Every journey begins with a first step ...

Today's stage in the canton of Friborg leads us through largely agricultural areas, and also more or less follows the little stream “La Glâne”, which we will encounter several times during the course of the stage, most recently just before Friborg as a somewhat grown stream just before the mouth the Glâne into the Saane. After the descent from Romont we pass the Abbey of «La Fille Dieux», which is located directly on the pilgrimage route. If we identify ourselves to the sisters as pilgrims on the Jerusalem Way, we may be invited to a café, even if we have just returned from breakfast. Shortly after the abbey we will encounter the Glâne for the first time, here another trickle. Shortly afterwards we cross a valley cut, already a work of the young Glâne. There used to be a monastery in Posat. Today the “Restaurant de la Croix-d'Or” stands on the monastery foundation walls, and only the nearby chapel reminds of prehistory. After crossing a forest, we walk past the end of the runway of a small airfield, please bow your head when aircraft take off and land. It continues via Ecuvillens and Posieux. Later, at the site of the Agricole Institute of Grangeneuve, the short detour to the Cistercian Abbey of Hauterive (variant A) is worthwhile. Now we first hike a bit over fields and through forests, before a last treat awaits us at the beginning of the Friborg agglomeration, namely the Sainte Apolline chapel, which was first mentioned in 1147. This is also an opportunity to say goodbye to the Glâne. Through a few suburbs we then reach Friborg with its majestic cathedral.

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