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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
And Now, At Last, Finally, For Real… It’s Over
Yesterday was our very last engagement related to the pilgrimage! Andrew spoke at the University of Heidelberg as part of a lecture series on “Sustainable Mobility in the 21st Century.” Most of the lectures were highly technical on mechanical means … Continue reading
Two Martins’ Days at Augsburg College
It has been a whirlwind here and, strangely enough, harder to keep up with the blog than when we were walking all day… I suppose because our daily tasks have more variety than the pilgrimage rhythm of walk, eat, write, … Continue reading
A Statistical Review of Here I Walk
Now that it’s all over, we thought a numbers retrospective might be a fun way to look at our pilgrimage. All date-relevant statistics are through October 31. Total distance traveled from Erfurt to Rome: 1746.6 km (1085.5 mi) Distance traveled by … Continue reading
What’s Next for Here I Walk?
We’re not headed back to Erfurt on foot—though we hope, in time, some fellow Catholic pilgrims will be—but there is life left in this project yet. Beyond our college appearances in November 2010, we hope to get a book out … Continue reading
If This Has Meant Something to You…
…if you’ve enjoyed the photos and updates and have learned something about ecumenism and the unity of the church along the way, please considering making a donation. We’ve had great sponsors but this project is still costing us about $10,000 … Continue reading
Our Personal Invitation to Some As-Yet Unidentified Catholics
After 70 days of walking to Rome, we get to take a plane and a train back home. Luther and his companion, of course, didn’t have that luxury. Every step of the way they came, they had to retrace all … Continue reading
We’re in Rome!
Today’s post comes to you live from the eternal city! For one last time we got up way too early, forced our poor roadies to drive us back to our connecting point, and plowed off into the frigid morning at about … Continue reading
Washington or Tuscany?
We popped out of the camper at 7:23 this morning into the foggiest fog ever. The lighting was eerie through the suspended drops until we saw all the streetlights blink out at 7:30 sharp. Our first twists and turns on … Continue reading
Roads, Palms, Shrubs, Limits
On our way out of town this morning we zigzagged through Lucca to see just a little bit more of it on our way out—the old wall is really pretty cool, as is the wide green lawn that formerly was … Continue reading
Letter to Pilgrims–A Guest Post by Katie A. Wilson
(We admit it: Katie is our sister-in-law, married to Andrew’s older brother Jed. But it was such a great letter we thought you might enjoy reading it too, and she said it was OK.) My dear Andrew and Sarah, What God is … Continue reading
The Via Francigena
The Via Francigena Nearly everyone who has been struck by the travel bug or is menaced with wanderlust has heard of the Camino de Santiago, or St. James Way. And the fact that the Camino has such an ancient pedigree … Continue reading
Navigating a Pilgrimage
Toward the end of our preparations, we were lucky to have some help in identifying Luther’s route to Rome–one that changed our original prospective route along the Santiago de Compostela for the first few days to go through Ilmenau and … Continue reading
Crossing the Alps with Nothing but a Cloak, Staff, and Sandals
The people of the Middle Ages were not fond of mountains. It takes a leisured class with energy to waste and life to spend to appreciate inaccessible rocks where nothing grows, places where it is always cold and snowy and … Continue reading
Pilgrimages and Santiago de Compostela
Today we leave the path we have followed for much of our trip through Germany, the Camino. That is, the Camino de Santiago, or Jakobsweg, as it’s called here. The map of sixteenth-century Europe is criss-crossed with routes to Compostela, … Continue reading
