago. We only met two pilgrims. One at the Gr St Bernard hospice who was not walking to Rome, and a couple of cyclists in Sienna. We bundu-bashed our way through ploughed fields, tall rows of corn, over dry stone walls and waded through rivers where the bridges had fallen down. It was tough. It was hot - sometimes over 40oC in the shade. And, there was very little pilgrim accommodation - only two albergues which were not only for pilgrims.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow;">Day of Cultural Routes scheduled in Brussels</span></strong> <br />
Vice President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, promotes the Council of Europe Cultural Routes <br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow;">August 2010</span> </strong><br />
Journeying through the Way of St. Olav <br />
A journey of pilgrimage in northern Europe, including Norway, Sweden and Denmark <br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow;">August 3, 2010</span></strong> <br />
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26/08/2010 Canterbury and km zero ViaFrancigena <br />
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Pending the official presentation of ViaFrancigena at the European Commission within the day devoted to other Council of Europe Cultural Routes, the ancient path of Sigeric is attracting millions of pilgrims and enthusiasts who have walked this summer - and are still walking - along the Via Francigena. </div>
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There has been an increase in the numbers of those starting in the English city of Canterbury, in the heart of Kent, which starts in front of the magnificent cathedral the stone indicating the kilometer zero of the route. The English section that accompanies the pilgrims to the dramatic cliffs of Dover, where you can sail to the French city of Calais, has finally been fitted with new signs by the Kent County Council. Twenty-eight km route attractive to combine art, history and nature. </div>
This newsletter offers some phtographs of the English course, A whole new signage for the ViaFrancigena English <br />
New signs were placed at the beginning of July <br />
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<strong><span style="color: cyan;">Event</span> </strong>- Fidenza From Rome <br />
40 pilgrims on their way : Those who wish can join the group for short distance<br />
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<strong><span style="color: cyan;">Event </span></strong>- the Great St. Bernard in Pont-Saint-Martin : Discovering ViaFrancigena Aosta Valley <br />
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<strong><span style="color: cyan;">Event</span> </strong>- Santiago de Compostela and Le-Puy-En-Velay : Formal closure of the relay International Europe-Compostela 2010 : The event will take place on 18 and 25 September 2010 the first in Santiago de Compostela and then to Le-Puy-En-Velay <br />
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See photos of the consecration of the altar dedicated to Saint Anselm <br />
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, blesses the new altar in the Chapel of Sant'Alselmo in Canterbury Cathedral , with the Rev. Jonathan Goodall and Bishop Giuseppe Anfossi of Aosta bishop .<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-26742568831507079962010-08-18T21:23:00.075+02:002010-08-19T11:03:34.182+02:00Great up-date and comments on the waymarking and signage along the VF<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br />
<strong><em></em></strong> <strong><em>Copied with permission of Dave Whitson, leader of a group of students on the VF</em></strong> <strong>from Montreux to Montjovet and Fidenza to Roma</strong>, <strong><em>and Paul Chinn, co-author of the <a href="http://www.pilgrimagepublications.com/LightFoot%20Guides%20to%20the%20VF%202010.htm">Lightfoot Guides to the Via Francigena</a></em></strong><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Vol. One Canterbury to Besançon</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Vol. Two Besançon to Vercelli</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Vol. Three Vercelli to Rome</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong><em>Information provided in each section:</em></strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Instruction sheet/s comprising:</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Detailed directions corresponding to GPS way point numbers on the maps </strong></span><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Distance (in metres) between each way point </strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Verification Point - additional verification of current position </strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Compass direction </strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Maps comprising: </strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>A visual representation of the route with way point numbers and adjacent details </strong></span></div><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Altitude Profile for the section </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Icons indicating places to stay, monuments etc </strong></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzXQVPhmTI/AAAAAAAAFFI/xX97RnM1iFg/s1600/VF4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong></strong></span></a><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>Relevant signs to look out for along the route </strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #ead1dc;">Map reference number/s for the section.</span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzbKMlYhMI/AAAAAAAAFFU/vH1Fvts3ekM/s1600/VF4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzbKMlYhMI/AAAAAAAAFFU/vH1Fvts3ekM/s200/VF4.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>In this 2010 edition the authors continue to use the official route in Italy, as approved and signed by the Italian Minister of Culture, but also offer </strong></span><span style="color: #ead1dc;"><strong>dditional opportunities where it is too challenging for one or more groups. This density of information has increased the number of instruction sheets and the decision has been taken to transfer all cultural and historical information to the <a href="http://www.pilgrimagepublications.com/COMPANION.htm">Companion to the via Francigena</a>. </strong></span></div><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Dave Whitson</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzcLSzCT6I/AAAAAAAAFFg/fXIwtrx33Q4/s1600/80+Via+Francigena.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzcLSzCT6I/AAAAAAAAFFg/fXIwtrx33Q4/s200/80+Via+Francigena.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: yellow;">My group of 9 successfully completed our pilgrimage on the Via Francigena on August 4. We walked from Montreux to Montjovet, hopped on a train, and then continued walking from Fidenza to Rome. Having skimmed through emails on the list while I was gone, I realize I'm going a little against consensus when I write this, but I remain very positive and excited about waymarking on the VF. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">Now, the Lightfoot Guides remain critical, both for the occasional stretches when the WM dry up and for places where the authors' recommended route alternative is superior to the WM one. But, we typically felt very comfortable allowing our students to walk without a teacher-guide, leaving them to </span><span style="color: yellow;">find their way along the route.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">There are a handful of exceptions worth noting, though. I<strong><em>t's possible that these were addressed in the <a href="http://www.pilgrimagepublications.com/LightFoot%20Guides%20to%20the%20VF%202010.htm">2010 version of the Lightfoot Guide</a> - </em></strong> <strong><u>I'm still working out of the 2009 edition.</u></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzdJYdzYLI/AAAAAAAAFFo/KTFBssKaSdA/s1600/36.+Times+for+runners.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzdJYdzYLI/AAAAAAAAFFo/KTFBssKaSdA/s200/36.+Times+for+runners.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><strong>Paul Chinn (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.pilgrimagepublications.com/">Lightfoot Guides for the Via Francigena</a>)</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">On the general issue of signing the situation has greatly improved over the years, but there remain provinces, principally in areas of the north which you were lucky to skip, where the situation remains poor. </span></div><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">It seems that you have also encountered the issue of what I think of as the Tower of Babel of signing. The 2009 edition of the book generally follows the "official route" as defined by the Ministry of Culture. The ministry, via the communes intended to fully sign this route, however the work is incomplete, and many of the WM's that you describe relate to other/prior views of the route and can and do conflict with the "official route". Hence some of the angst we have expressed on the issue.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">1) On the walk from Villeneuve to St. Maurice, the book instructs you to stay on the canal at 37.14. WM guide you away from it, towards the small town of Chessel. I would follow the WM, as this is your last good chance at a fountain for a while.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><strong>Paul:</strong> It is often a tough call between distance and amenity. I think the WMs that you mention must lead to the Rhone and then rejoin our route a couple of waypoints further on. If this is the case it would add about 1500m to the section. Happy to add a comment on this to the next edition, do you recall the style of WM - we are well off the official/70 route at this point?</span></div><span style="color: yellow;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzeJ3g2d2I/AAAAAAAAFF4/Z1CxrTqkrIU/s1600/Martigny+to+Gr+St+B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzeJ3g2d2I/AAAAAAAAFF4/Z1CxrTqkrIU/s200/Martigny+to+Gr+St+B.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: yellow;">2) On the walk from Martigny to Orsieres, soon after Chamoille d'Orsieres, yellow arrows will lead you sharply downhill on a footpath, past a house on your right, eventually taking you to the</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">highway. Ignore these and stay on the flat, paved road. The approach to Orsieres is much more pleasant.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: Agree. The current edition sticks with the small road.</span></div><br />
<span style="color: yellow;">3) Our students were not pleased with the "official" route from Aosta to Chatillon. The assorted uphills seemed unnecessary and particularly frustrating given the toll the previous two days of walking had taken on their bodies. I would probably follow the authors' alternative in the future.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzgfBFsnsI/AAAAAAAAFGE/_da0C0N-vQ8/s1600/60.+That%27s+our+path+down+there.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzgfBFsnsI/AAAAAAAAFGE/_da0C0N-vQ8/s200/60.+That%27s+our+path+down+there.JPG" width="186" /></a></div><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: I am afraid this is an example of the challenges that face the route designer. The Ministry, I think, were very insistent on minimizing the amount of tarmac used - perhaps an over simplification of safety concerns. The official route then searches for pathways. In general these are not new paths but ones used by day walkers that are out for a short burst of vigorous exercise, but that also go in the right general direction. We have been lobbying, so far with no great impact, that the official route should reflect the specific needs of the (very) long distance pilgrim - so we come back to having to respect the "official route" but offer alternates.</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">This situation also applies between the Cisa pass and Pontremoli and around Massa where CAI paths have been subsumed into the VF</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzhcnzhOfI/AAAAAAAAFGM/jr7usMIqPa0/s1600/VF+2006+033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzhcnzhOfI/AAAAAAAAFGM/jr7usMIqPa0/s200/VF+2006+033.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: yellow;">4) On the walk from Chatillon to Montjovet, take note on 42.045 the point about ignoring the turn to the R. Insistent yellow arrows will try to convince you to turn R downhill. This route just buys you a</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">lot of highway walking. Stick with the book.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: I think this might be an example of the Tower of Babel of signing.</span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">5) Last time, I wrote that the Felegara area had no WM. It is now fully waymarked.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: The province of Parma have done a great job in signing. However, in Fornovo it seems that their job was too good. The pretty metal signs with the pilgrim have now become souvenirs - we have photos that show the existence of signs 2 years ago where there are no signs now and even a photo of a bracket minus its sign. There is a nice piece of research to be done here on the optimum capital cost/aesthetic/frequency/maintenance interval for signs - I am from the school in favour of cheap,easily maintained, vandal proof(ish), but frequent painted signs. Unfortunately I suspect the ministry would not wish to be associated with graffiti. </span></div><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Very interestingly the VF route from Montgenevre to Vercelli is generally excellently signed with the painted yellow pilgrim and yellow/white arrows while the many CAI and Italian walking association routes also successfully follow this convention.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzipqStpNI/AAAAAAAAFGY/FkxqPacwzJ0/s1600/148.+1040m+Pass.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzipqStpNI/AAAAAAAAFGY/FkxqPacwzJ0/s200/148.+1040m+Pass.JPG" width="186" /></a></div><span style="color: yellow;">6) IMPORTANT - A shiny new WM has been added on the walk from Berceto to Cisa Pass, encouraging you to turn R off the route towards a hostel. This is one place where our students erred and I can easily understand. Without a careful look and knowledge of the route, I would believe the official route went that way. I'm not happy about this marker.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: It does say Ostello on the sign, but it is (shades of the Camino) remarkably like an official route sign. I will try and strengthen the words of warning in the book.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzplDakrGI/AAAAAAAAFG8/78CMU23BN-Y/s1600/190.+Tree+sticker.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzplDakrGI/AAAAAAAAFG8/78CMU23BN-Y/s200/190.+Tree+sticker.JPG" width="150" /></a><span style="color: yellow;">7) The walk from Pietrasanta to Lucca involves some stretches badly overgrown with blackberry / sticker bushes. In particular, right after 59.007 and just before Montemagno are really, really bad.On </span><span style="color: yellow;">the latter, I would just follow the road.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: 59.037? I know that thicket well. Despite having dragged a bike through it and ripped my shins, there were signs of some extra efforts to cut it back and so I had preferred it to the risk of the busy road. I gather that it must not have improved and so will note and offer the road with safety caveats.</span></div><br />
<span style="color: yellow;">8) The WM continue to disagree with the book on the walk from Siena to Isola d'Arbia, turning L instead of R at 64.014</span> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzqVaFbQyI/AAAAAAAAFHE/ipyAObutR5U/s1600/178.+The+Vf+won%27t+be+forgotten+in+Galleno.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzqVaFbQyI/AAAAAAAAFHE/ipyAObutR5U/s200/178.+The+Vf+won%27t+be+forgotten+in+Galleno.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="color: yellow;">(the WM route goes through Isola d'Arbia while the book's route bypasses it), from Bagno Vignoni to Gallina (the WM lead you past a spa, along a gravel road, and eventually deposit you on the Via Cassia, leading you through Gallina, which the book bypasses), and from Ponte a Rigo to Acquapendente (the book calls for you to turn R on the Via Cassia, while many insistent WM call for a L) </span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzs1H1zAZI/AAAAAAAAFHs/0lNn98fCpQE/s1600/250.+Low+visibility+to+Aquapendente.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzs1H1zAZI/AAAAAAAAFHs/0lNn98fCpQE/s320/250.+Low+visibility+to+Aquapendente.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: yellow;"></span> <span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: The book route is/was signed with the fancy new ministry signs. The prior route through Isola d'Arbia (where there is a nice watering hole) also involved the crossing of a muddy maize field of which I have other fond memories with the bike. Did you take the book route? Of course no one has taken responsibility to remove the old signs. </span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">On the route through Gallina this is a similar story, but I would argue strongly for keeping away from the via Cassia.</span> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Ponte a Rigo to Aquapendente ditto.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: yellow;">9) The WM have changed slightly on the walk from Acquapendente to San Lorenzo, pulling you back to the Via Cassia a little sooner than they used to. The WM from San Lorenzo to Bolsena were unreliable in places. Fortunately, that lake serves as a handy navigational aid.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: The book route, after leaving San Lorenzo, involves just 150m of the Cassia - did you follow the book here?</span></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzuqeb6GpI/AAAAAAAAFH4/gWuivyjrYdM/s1600/271.+Battered+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzuqeb6GpI/AAAAAAAAFH4/gWuivyjrYdM/s200/271.+Battered+sign.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><span style="color: yellow;">10) I have now twice tried and failed to find the Strada Sasso San Pellegrino called for on 70.027 on the walk from Viterbo to Vetralla. I've looked really diligently. I find it hard to believe, at this point, that the street exists. Instead, we followed the WM along the Cassia for probably 2km (maybe more) before WM took us L off of the Cassia shortly before arriving in Vetralla.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: Our error the instruction is not clear - there is a bridge over the via Cassia before you take the ramp down to meet the road proper. You need to take the bridge to find Strada Sasso San Pellegrino on the far side. We will put this right in the 2011 edition.</span></span><span style="color: yellow;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">11) The book instructs you to turn L on Via Dante before entering Monterosi, just missing all facilities in town - and getting an ugly walk out of the deal. Instead, walk straight into the center of town. At the central piazza, you'll find WM calling for a L. Proceed along that road, over a bridge, and eventually onto the highway. Very soon after, you'll fork left off of it. Again, soon after, you'll hit an inter-section with WM pointing you both L and straight ahead. Turn L. You'll be on a white road, the same one that the book instructs you to turn L onto at 71.030</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: This stretch of the highway/via Cassia for me is one of the most dangerous parts of the entire journey . We have stuck with the official route to give it the widest possible berth.</span> </span><span style="color: yellow;"></span> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzyVPRn93I/AAAAAAAAFIE/KrJ_yZ--8Mk/s1600/Vatican+keys+295.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TGzyVPRn93I/AAAAAAAAFIE/KrJ_yZ--8Mk/s200/Vatican+keys+295.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><span style="color: yellow;">12) IMPORTANT - 71.031 is one of the most important route choices on the walk. WM will instruct you to turn L onto the paved road. This will result in you spending most of the rest of your walk to Campagnano on pavement and often on highway. Ignore these and follow the book, continuing straight on the dirt road. Eventually, WM will start up again. I can't understand why they don't have one at this</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">pivotal moment.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: Agreed</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">13) IMPORTANT - They have, for some unknown and bizarre reason, to add a shiny new WM in the Madonna del Sorbo park, instructing you to turn R off of the dirt road and walk through the park. I followed this last year. It was a near disaster. Maybe they've developed the route and it's nicer now, but it was a total fiasco 9 months ago. This is one of those frustrating VF spots where one group seems to have decided that they know better than everyone else and so they inserted a definitive WM, instead of indicating that both options are possible. Follow the book and continue straight. WM will resume in 100m.</span> </div><br />
<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: As you know we have battling to try and get some rationalization of the signing</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">14) IMPORTANT AGAIN - Sorry for three straight importants, but there's a lot going on along these final stretches! A new VF route was just opened in Formello and it's really nice! As you arrive on the edge of town, follow the old VF sign along the steeply descending road into town. Shiny new WM will lead you into the historic center and then out the other side. Purpose-built gravel roads follow, eventually transitioning onto dirt roads. It's a great walk, really pleasant scenery, and it eventually reconnects with the old route at Via Monte Michele. I enthusiastically encourage you to follow this instead of the older approach. </span><br />
<span style="color: yellow;">More than anything, I was struck this time by the incredible level of hospitality offered in many of the stops along the way. My greatest concern with taking my students on the VF instead of the Camino is that they won't get the full sense of the pilgrimage experience with so many fewer pilgrims in Italy. Certainly, we missed the pilgrim community. But, the upshot of a more intimate route is that the level of hospitality offered can potentially be much higher and that it can be much more deeply personal, especially in Tuscany and Lazio. In Altopascio, the mayor actually welcomed us and asked to have his</span> <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">picture taken with us. In Monteriggioni, Siena, Radicofani, Campagnano, and Rome pilgrim dinners (and sometimes breakfasts) were prepared by the hospitaleros or the community. When our hosts in</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;">Siena and Bolsena learned we were leaving early in the morning, they stayed up and prepared sack breakfasts for the kids. Even in places where the accommodations were very simple, the priests or nuns were often very enthusiastic to have us, extracting all of the conversation they could out of our limited Italian. </span><span style="color: yellow;">On the Camino, quite often the popularity prompts the need for streamlining and efficiency in the </span><span style="color: yellow;">albergues. On the VF, we were really touched by just how welcomed we were made to feel.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul: Thanks for this. The new route was inaugurated at the end of July and we have written to the municipality for more detail on its routing. If anyone has a GPS trace of this section we would be very grateful to receive it. </span></div><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">I think you have the sense of the VF experience just about right - for us the engagement with the communities en route has been the great joy of the route.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Paul Chinn and Babette Gallard - <a href="http://www.pilgrimagepublications.com/">http://www.pilgrimagepublications.com/</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TF75F0r88oI/AAAAAAAAE7g/Wtia1ro5tzI/s1600/Santiago+to+Rome.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/TF75F0r88oI/AAAAAAAAE7g/Wtia1ro5tzI/s320/Santiago+to+Rome.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have added a new post on walking from Santiago de Compostela to Rome </div><div style="text-align: center;">on my Amawalker blog. You can find it here:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong>Newsletter for travelers of leisurely walking and cycling</strong><br />
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<strong><em>Technology , "tells you "the path</em></strong><br />
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Travel continues to be part of this summer's slow movement, after the conclusion of the Franco Way two very interesting trips are starting: the first group will walk along an unpublished route between Rome and Assisi , while a second will be on the classic cycling routes - the Road to Santiago .<br />
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Again follow the daily adventures of travelers who detect the route with GPS, to make it available to Visitors to our site.<br />
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If technology fascinates you and you’d like to try the latest in the field of media guides, do not miss a visit to Introd, in Valle d' Aosta. Visiting the interesting ecomuseum Maison Bruil run Fondation Grand Paradis, you can borrow one of the iPhone GPS guides that will guide you to discover five splendid walks to the gate of the Grand Paradiso National Park . Also you can use the iPhone to "read "the landscape thanks to a software "augmented reality " iPhone display , indicating the names of the mountains and villages at which it is pointed .<br />
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<strong>Géoguide Grand Paradis: </strong><a href="http://www.grandparadis.movimentolento.it/it/page/geoguide/">http://www.grandparadis.movimentolento.it/it/page/geoguide/</a><br />
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<strong>Augmented Reality iPhone: </strong><a href="http://www.grandparadis.movimentolento.it/it/page/realtaumentata/">http://www.grandparadis.movimentolento.it/it/page/realtaumentata/</a><br />
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<strong><em>Travel Diaries</em></strong><br />
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<strong>Occitan quits the ring of " Lou Tsamin Francoprovensal "</strong><br />
After about a month's journey through the paths of the Western Alps "Lou Tsamin Francoprovensal " is back in Susa closing his circle - Piedmont, Savoy , Upper Savoy, Swiss Valais , Valle d' Aosta. A path of 500 kilometers to discover the genius loci of a territory which in centuries has shaped the spirit of Franco culture. Retrace the stages of the great expedition here:<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/chambra-doc-lou-tsamin-francoprovensal/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/chambra-doc-lou-tsamin-francoprovensal/</a><br />
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<strong>A new route: "The Way of the Angels "</strong><br />
Put on your boots in St. Peter's Square and start the country roads and paths to discover 500 km of Italy 'Child ', see where pilgrims with the backpack has not yet become familiar. From Rome to Assisi along the sites of origins of Christianity. In his diary Mario Fazion will tell us about his steps along a fascinating historical and cultural journey .<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/il-cammino-degli-angeli/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/il-cammino-degli-angeli/</a><br />
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<strong>The Pilgrimage by bike</strong><br />
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Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela by Mountain Bike. Two Tuscan youths with a passion for travel by bike and interest in the ancient pilgrim paths, we raconter with video and photos illustrating their adventure. As usual post tracks GPS route.<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/pedalando-lungo-il-cammino-di-santiago/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/pedalando-lungo-il-cammino-di-santiago/</a><br />
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<strong>Thoughts of pilgrims along the Via Francigena</strong><br />
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Continuing the diary Cristina from Canterbury to start July on the way between the hills and vineyards of France, and through her stories makes us live "her" ViaFrancigena . 27 days of travel pages of her diary have been enriched with images and traces: GPS download. Continue to follow the footsteps of Christina in her long journey.<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/cristina-menghi-francigena-high-tech/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/trip/cristina-menghi-francigena-high-tech/</a><br />
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<strong><em>Other news</em></strong><br />
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<strong>Corsica is a pure joy !</strong><br />
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A fascinating trek into the wilderness of the Park of Corsica. From August 9 to 20 a route on High Road in Corsica, the famous GR20, with Gianotti accompanying groups of 25 in Corsica years.<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/la-corsica-e-pura-gioia/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/la-corsica-e-pura-gioia/</a><br />
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<strong>Pianotrip - the ecological piano on two wheels</strong><br />
A young French couple (she is 25 years and a pianist, he is 24 years and a photographer) travel Europe with two bikes and an upright piano of 200kg for towing. Their goal? To launch an ecological message through language of universal music.<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/pianotrip-un-pianoforte-che-viaggia-su-due-ruote/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/pianotrip-un-pianoforte-che-viaggia-su-due-ruote/</a><br />
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<strong>Lepontika - the great trek in the Alps Lepontine</strong><br />
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And, from the top of the first edition of Mottarone Lepontika the great hiking in 19 stages connecting the two most beautiful views of the Alps; Mottarone Rigi south and north .<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/lepontika-il-grande-trekking-lepontino/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/lepontika-il-grande-trekking-lepontino/</a><br />
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<strong>Ciclopoetica - the magic ride on the banks of the Po</strong><br />
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The festival begins on August 2 travelling along the route of the River Po, across Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna and Veneto, combining Cycling and poetry. The meetings and lectures are open to everyone who wishes to participate.<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/ciclopoetica2010-la-poesia-delle-due-ruote/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/ciclopoetica2010-la-poesia-delle-due-ruote/</a><br />
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<strong>Walking in the legends</strong><br />
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Many initiatives among the Dolomites, UNESCO historical, nature trails and guided along the paths of legend. Summer 2010 Dolomites is full of proposals for walkers of all ages.<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/camminare-nelle-leggende/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/news/camminare-nelle-leggende/</a><br />
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<strong><em>The blog</em></strong><br />
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<strong>One year of rivers ,</strong> Richard Carnovalini<br />
After crossing the Apennines my new goal was simple living several months in close contact with Italian rivers that the most interesting ...<br />
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<strong>Before the summit</strong>, Roberta Ferraris<br />
When summer flushed the plains is the only appropriate time to climbing at high altitude. In July, the anticyclone of the Azores with his place you can cross ...<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/RobertaFerraris/prima-della-vetta-di-r-ferraris/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/RobertaFerraris/prima-della-vetta-di-r-ferraris/</a><br />
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<strong>New thoughts travellers</strong>, G. Bonazzi<br />
Acrostics, thoughts and reflections on walking investigating so ever trivial relationship between the art of walking and modern society in which we find ourselves ...<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/GianlucaBonazzi/pensieri-viandanti-di-g-bonazzi/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/GianlucaBonazzi/pensieri-viandanti-di-g-bonazzi/</a><br />
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<strong>The engine begins to slow</strong>, Nicola Comazzetto<br />
Begin by telling the blog of the slow movement the "Mythical Northeast" that did not exactly slow imaginary connotations Collective...<br />
<a href="http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/NicolaComazzetto/la-locomotiva-comincia-rallentare-di-n-comazzetto/">http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/blog/NicolaComazzetto/la-locomotiva-comincia-rallentare-di-n-comazzetto/</a><br />
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Part Trois – If it’s Monday, it’s closed<br />
<a href="http://tapascoe.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/part-trois-if-its-monday-its-closed/">http://tapascoe.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/part-trois-if-its-monday-its-closed/</a><br />
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Oz Pilgrim<br />
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<a href="http://stepstorome.blogspot.com/2010/07/polish-ballroom-dancer.html">http://stepstorome.blogspot.com/2010/07/polish-ballroom-dancer.html</a><br />
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Cathy’s blog<br />
<a href="http://www.ballofdirt.com/entries/22361/296339.html">http://www.ballofdirt.com/entries/22361/296339.html</a><br />
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girolamo777<br />
<a href="http://jeromesitaly.blogspot.com/2010/07/la-via-francigena-or-robbers-and.html">http://jeromesitaly.blogspot.com/2010/07/la-via-francigena-or-robbers-and.html</a><br />
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New Book<br />
<a href="http://littlegreentracs.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/07/index.html">http://littlegreentracs.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/07/index.html</a><br />
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Confraternity of Pilgrims to Jerusalem<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-45606080870895276892010-03-08T09:10:00.000+02:002010-03-08T09:10:11.722+02:00CYCLING THE VIA FRANCIGENAI came across this great website where you can download the cycle route from London to Rome and Brindisi (EV 5) - part of EuroVelo.<br />
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<a href="http://www.routeyou.com/route/view/197145/cycling-route-via-romea-francigena-ev5.en">http://www.routeyou.com/route/view/197145/cycling-route-via-romea-francigena-ev5.en</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.ecf.com/14_1">EuroVelo</a> is the European cycle route network, a project of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF).<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-2166338984832338802010-01-24T20:31:00.004+02:002010-02-04T17:34:26.957+02:00Lightfoot Guides to the Via FrancigenaWhen we walked the Via Francigena in 2006 there were no guide books in English. <br />
I bought an Italian guide book and also downloaded daily stages from the AEVF website - which we translated into English using Google translate. The result was sometimes so cryptic that it wasn't until we actually in the locality that we could work out which way to go. <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/S1ySKy6s1PI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/16laegV46uI/s1600-h/Lightfood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" mt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/S1ySKy6s1PI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/16laegV46uI/s200/Lightfood.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The AIVF had a short list of places to stay but no email addresses so I spent hours, weeks, trying to find accommodation along the way.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pilgrims to Rome have it easier today since Babette Gallard and Paul Chinn started publishing their <a href="http://www.pilgrimagepublications.com/via_francigena1.htm">Lightfoot guides</a> to walking, cycling (or going on horseback) on the Via Francigena. These books form part of a three volume guide for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders travelling the via Francigena.</div><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/S1yT0TOsYaI/AAAAAAAAD90/hcCvQp9z_pQ/s1600-h/Lightfoot+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" mt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/S1yT0TOsYaI/AAAAAAAAD90/hcCvQp9z_pQ/s200/Lightfoot+2.jpg" width="127" /></a></div>Vol. One Canterbury to Besançon</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Vol. Two Besançon to Vercelli</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Vol. Three Vercelli to Rome</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Vol Two covers 453 km from Besançon - the Capital of Franche-Comte - to Vercelli and the intersection with the Road from Santiago. <br />
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Vol Three covers 863 kilometres from Vercelli at the intersection with the Road from Santiago to Saint Peter's. <br />
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NB: Update from the editors:<br />
"The route has been updated to take into account a number of modifications, and the guides themselves have been stripped down to instructions and route information, with a great deal more detailed historical and cultural information available in a new publication - Companion to the via Francigena. I would advise people who do not need the guides immediately to wait until the 2010 editions are out in March."<br />
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</div>Another resource for accommodation in English, is the AEVF list - HOSPITALITY ALONG VIA FRANCIGENA - which can be downloaded from the Cultural Routes of Europe website or from:<br />
<a href="http://www.viefrancigene.eu/default.asp?s=5&o=6889&c=0">http://www.viefrancigene.eu/default.asp?s=5&o=6889&c=0</a><br />
(The link to the pdf file is on the right.)<br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-46844048959973432062010-01-10T21:43:00.000+02:002010-01-10T21:43:44.390+02:00"On the streets of Peace"I received this link from a French pilgrim who walked the journey of St. Francis "On the streets of Peace" <br />
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Florence - Assisi - Rome <br />
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"I finally finished the descriptions of the stages of my pilgrimage, with more than 200 photos." <br />
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<a href="http://www.randoalp.com/rome2009/cammino_di_san_francesco.html">http://www.randoalp.com/rome2009/cammino_di_san_francesco.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"></SCRIPT>
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-83666667377191840672010-01-06T09:53:00.000+02:002010-01-06T09:53:46.434+02:00National Geographic Photos of the VFAntonio Politano - http://www.antoniopolitano.com - provides links to his photogallery - with 60 images - on Via Francigena and 16 pages on National Geographic Italy:<br />
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http://www.antoniopolitano.com/galleryfrancigena60.htm<br />
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http://www.antoniopolitano.com/files/media_files/ng/ngi.htm<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Posted on the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/via-francigena/message/2041 by Neville Tencer</span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"></SCRIPT>
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</div><a href="http://www.backwardsfrancigena.wordpress.com/">http://www.backwardsfrancigena.wordpress.com/</a> <br />
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Read Paolo's blog as he walks from his home near Rome to his girlfriend at Cambridge along the Via Francigena. He even has an upside down photo of the route as his blog header!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"></SCRIPT>
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-65542580920335966402009-12-09T18:17:00.000+02:002009-12-09T18:17:22.410+02:00Via Francigena pdf. free downloadsGoogle is doing some amazing stuff!<br />
An alert landed in my gmail today with a link to this website where you can download dozens of pdf. files - brochures, articles and even a few books - on the Via Francigena. There are 8 pages fo downloads, each with about 8 pdf. files.<br />
<a href="http://www.osun.org/francigena-pdf.html">http://www.osun.org/francigena-pdf.html</a><br />
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And then there are the Power Point downloads on the same website (about 20 files - some are organisationa presentations)<br />
<a href="http://www.osun.org/francigena-ppt.html">http://www.osun.org/francigena-ppt.html</a><br />
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And, about 64 documents - <a href="http://www.osun.org/francigena-doc.html">http://www.osun.org/francigena-doc.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"></SCRIPT>
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-30233344995754704342009-12-09T10:29:00.003+02:002009-12-09T10:38:34.431+02:00Francesco cares for pilgrims in Pavia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/Sx9hGKQUEgI/AAAAAAAADy0/ZNt-oBeYyXQ/s1600-h/VF+Pavia+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/Sx9hGKQUEgI/AAAAAAAADy0/ZNt-oBeYyXQ/s320/VF+Pavia+3.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/Sx9frUssCII/AAAAAAAADyo/gx2-MNSHj9E/s1600-h/VF+Pavia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kBgjQo6Ymps/Sx9frUssCII/AAAAAAAADyo/gx2-MNSHj9E/s320/VF+Pavia.jpg" /></a><br />
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I had a email from Francesco Grosso who says that she cares for The Way and for the pilgrims in Nicorvo province of Pavia. So, if you are walking that way, do contact her.<br />
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ciao,<br />
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abito sulla via francigena a Nicorvo provincia di Pavia e come volontaria mi occupo della Via e dei pellegrini.<br />
ti invio alcune foto da inserire sul sito.<br />
se vuoi dare info su di me a futuri pellegrini, francesca.groso@guidafrancigena.it<br />
grazie !!<br />
Francesca Grosso<br />
uff. 0321/668526<br />
fax 0321/668536<br />
mobile 313/8083303<br />
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for info on the hospitality and / or other tract Robbi-Nicorvo please contact me at this email address or cell numbers below. <br />
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Francesca Grosso <br />
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Via Roma 16 <br />
27020th Nicorvo (PV) <br />
Tel 0384 524024 Cell 338 3785706 <br />
No.: 0321 668526 Cell 313 8083303 <br />
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fra.grosso @ rfi.it <br />
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</div>Silhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27985388.post-55214443003459253002009-11-30T20:53:00.000+02:002009-11-30T20:53:33.983+02:00Via Francigena in the SouthPictures and text from: <a href="http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it">http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/map">http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/map</a> <br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Go on a virtual journey</span> along the roads of the South Francigene: the ancient ways and modern walking routes, the most interesting attractions, the most beautiful images can be easily located on the interactive map. Simultaneously activating the various channels you can correlate different geographic resources: for example, the attractions closer to the route you want to walk.<br />
The ancient streets have been revisited by local associations to develop modern walks and cycling. <strong><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: lime;">Download road book</span>.</span></strong> Ancient Ways, Paths of pilgrimage, Guide to the routes and road book.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: lime;">Also, download "Rome-Jerusalem.</span></strong> Along the streets of South Francigene" in two pdf files.<br />
<a href="http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/page/romagerusalemme_lungo_le_vie_francigene_del_sud">http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/page/romagerusalemme_lungo_le_vie_francigene_del_sud</a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Create your own guide:</span> <br />
<a href="http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/guida">http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/guida</a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Historical Centres, monasteries, monuments etc</span><br />
<a href="http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/luogo">http://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/it/luogo</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" SRC="http://www.brainyquote.com/link/quotebr.js"></SCRIPT>
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