Sounds more impressive if you don't know Luxembourg is at max 50 miles long...
I walked across Luxembourg
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#22Trekking poles are not necessary. Focus on stride, balance and core strength.
Where have you walked? How far? How much weight do you carry? How old are you?
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#23Trekking poles are not necessary. Focus on stride, balance and core strength.
Trekking poles are not necessary. But they are useful, and he obviously see a potential use for them. Your comment comes across as somewhat rude.
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#24Trekking poles are not necessary. Focus on stride, balance and core strength.
Shoes are not strictly necessary either, but they help. Trekking poles help, and I also need them to pitch my tent, so I'll keep them.
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#26Love it! I use organic maps on a daily basis and it is an awesome tool even if you're just commuting.
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#27The history of Luxembourg is an interesting microcosm of how the fortunes of states and dynasties have ebbed and flowed in Europe over the past thousand years. There was a time when the House of Luxembourg was the main rival to the Habsburgs for control of central Europe, contributing four Holy Roman Emperors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxemburg The dukes of this area used to be so important to European…
The reason it was such a strategic position, is because the town was a natural fortress. It's located on top of a high, flat rock, which is riddled with tunnels for gun casemates, making the town of Luxembourg very hard to take.
It was a vital part of the Spanish Road that the Spanish Habsburgs needed to move troops from their lands in Italy to the north during the 80 Years War.
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#28I walked across Tokyo last weekend. Took me 20 hours. I suck at writing so all I'll say is that everyone should walk across a city. It's a magical experience. Turn off your your phone, bring a disposable camera and a compass and just walk. You'll discover so many personal insights.
That’s quite a walk! Where did you start and end?
For about ten years, I walked every New Year’s Day from my home near Yokohama Station to somewhere in Tokyo—Ikebukuro or Ueno or Asakusa, about 35 kilometers one way. Very memorable, as you say.
I don’t think I would do it in the summer, though.
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#29Love it! I use organic maps on a daily basis and it is an awesome tool even if you're just commuting.
TIL about it and I'm gonna try it for sure. Yesterday I had a very bad experience with a "Garmin Connect" generated route for gravel bike, by checking it in Organic Maps I could probably have avoided the issue.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Parking is a problem in a lot of European cities. Trains are probably a better choice for such trips in Europe.
Trains are probably a better choice for such trips in Europe. Having 'done' Europe both by train and by car, the trips end up being very different. Trains are great if you want to hit the major cities. With a car you can visit all kinds of small villages, rural areas and interesting nature that you cannot really reach by public transport.
Which is fitting, as parking is not a big problem in rural areas.