Briana Gervat

Author

Briana Gervat received her B.A. in Art History at The University of Mary Washington and an M.A. in Art History at the Savannah College of Art and Design. After completing graduate school, she travelled to Rwanda to continue her studies on the Rwandan Genocide and the art of East Africa. Her prose, poetry and photography have been published in anthologies, magazines, and online publications. She has self-published three travel memoirs: Mosaic, I Once Was a Pilgrim, and There Will Come Soft Rains: A Journey Along the Western Front. All of which can be found on Amazon.

She currently lives in New York, but dreams always of France.

July 13, 2026

She Walked 500 Miles Through the Western Front… and It Changed Everything (feat. Briana Gervat)

What does it mean to walk through history… not as a tourist, but as a witness?In this deeply moving episode of Travel Time Stories, Shannon and Ann sit down with author and historian Briana Gervat to explore her extraordinary 500-mile journey along the Western Front.In 2022, as the world began to emerge from the isolation of the pandemic, Briana set out alone—on foot—from the border of France and Switzerland to the North Sea in Belgium. Over 36 days, she crossed the mountains of the Vosg...

Guest: Briana Gervat

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