A few pictures from my visit to Omaha beach in March 2016. Impressive place, it’s so quiet now that it’s almost difficult to imagine that thousands of lives were lost in just a few hours on June 6th, 1944. Once I got on the actual shore, though, and saw the small hills garrisoned by the … Continue reading Omaha beach
Walking the Camino de Santiago was a great experience, one that contributed a lot to my adult personality (if you ever will find one in me). Here I will list five learnings that I either expected, from my scouting experience, or did not see coming at all. Your body is able to walk every day … Continue reading The top 5 things I learnt on the Camino
Mens sana in corpore sano, the Latins used to say. A sound mind in a healthy body. You should aim at achieving this status, during your pilgrimage. It’s not an easy task, however, on both the physical and the mental sides. As experienced during the Camino, your first enemy is your brain: see that town … Continue reading The mental challenge
Trying to learn Japanese is not the only thing I’m supposed to do, in order to prepare for the Shikoku pilgrimage. Three years of living in Germany have left me the gift of a sizeable beer belly that it’s very difficult to get rid of. One month away from my departure for Japan, I am … Continue reading The physical challenge
A-I-U-E-O Ka-Ki-Ku-Ke-Ko And so it goes… As soon as I land on Shikoku, the biggest challenge will be to communicate with the natives there. Learning Japanese is no easy challenge, but it’s also not impossible. They do have three different alphabets (better call them “syllabaries”) though. And they can use these three writing systems together … Continue reading The language challenge
