In Germany

​It has been several days in Germany and I owe everyone an update.  I arrived in Brunst, Germany on April 8th.  

Brunst is a small village which is home to my best friend and Rugby buddy from my US Army years.  We were in sister units in the Army and we traipsed around West Germany playing Rugby teams where ever we could find them.  If there wasn’t a Rugby team at our installations, we would form one.  It was a great time of life.  (Oh yeah, I also married Jo and we had our first two children.). Dave left the US Army and stayed in Germany marrying Christa, who happened to be from Brunst.

The trip to Brunst involved two flights and two train tickets and a taxi ride, all executed in either Spanish (of which I know little) or German (which is rusty).  Also, I had to work through a train system which was not something that I normally do.  But I made it.  Sometimes arriving at the next transportation leg as the doors were about to close, but I made it.

In Brust, my blisters started to heal.  I can walk now (with the occlusion bandages) almost without pain and you can see the epidermis growing in over the red, raw blister base.  I am now increasing my walking (without the backpack) to help maintain my conditioning and to stress the soles of might feet (within reason) to start building up the callus.  I am still on track to meet Dave Anderson back on the Camino a week from Sunday in Leon, Spain.

Dave has been doing well through some tough climbs and long days.  If our calculations are correct, we will meet in or around Leon, Spain on the 20th. God willing. 

Buen Camino.