29. Aug 2025

Bolesławiec - Lubań

Photo 1: The City Hall in Bolesławiec...

Photo 2: The first sign of Germany...

On Monday, September 1, I will be crossing over the border from Poland to Germany at the divided city Zgorzelec-Görlitz. I will then have three stretches in Germany before I cross the border near Zittau where the three nations of Germany, Poland and Czech Republic come together.

Photo 3: It rained all morning and sometimes very hard. My shoes are no long waterproof through the wear and tear of 2000+ kilometers of walking. There are actually some advantages to walking in the rain:

* It is cooler and you do not sweat as much.
* Since you do not sweat as much, you need less water.
* The ground can be softer to walk on which is easier on your feet and joints.
* You do not need to smear sun lotion on your skin.
* There may be less traffic on the roads because of the weather.
*The air becomes cleaner.
* You finally get to wear your rain gear that you have been carrying with you.

The disadvantage of walking in the rain: You get wet!

With so many positive aspects to walking in the rain, why do we not want to do it si much? Maybe we do not like getting wet. This may help explain the evolutional theory why we wanted to get out of the water, go on dry land and become mammals. Or is it that we have a collective memory etched into our DNA of sitting in a very large boat while it rained for forty days and forty nights???

Photo 4: Curious turkeys calling out to those passing by...

Photo 5: Approaching the city of Lubań... The sun came out in the late afternoon, but my socks were completely wet.

Milestone: 2000 kolometers