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Day 06 : Cheat Day

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Day 06: From Treuenbrietzen to Wittenberg  Date Jan 8, 2024 ( Monday ) Total This Camino: 59 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 59 miles Total All Caminos: 2059 miles Lodging:  Marta's @ $68 Total Lodging: $ 392 Planes: $ 1300 Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 1470 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 19 Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 63 Food: $ 23 Total Food: $ 178 Meaningful Moment Patience and persistence pay off. Pixel 8 Pro phone problem The camera was not recording location data into the JPG file. So when I went back to review my photos from the previous 5 days, there's no indication of where I was when I took the photo. To solve the problem I had to disable the camera app, re-enable the camera app and then review the settings.  I found one setting that said something about not allowing other apps access to the camera location. When I initially configured the camera, I remember turning that off, but that was the reason that my images had no locat...
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Day 14 : Homeward Bound Back to Rochester

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Day 14: From Berlin to Rochester Date Jan 16, 2024 ( Tuesday )   Total This Camino: 103 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 103 miles Total All Caminos: 2103 miles Total Lodging: $ 801 Planes: $ 1300 Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 1470 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 5 Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 189 5 Food: $ 10 Total Food: $ 397 10 Meaningful Moment Leaving Martha's behind. Had four good nights here. Good staff. Good room. Good location. The S9 rapid transit train arrives 2 minutes to take me to Berlin's Templehof airport.  This vacation is coming to an end. Random Thought of the Day Added up my foreign transaction fees: approx $80. On the Road / Notable memories 4:15 a.m. Awake 4:45 a.m. Leave Martas Gästehäuse. 5:00 a.m. Quiet, peaceful lovely walk to the Hauptbahnhof ( main train station ) 5:25 a.m. Train arrives. 6:15 a.m. Arrive Templehof Berlin airport. 6:30 a m. United lines open. 6:45 a.m.   Baggage drop completed. 7:15 a.m. Through security checkpoint an...
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Day 12 : Back to Berlin

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Day 12: From Krostitz to Berlin Date Jan 14, 2024 ( Sunday )   Total This Camino: 103 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 103 miles Total All Caminos: 2103 miles Lodging: Martas Gästehaus @ $ 75 Total Lodging: $ 726 Planes: $ 1300 Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 1470 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $73 Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 176 Food: $ 25 Total Food: $ 355 Meaningful Moment On the way back to Berlin.  I'm in the Leipzig train station and I'm starting to have an emotional moment, realizing how much I've done over the past 12 days. Lots of hiking, lot of using the transportation system, never using English in the restaurants, walking through cities and suburbs and towns and villages and hamlets and fields and farms and forest. Several days ago I was here in Leipzig visiting the  church that  played an important part in the fall of the Warsaw pact and the Soviet Empire. Although I haven't hiked the entirety of the former German Democra...
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