by Greg Masinton | Sep 30, 2022 | Via Francigena
This is my life I stand over the sink in the hotel bathroom, naked because everything I own is now dirty and in that sink, doing my best agitator impersonation with the handful of garments that are now soaking in the mix of hotel water and a few drops of our slowly...
by Greg Masinton | Sep 27, 2022 | Via Francigena
Woke up on the wrong side of the world today. Notes from a couple days ago… Checked weather and news to see more political chaos, seemingly endless war, social unrest, and continued financial turmoil. Then, one of us decided to watch a quick video on surviving a...
by Greg Masinton | Sep 19, 2022 | Via Francigena
Who knew it would be in Switzerland? Quick Via Francigena sit rep131 kilometers down (about 81 miles completed) 3901 meters up (about 12,800 feet of elevation gain) There is a calm that comes over me when I am in the mountains. High Alpine trekking is where and when I...
by Greg Masinton | Sep 16, 2022 | Via Francigena
We can easily take any nice hotel room and turn it into an absolute dirt-bag shit hole. There are clothes hanging everywhere trying to dry after being washed in the sink, backpack contents are strewn everywhere in a seemingly random yet perfectly planned chaos,...
by Greg Masinton | Sep 10, 2022 | Via Francigena
Well, we are on our way. The road to Rome has officially – unofficially started in Chamonix, France. Why Chamonix? Well, we are starting our official Via Francigena pilgrim walk in Lausanne, Switzerland, and we didn’t want to take the trip from Spain to Lausanne...