Steffan
New Member
Hello,
I just rather spontaneously booked a train ticket from Wuppertal (Germany), where I will be visiting family, to Geneva, hoping to walk towards Le-Puy.
I will arrive in Geneva on Wednesday morning the 29th of August, which probably means that i will stay in Geneva until Thursday morning 30.9.
I probably won't be able to make the entire walk, as I have to be back in London for work on the 14th of September.
I have already seen in other posts, that the via gebennensis isn't really part of the chemin de St. Jackques, and hence I should create my own camino passport. If I do so, who would provide me with the stamps? The local parish? Are they used to giving way stamps to St. Jacques pilgrims?
Also, what kind of accommodations do I have to calculate for my budget? I assume there won't be pilgrim hostels along that way, or are there?
I also found the following schedule on caminoways.com, does anybody have experience with the suggested sections:
Geneva
1 Col du Mont Sion 20km
2 Chaumont 19km
3 Motz 19km
4 St-Pierre-de-Curtille 21km
5 Yenne 18km
6 St Genix-sur-Guiers 23km
7 Valencogne 22km
8 Le Grand Lemps 19km
9 Ornacieux 20km
10 Bellegarde-Poussieu 26km
11 St Clair-du-Rhône 19km
12 St Julien-Molin-Molette 23km
13 Les Sétoux 24km
14 Montfaucon 17km
15 St Jeures 18km
16 St Pierre-Eynac 17km
17 Le Puy-en-Velay
As realistically I only have 14 walking days until the 12.9., I need to either skip certain legs by bus or taxi, or cut the journey short.
Could anybody suggest how I would best arrange this?
For example if anybody has walked this way, are there any particular sections worth skipping rather than others?
I am not even yet sure from which airport to travel back home to London from? I guess Lyon will be my best bet....
I am getting a little bit cold feet now, after I realise, that the Jacobsweg may be less organised than other camimo's, and I wonder if I should better, cancel the train ticket and go to Toulouse instead and walk from there to Lourdes. But then the uncertainty of starting from Geneva charms me.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Steffan
I just rather spontaneously booked a train ticket from Wuppertal (Germany), where I will be visiting family, to Geneva, hoping to walk towards Le-Puy.
I will arrive in Geneva on Wednesday morning the 29th of August, which probably means that i will stay in Geneva until Thursday morning 30.9.
I probably won't be able to make the entire walk, as I have to be back in London for work on the 14th of September.
I have already seen in other posts, that the via gebennensis isn't really part of the chemin de St. Jackques, and hence I should create my own camino passport. If I do so, who would provide me with the stamps? The local parish? Are they used to giving way stamps to St. Jacques pilgrims?
Also, what kind of accommodations do I have to calculate for my budget? I assume there won't be pilgrim hostels along that way, or are there?
I also found the following schedule on caminoways.com, does anybody have experience with the suggested sections:
Geneva
1 Col du Mont Sion 20km
2 Chaumont 19km
3 Motz 19km
4 St-Pierre-de-Curtille 21km
5 Yenne 18km
6 St Genix-sur-Guiers 23km
7 Valencogne 22km
8 Le Grand Lemps 19km
9 Ornacieux 20km
10 Bellegarde-Poussieu 26km
11 St Clair-du-Rhône 19km
12 St Julien-Molin-Molette 23km
13 Les Sétoux 24km
14 Montfaucon 17km
15 St Jeures 18km
16 St Pierre-Eynac 17km
17 Le Puy-en-Velay
As realistically I only have 14 walking days until the 12.9., I need to either skip certain legs by bus or taxi, or cut the journey short.
Could anybody suggest how I would best arrange this?
For example if anybody has walked this way, are there any particular sections worth skipping rather than others?
I am not even yet sure from which airport to travel back home to London from? I guess Lyon will be my best bet....
I am getting a little bit cold feet now, after I realise, that the Jacobsweg may be less organised than other camimo's, and I wonder if I should better, cancel the train ticket and go to Toulouse instead and walk from there to Lourdes. But then the uncertainty of starting from Geneva charms me.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Steffan