Every morning, Nicolas Turon pays tribute to his department with a funny, tender and knowing text, in the form of a declaration of love for the Moselle. He chooses an emblem belonging to history or current events and treats it in an offbeat way.
66 kilometers on foot wears out, it wears out, 66 kilometers on foot wears out the shoes.
Born in 1981 (what an excellent vintage!), the now legendary popular walk linking Metz to Nancy started from the Moyen-Pont, in Metz, but also with a good intention, expressed as such: “in the regional historical context which has often seen a strong rivalry between Nancy and Metz, [nous voulons] bring these two Lorraine metropolises together by walking.” Realize, eight years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, we already wanted to bring down the antagonisms. Because what opposes Metz and Nancy is not simple rivalry, but a civilizational hiatus; there has been an iron curtain between the two towns, forever irreconcilable. For decades, when one veers to the right, the other veers to the left, and vice versa, enough to get seasick. Traveling from Maxéville to the regatta port of Metz is like going from the interior of France to the occupied zone, from the golden gates to the ramparts of Graoully. From Saint Clément to Stanislas.
Do you know what separates man from the wild beast? The Monsson hillock.
The light bulb supplier has been around for ages, then. The original idea came from Jean-Pierre Vial, but was quickly taken over by Dominique Gros and the “Metz-Nancy à la marche” association. Every May, the organizers throw out famous calves, pairs of guiboles, hellish croquenots and walking sticks on the local roads and towpaths of the left bank of the Moselle A Lorraine Santiago de Compostela, in which Stanislas’ madeleine replaces the shell. he step on the back of the sole; whoever wants to travel far takes care of his pair of Koflach The route is so long that it resembles a station of the cross – even if you follow a yellow line – and the names of the towns. are told in front of the penitent like a rosary: Pompey, Saizerais, Dieulouard, Jezainville, Montauville, Norroy, Pagny, Novéant, Dornot, Ancy, Montigny… The only comfort for the walkers: they pass through Dornot, the most beautiful village in France…
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