The GR5 - The Vosges and the Alsace
August 21st 2009 This blog covers another or fortnight or so, this time spent in the Vosges - a range of mountains running north to south for about 150 miles. To the east is the Alsace, a flat plane that borders Germany and which retains a strong German influence, where the GR5 would often leave the mountains to find lodgings for the night.
I thought it would be best to start with a description of the typical
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