Schengen

Day 30:
Distance: 30.20 km (1,005.43 km)
Steps: 42,853 (1,437,378)
Move time: 6h53 (229h26)
Spend: £28.70 (£466.74)

🇱🇺 Luxembourg City of Schengen. 🇱🇺🇪🇺

After waking up to find my power bank had been stolen, I started the day yesterday feeling a bit defeated. In fact, I even considered stealing someone else's power bank on charge near where mine was so innocently sat! After all, surely there's no way they could need it more than I did? But no, I couldn't do it. Instead, I made the sticky 32°C (despite it being overcast) trudge south-eastwards. And if that wasn't enough, a storm then ominously rolled in behind me, hurling winds with such ferocity that the droplets of rain stabbed like piercing needles into the back of my legs. I needed some time to collect my thoughts. So I found a cosy bus stop to shelter amid the frenzy of the elements, and I started to plan. I find that planning my journey ahead can really help my morale; to think of all the places I can choose to see always renews my excitement. It was probably that which saw me regain the will to get to the end of the day and my night in a hostel at Schengen, a village at the Luxembourg/Germany/France tripoint, and which is steeped in symbolism for what its name means for travel within the European Union.Read more