Taking a walk

met with but one or two persons in the course of his life who understood the art of walking, that is, of taking walks – who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering

I highly recommend this activity and format. You can start one yourself. It goes like this:

1. Choose where to walk — somewhere with lodging for 8 people every 15 km — where someone else can drive everyone’s bags from place to place.


2. Someone (local person or business) walks it all in advance to make sure it’s actually good. This person is the

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It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. Very healthy for your brain, body, and friendships. I highly recommend it for anyone.

12km a day is a good pace. You may think, 12km? That is nothing! But it is very much something. It allows for exploring small towns and villages along the way, for taking breaks as needed, brewing coffee in the home of a farmer who spontaneously invites you in out of the rain, tasting a few varieties of local wine at a pop-up Chinese winery, for... See more

“It’s such a big city,” Kohn tells me. “You live alone, you do things alone. People go to work, come home, and just want to relax...you’re not really meeting as many people as you’d like.”