none on foot After I finished writing part 1, I overheard a conversation in the hostel between the owner and some other people. It was about the fact that starting tomorrow, only life-sustaining businesses are to stay open. Otherwise, the quarantine is imposed and everyone should stay at home I

36 km (267 miles) 7h Apparently the situation in Germany is also getting worse. I keep my feet still for now, not literally, but as far as my return journey is concerned. The Foreign Office does not recommend an acute return journey at the moment and I feel safer here

35 km (231 km) 7h Today everything went great. I bought some hiking socks yesterday. I think they help a little against slight pain in the calves and shins I passed a golf course today with a new development not yet 10 years old. Almost all the houses were for

29 km (196 km) 6h Today nothing special happened, except that more Asians (no idea if they are also Koreans) crossed my path. Slowly I must look once whether there is also a pilgrimage in Korea. Then maybe I can return the favor Today I tried to do a walking

28 km (167 km) 5h Today the weather was beautiful all day. However, I can’t imagine doing the hike in even warmer weather than 20 degrees. As it is, it is just right. I imagine the summer to be unbearable Since the walk yesterday seemed so long and hard, I

25 km (139 miles) 5h Today was somehow a hard day. Not really physically, but mentally. Somehow every kilometer feels like three, I was cold and my feet started to show pretty fast. Yesterday evening and this morning everything felt great. I suspect that my body could have used a

42 km (114 km) 9h We had spent the night in a German hostel today. It is called Albergue Paderborn. It is run by changing personnel from Germany. Since I “only” ran 20 km yesterday and I now also have the bandage to stabilize my knee, I planned a few

20 km (51 km) 4h Today I “gave” my knee some rest. I walked only 20 km (plus 7 in the city). After arriving I went to get a bandage to stabilize my knee. Let’s see what it can do. Pamplona is a cute little city with about 200k inhabitants.

24 km (51 km) 5h Initially I enjoyed the snow more than yesterday’s rain. However, the feeling has also held only until the snow melted into my clothes. Since I have no gloves with me (could no one expect such weather, last week it still had 20 degrees here). My

27 km (27 km) 5h Today I started the first stage from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. I woke up early and started earlier than planned. I passed a few pilgrims and didn’t see them again until I reached my destination. For the predicted 100% rain I was lucky to be spoiled only from