sun illuminating mossy branches. on our last day in france we headed out to find the voie verte des hautes-vosges , a hiking trail that is based on two former railway tracks. it's currently about 53 kilometers long, and still not finished, as the planners want to turn it into a circuit eventually, beginning and ending in bussang. the trail links various vosgiennes cities and villages with each other, creating a network that unites them all. it basically leads through the valleys of the rivers moselle & moselotte , which both have their sources in the region. we embarked on the trail in fresse-sur-moselle , which is a few kilometers away from ramonchamp, the twin city of my hometown. naturally this means that ramonchamp is also part of the green lane, but we decided against heading into that direction and voted for a 9 km hike towards the starting point, bussang. we also headed back those 9 km eventually, and let me tell you, we knew by the end of the day what we mana...
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