Le Gottéron

On Saturday, I went on a hike. Not having any sort of guide books, I wasn't too sure where to go. But, I had heard of Le Gottéron - as a nice place to walk. So after taking a look at Google Maps, I figured it was worth a shot.

I started out at the edge of the old city, right by the river. It was great to walk through this part of the town, and interesting to see the city looking up.

Pont de Berne - which is located here:



This is looking back towards the city:



At any rate, looking at the Google Map from the Pont de Berne, or open Google Maps up here, you can see the Chemin du Gottéron. I followed that street, which eventually ends when it meets a fish farm (where the Google Satellite Map turns to autumn), and then you have a trail with bridges crossing back and forth over the river. It is stunning. I was surprised by how beautiful it was. In some ways, it reminded me a lot of the Kinnickinnic in River Falls. Only a little more pre-Apls-y.

One of my favorite parts of my walk was entering the wooded part, and seeing the sunlight turn green.




If you follow the Gottéron on the Google Map towards the east, you see where it meets up with a bunch of German sounding named roads. I decided to stick to the French side of things, and headed back towards Fribourg. As you can see, the Swiss make it really easy to hike. These yellow arrows are everywhere, so it's pretty hard to get lost.



At any rate, I headed back on one of the different paths to Fribourg, and climbed up a hill. I got to the top, and was expecting to reach some sort of vista with a fantastic panorama. This is what was waiting for me:


But really, I wasn't disappointed. There is something beautiful about corn. (For real!) And with the mountains in the background, it provided a great spot to sit down and eat my sandwich.



After my lunch break, I took off. And headed back to the city. I came up on the cliffs on the other side of La Sarine, the river. There is a beautiful, tiny chapel (Chapelle de Lorette) that offers some fantastic views. From a perspective I'm not used to.





I got back down to the river, and crossed back over to the side of the river I know.




Then, to end the day, I cooled off by the pool. Reading. Sunbathing. Swimming (in a metal pool). Dozing off...