Dear
friends,
Welcome to
my blog! What you will find on this blog is essentially:
- the
itinerary I'll be following (press "My itinerary to Rome", on the
left column), and
- regular
updates that I'll publish along the way, hopefully with pictures.
A few words
on which route I'll be following. For the first part on my trip, I'll be
following (as much as possible!) the tracks of the ancient roman roads that
used to be the military breath of the Roman Empire. This is mostly the
Tongeren-Arlon road, and the Great Agrippan Highway linking Cologne to Lyon.
These roads are, to a certain extent, still in use today, though much of them
fell into disuse and are to be re-explored.
This will
lead my steps to Switzerland, where a new route awaits me: the Medieval Via
Francigena. The Francigena could be considered as the Roman equivalent to the
Camino Frances leading to Santiago de Compostella. Its route follows from time
to time several Roman roads (through the Great St Bernard Pass, the Via Emilia,
the Via Clodia), However, mostly it takes medieval tracks more suited to
religious and secure wanderers, crossing the Apennines and Tuscany. Only the
very last part of my trekking, the Roman Campania will be dedicated to the
ancient Via Cassia.
Please use the links in the left column to find out more about the various routes and their history!
Vincent
