Day 4: Today was 11 miles and 1,000′ of climbing. Totals are 53 miles walked and 4,600′ climbed.
Okay, this is our fourth day on the trail in Switzerland. It’s just another day on the road … except the road looks like:
And like,
And …
And …
And …
It’s just crazy beautiful and we haven’t hit the mountains, yet. That starts tomorrow!
So, today we walked past a beautiful waterfall right along the trail.
Our guidebook noted that it is called, “Pissevache”. The guidebook also provides an English translation of that name. I’ll help the reader! “Vache” means “cow” in French. Now, “Pisse”, well, it means pretty much the same in French as it does in English. The reader can do the translation from here!
Water: These days have been rather hot. Drinking enough water while hiking is vital. Normally, we’ll carry 2 or 3 quarts each. That’s not needed here! Every small village, park, church, city hall, etc has one of these:
These are continuously flowing water displays. Sometimes, they look like lions or fish or statues, but they are everywhere. In Spain, and also in France and Italy, we never felt comfortable drinking this water. In Switzerland? This country has a reputation for precision … and the locals drink from these sources. That’s good enough for us! We haven’t lacked water at all on this journey!
Tomorrow is a climbing day so we’ll rest up tonight!
Until then,
Such beauty! Do you see anybody else hiking this trail? Now that you’re heading more into the wilderness, are there any little villages or stops along the way?
Hi Willow! It is beautiful! We’ve only met/seen one other hiker headed our way. We did see a woman backpacker headed the other direction today. Net, there’s not a lot of Pilgrim traffic …
There are villages ahead, but services become fewer until we cross over into Italy. With that in mind, we’ll be sure to stock up on snacks and stuff for the trail ahead.