Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps Nostalgic for a time before ubiquitous connectivity, a writer ditched his phone and relied instead on serendipity — and maps made by people he met along the way.
So perhaps the most difficult day was also the day I knew for sure that I would make it — that I’d find my way across Switzerland with nothing but the hand-drawn maps of strangers.
The map I’m using was drawn by Susana, a Portuguese woman who married into a local family and now runs a mountain refuge near the village of Grindelwald.
Days 9 and 10 43 miles, through the original heart of Switzerland and the turquoise lakes of the canton of Glarus.
This is the heart of Switzerland — the original cantons that formed the Old Swiss Confederacy, the precursor to the modern-day country.
Persons:
Chris, Rocher de Naye, Melanie, Col de Chaude, d’Oex, “, ”, I’ve, ” I’ve, Rudy, Nestor, Dora, haven’t, Sherlock Holmes, Susana, I’m, Simon, he’s, They’re, Kris, Andy Clark, we’ve, it’s, Peter, Andrea, won’t, Jon, you’re
Organizations:
Sparta —, Restaurant, Energy, Swiss Confederacy
Locations:
Switzerland, American, Lake Constance, Lake Geneva, Montreux, Caux, Europe, Col, Charlotte, Gstaad, Bernese, xenia, Lenk, Adelboden, Lake, Portuguese, Grindelwald, Meiringen, Engelberg —, Tasmania, Swiss, Danish, Glarus, Schwyz, Liechtenstein