via francigena 2o18

This summer, I walked 1,800 km of the Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome; through France, Switzerland, and in Italy, where I ended in Rome.  It was my first long-distance walk. I traveled solo from my home in the United States, and booked almost nothing before leaving except my one-way airfare from New York to London. I doubted every day if I would succeed to reach Rome and wrote these blogs in real time, one for every day of my journey. I hope some of the uncertainty and adventure was preserved in the process. These are the unedited entries. A complete list of the points on my trip - where I rested each night on the way to Rome - is here.

italy, july 12 - august 16

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v a t i c a n o
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- l a • s t o r t a
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- c a m p a g n a n o
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vi t e r b o - v e t r a l l a
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- v i t e r b o
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- m o n t e f i a s c o n e
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- l a k e • b o l s e n a
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- a c q u a p e n d e n t e
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- r a d i c o f a n i
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- s a n • q u i r i c o
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- p o n t e • d’ a r b i a
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- s i e n a
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- s a n • g i m i g n a n o
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- g a m b a s s i
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c a m a i o r e - l u c c a
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m a s s a - c a m a i o r e
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a u l l a - c a n i p a r o l a
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- v i l l a f r a n c a
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p o n t r e m o l i
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- s a n t a • c h r i s t i n a
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p a v i a - b e l g i o i o s o
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s t • v i n c e n t - v e r r è s
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c h a t i l l o n - s t • v i n c e n t
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a o s t a - c h a t i l l o n
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s t • r h e m y

switzerland, july 3 - july 12

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g r a n d • s t • b e r n a r d
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b o u r g • s t • p i e r r e
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m a r t i g n y - o r s i è r e s
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a i g l e - m a r t i g n y
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v i l l e n e u v e - a i g l e
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- m o u n t • p e l e r í n
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o r b e - l a u s a n n e

france, june 2 - july 2

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p o n t a r l i e r - j o u n g e
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g y - b e s a n ç o n
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l e f f o n d - d a m p i e r r e
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l a • l i e z - l e f f o n d
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l a n g r e s - l a • l i e z
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- l a n g r e s
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- c h â t e a u v i l l a i n
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b r i e n n e - l e - c h â t e a u • b a r - s u r - a u b e
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- b r i e n n e - l e - c h â t e a u
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s t • r e m y - o u t i n e s
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v i t r y - l e - f r a n ç o i s - s t. • r e m y • e n • b o u z e m e n t
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c h a l o n s - c h a u s s é e - s u r - m a r n e
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v e r z y - c h a l o n s
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r e i m s - v e r z y
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c o r b e n y - r e i m s
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l a o n - c o r b e n y
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t r e f c o n - s a i n t • q u e n t i n
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b a p a u m e - t r e f c o n
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a r r a s - b a p a u m e
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w i s q u e - a r r a s
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l i c q u e s - w i s q u e
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c a l a i s - w i s s a n t

england, june 2

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c a n t e r b u r y - c a l a i s