Camino Imperii 2024

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...

Day 11: From Bad Düben  to Krostitz Date Jan 13, 2024 ( Saturday ) Today's Distance:  14 miles / 23 km Route and Stats Route Video Total This Camino: 103 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 103 miles Total All Caminos: 2103 miles Lodging: St Laurentius Kirche @ $15 Total Lodging: $ 651 Planes: $ 1300 Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 1470 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 103 Food: $ 13 Total Food: $ 330 Weather:  Temperature was in the mid thirties. But the wind out of the south was relentless and probably made the actual wind chill temperature more like the high 20s. Meaningful Moment Just checked the weather for tomorrow. Rain and snow in high probabilities, with very high probabilities of precipitation overnight. I think that's it. It's time to call it quits. There's an 8:50 a.m. bus from Krostitz that will get me to the Leipzig train station, from which I can catch a train to the Berlin train station. I've g...

Day 10: From Lubast to Bad Düben Date Jan 12, 2024 ( Friday ) Today's Distance: 15 miles / 24 km Route and Stats Route Video Total This Camino: 89 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 89 miles Total All Caminos: 2089 miles Lodging: Hotel National @ $55 Total Lodging: $ 636 Planes: $ 1300 Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 1470 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 103 Food: $ 45 Total Food: $ 317 Weather: At the start of the day, it was a warm 30° f. Today's trail Meaningful Moment I thought of a lot of old memories and events while I was in the forest today.  In the entirety of the 11 or 12 mi, I never saw another soul.  Once I saw some footprints, but I never saw the owner.  I thought about some old friends and I thought about some new possibilities for me. I thought of the losses and I thought of the gains. Random Thought of the Day I really liked that it was a warm 30° f. Since I have good gear, that is a great tempe...