Reflections as we prepare for the big walk.
Older postsLuther on His Way Home
In the dreary coldness of February I have to admit to not being entirely sad that we aren’t walking back from Rome, especially thinking of the rotten weather that Luther certainly would have encountered in the famously harsh winter of … Continue reading
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?–A Guest Post by Natalie Gessert
Here I Walk doesn’t have much to do with the price of tea in China, but the project has everything to do with the price of shoes in China. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s ELCA Good Gifts program provides a specific … Continue reading
The Alps via Iowa
Well, we did manage to sleep some, which is no small accomplishment in a populous campground with French scouts singing nearby. We learned on vacation last year that the worst place to camp in Europe is anywhere near a church, … Continue reading
Bananas, Presbyterians, and Ecumenical Reconciliation
I’m writing this evening’s post from under a tarp in the lakeside town of Gunzenhausen. We finally worked up the courage to camp out, regardless of the weather, since for nearly the first time there was a campground on our … Continue reading
Resources, and Other Pilgrims
We just added (way later than we’d planned to) a Resources tab at the top of the page, so take a look! There’s stuff you can download if you’d like to spread the word about Here I Walk in more … Continue reading
From Dürer to Deaconesses
Eager to leave our soulless city hotel, we sprang out of bed early and were on the road before 8 a.m. We were also motivated by the fact that we had a long walk ahead—around 35 km—and knew enough not … Continue reading
Mosquitos and Painters and Charismatics, Oh My
We slept like stones again last night and got off reasonably early for not too long a day’s walk, only about 19 km today. And, praise be, not a drop of rain! But just to keep things interesting—because you know … Continue reading
What’s This? Sunshine?
Despite the physical exertions we haven’t slept more than usual on this trip—until last night, when we both slept like stones for 8½ hours, and even then it was slow going getting out of bed. We were even slower leaving … Continue reading
Hail Mary, Full of Grays
Maybe we should have named this blog “Here I Weather.” I wish I had more interesting historical items to report from our walk, but the rain is dominating our experience. I think I’ve run out of all the standard adjectives to describe precipitation at this point, so forgive me if I become repetitive. But when you’re walking in it all day it’s hard to think of anything else. Continue reading
Without Sunday There’s Only Workdays
That apparently is a German slogan, and it applied in our case—today was our first “rest day,” a 21st century innovation to be sure as we have no record of Luther resting en route, though no record that he didn’t, … Continue reading
We Made It through Week One!
We awoke to a Zapfendorf morning in our tired little Gasthof and enjoyed another typical German breakfast—bread, ham, cheese, jelly, and this time a bonus boiled egg apiece—before hitting the road again. I felt more energetic than I had in … Continue reading
Don’t Say “Downpour” Till You Really Mean It
Our first stop on the way out of the Gasthof this morning was the church of the Fourteen Saints, named for 14 assorted saints who appeared, as children, with the infant Jesus to a shepherd in the field right in … Continue reading
From One Reformer to Fourteen Saints
Yesterday morning we dragged our weary bones out of bed and made peace with the manager of the youth hostel, who after all didn’t seem too offended at our irregular sleeping arrangements. We also met up with a German photographer … Continue reading
Goodbye Thuringia, Hello Bavaria
Limited evening access to the internet means that once again this post is about yesterday’s journey… which happily was nowhere near as trying as the one the day before. It did take a bit longer than usual to haul ourselves … Continue reading
