The 2nd week

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20th March 2009 in Fribourg/Berne

On the March 17th I finally reached Berne and stayed there one day, that is, I stayed in a village called Zäziwil because, for the parliament's spring session no hotel rooms were available in Berne. The hotel I in Zäziwil is called Unique Hotel Appenberg and is just wonderful. As I had never really been in Berne I made a tourist excursion on March 18 and that was a really wonderful day. I walked through the old town and just relaxed.
The next day I took off at 10am with the aim to reach Fribourg at around 7pm. Unfortunately, the blisters on my feet which started forming on the 17th became so bad that I had to stop the walk at around 4pm and take the train to Fribourg.
So there I am looking at places and taking care of my feet. Over night it has become a lot better and I think I can continue my journey tommorrow.

Actually, tomorrow will be the first day I will follow the official Camino de Santiago, because until now I had made up my own way. so I am very much looking forward for tomorrow.

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Photos

My first picture: Convent of Fahr
I guess you always have to celebrate the first picture on a long journey. This is supposed to be a famous convent but I didn't visit it but just walked by and took a picture.

The river Limmat before Dietlikon
The first day, the weather was cloudy, the backpack heavy and the road to Dietlikon along the river seemed endless

The Fairy Tale Forest between Bremgarten and Wohlen
I always mentioned this forest where the fog made the feeling still more eery.

Signs on the road?
All of a sudden there was this very strange piece of wood on the road which I took as a sign without knowing for what it could stand for ¦-D

Bus Stop !?!
Just 2 meters next to the Erdmannli-Stone there is the bus stop...

Just a strange house
Just after Villmergen, before I had to climb another hill there was this very entertaining house

Walking through a snowy landscape
After I had stayed 2 days in Boniswil due to the nasty weather I continued my journey through a wonderful winter landscape

Winter Wonderland
However beautiful it was, sometimes I walked throuhg 90 cm of snow

Which way?
a dayly challenge...

The village of restart
After a week of interruption I restarted my journey where I had stopped, in a place called Attelwil, between Schöftland and Sursee

The church of St. Urban
a few km before Langenthal

Between Langenthal and Burgdorf
there was this monument called the Erratic Rock