in the alps The GR5, also designated as Europe 2 (E2), is perhaps the premier long distance hiking trail of Western Europe. GR stands for "Grande Randonnée", which in French means a very long distance hike, or hiking trail.

The GR5 begins at Hoek van Holland on the North Sea, and ends in Southern France at the Mediterranean. It joins together many existing hiking trails, and a few new sections. It is laid out to traverse along, or to cross as many mountain ridges and highlands as possible—in Belgium, the Ardienne mountains; in Luxembourg, the hills by the rivers; in France, the Lorraine plateau, the Vosges Mountains of Alsace, the hills and gorges of the Jura, and, as the icing on the cake, the central spine of the Alps along the border between France and Switzerland, and further south , France and Italy..

The GR5 is about 1,500 miles long (2,500 kilometers). Info created by David May.

---- the blah blah blah i will try to write while on the road... here are some photos in the meantime.