St Gingolph: a town on the border between France and Switzerland

This video is our walk around a part of St Gingolph - a very pretty town on the French-Swiss border. We were only able to visit a part of the city because of the self-isolation rules at the time, so you'll the French part and only a glimpse of the Swiss one.

It still was a lovely day and a lovely walk and we absolutely enjoyed the scenery with mountains and the lake!

Let's go!
- 0:35 this small river -La Morge- creates a natural border between France and Switzerland.
- 0:40 Switzerland is to the right, and France- to the left of the river.
- 0:50 It may sound strange that the town is cut in half this way. This is due to the historical struggles between Savoy and the Swiss in this area.
- 01:00 in 1569, Duke of Savoy and the Bishop of Sion came to an agreement to use the river as the border, rather than continue fighting over the territory. 
- 01:13 Schroedinger tourist: neither in France, nor in Switzerland🙂
- 01:50 The train line on the French territory is currently not working, while one can travel all over Switzerland from the station on the Swiss side.
- 2:05 St Gingolph has two separate municipal administrations, two postal offices and two schools...
- 2:12 ...but only one church and one cemetery!
- 2:49 Another border area, with former French customs house to the right.
- 03:00 The nature here is amazing!
- 03:10 Sorry, not allowed to any further! (cut after that until 3:19)
- 03:22 Just imagine: during World War 2, people who lived on the left were basically free, while those on the right lived under occupation. Mind-boggling!
- 03:40 The wooden hut is a former Swiss customs house
- 04:40 This is Chablais Savoyard area- very picturesque!
- 06:58 There is also apparently the longest beach on the whole lake Geneva here (about 8km long),
- 07:05 although it was under some building works when we were there.
- 07:24 Another route into Switzerland.
- 07:58 Across the lake are Swiss Riviera towns of Vevey and Montreux- our favorite places.
- 08:33. That's it for now! We hope to revisit when cross border travel is possible again.

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