• Schönmünz

    July 17, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    Day 38:
    Distance: 34.49 km (1,259.41 km)
    Steps: 48,577 (1,796,299)
    Move time: 7h38 (285h30)
    Spend: £20.23 (£600.36)

    🇩🇪 Baden-Baden to Schönmünz. 🇩🇪

    Don't get me wrong, an adventure like this can give you some unforgettable experiences, but it's very much an anti-holiday. Some of the discomforts I have put myself through already have been pretty, well... uncomfortable, to say the least. So, after taking a break from mission mode to be a normal tourist for even a day, I did find it a little difficult getting back into the headspace to make ground this morning. But it was actually a very therapeutic day of meandering the oh-so-quiet mountains of the Black Forest. And yes, you did read that right: mountains! Surely the first actually legally recognised up-and-down mountains of the trip, peaking at 991 m for one arboreal summit. Looks like the honour of the first 1000 m + elevations will have to wait until the Alps...Read more