11. Jul 2023

Polling - Palling

The three kilometers that I did not do yesterday, I made up this morning. It made for a real long hike. I was so glad to see Astrid at the end of it. We will be making a station at Lake Waging for the next five evenings where she can take me to the start and stop of each stretch. What a blessing!

Photo 1: The church in Polling was open, so I was able to start the day with my pilgrim song and prayer for the community. I love to do that!

Photo 2: I saw this St. James Way sign as I approach Garching on the River Alz. It brought back many memories from last year. Of course the sign was pointing west towards Spain. I will be going south towards Greece. No signs pointing that way...

Photo 3-5: Walking along the River Alz. When I left the river area to go through Trostberg, I had a short talk with a young father trying to get his daughter to sleep. He was from Russia and had no faith connection and did not know whether God was real. I said that maybe God was trying to get his attention though our conversation. I was able to pray with him just before he need to go to the right and I to the left. The last stretch for today was about one and half hours along a busy road. Not so nice. Again, this is not a normal pilgrim path to travel.