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@SYates - thank you :) I'll send you a PM.
And yes, I often wear thin and thick sock, particularly when it is raining and shoes are wet.
The equipment I listed is very similar to the one, with which I went to from Gdansk to Avignon in 2014. They are only 1 exceptions: I went to that...
I will start August 5th. I'll reach Görlitz August 21-22 and then 1 week to Prague. I usually walk 30-40 km (18-24 mi) per day, but it is an average distance.
I think about simple and fast photoblog - tumblr.com probably, but I don't decided jet.
Now I am packing the backpack - equipment for...
2014, October 19 - When I walked in France I met a french puppeteer, who gave me shelter for 2 night and helped me fix my backpack and tent.
2015, October 19 -I met this puppeteer in Poland on Theatre Festival.
2016, October, maybe 19 - I will walk on Via Gebennensis and we'll meet again near...
Long time ago, when I started long distance hiking, mental fatigue was a most difficult thing. Specialy in long straight roads. IHMO the best way to avoid that is singing simple march songs. :) Another, but more difficult method is be calm and starting listing yourself.
I will walk this road at the end of september. :) Good luck!
And a little travel tip about local legend. Near Lucerne is Mont Pilatus. Legends says that on this mountain is tomb of Pontius Pilate.
The Mors Pilati ("Death of Pilate", biblical apocrypha) telling us about illness of Tiberius, who...
Mayby a photoblog, I think about it. But I walked unplugged, without smartfone, tablet or netbook, so is difficult to me writting and posting in blog on journey. :)
But I allways traveled with pencil and notepad, so I will write a memoir when I'll back to my home.
Hello!
I decided start my second pilgrimage and walk across Europe. 8 countries, circa 5000 km and about 6 months of hiking. I will start in august. My trial will lead acorss Warsaw - Görlitz - Prag - Regensburg - Ausburg - Lindau - Sankt-Gallen - Luzern - Genève - Le Puy - Cahors - Pampeluna -...
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