{"id":2422,"date":"2024-06-03T16:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/passiontrekking.com\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2024-06-03T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:00:21","slug":"premiers-jours-en-france-voyagement-et-derniers-preparatifs-pour-lhexatrek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/passiontrekking.com\/en\/premiers-jours-en-france-voyagement-et-derniers-preparatifs-pour-lhexatrek\/","title":{"rendered":"First Days in France: Travel and Final Preparations for the HexaTrek"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two days of travelling by plane, train and bus, today I finally arrive in Wissembourg for the start of my long distance hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journey was long. I first took a flight from Montreal to Lyon, in order to arrive roughly halfway between the starting point and the finishing point of the hike Wissembourg and Hendaye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a five hour wait at the airport, I headed to my night bus, which ran from Lyon to Chalon sur Sa\u00f4ne and then on to Strasbourg. I had a bit of a scare during the stopover in Chalon sur Sa\u00f4ne, which lasted three hours in a small station with no security, from 8.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. I can tell you the wait felt long and stressful, with drunk people approaching me from time to time. Fortunately, I found a hotel close to the station and stayed in the hotel lobby until the very last minute so I would not have to remain alone in the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The famous Chalon-sur-Sa\u00f4ne railway station <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waiting near the hotel lobby, where I felt safer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After a full night on the bus with very little sleep, the bus finally arrived in Strasbourg at 4.40 in the morning, still in complete darkness. Thankfully, I met a Vietnamese traveller at the bus stop who knew Strasbourg very well. He decided to give me a guided tour of the city streets at five in the morning. It was a wonderful experience, as there were no tourists at that hour and he knew every corner of the city and its historical facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A short visit to Strasbourg at five in the morning through deserted streets <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I decided to spend one night in a small hotel on the outskirts of the city. After two nights without proper sleep, I really needed a good night\u2019s rest. I spent half a day visiting Strasbourg, a beautiful city, and then took care of a few final preparations: buying a SIM card, stocking up on four days\u2019 worth of food, and doing a final check of my hiking gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am now on my way to Wissembourg, where I will begin my trek around midday. I am very excited to start, despite the fact that the coming days are forecast to be very rainy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apr\u00e8s 2 jours de voyagement en avion, train et bus, c’est aujourd’hui que j’arrive finalement \u00e0 Wissembourg pour le d\u00e9part de ma grande randonn\u00e9e ! Le voyage a \u00e9t\u00e9 long. J’ai tout d’abord pris un avion de Montr\u00e9al vers Lyon afin de me rendre approximativement au milieu du point de d\u00e9part et d’arriv\u00e9e de la […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,36,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-etape-1","category-mon-hexatrek"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t