Tag Archives: walk🚶🏻

This post is about a 15km walk from Abwinden to Linz. I walk past the steel plant that used to be called Reichswerke Hermann Göring. The bike path along the Danube (still the EuroVelo 6) felt busier than ever. It was a warm, sunny day, and it was a Sunday, after all. the steel I […]

This post is about a 16km walk from Marbach to Abwinden. My friend and web designer Mario joins me to visit Mauthausen and Gusen. This web site (as well as christophrehage.com and some of my other sites, which are currently under construction) were developed, designed, and are being maintained by Studio Mitte, a company in […]

This post is about a 24km walk from Mitterkirchen to Marbach. Andreas the bus driver shows me the site of a tragedy, and I receive two gifts. Another morning, another view. I opened the tent flap and looked at the 500-year-old oak. It stood there, solemnly towering over the fields. Everything was quiet. My tent […]

This post is about a 29km walk from Hößgang to Mitterkirchen. I’m on the wrong way for a bit, then I arrive at a giant oak. I woke up in the garage, went to the restroom to brush my teeth and wash my face, then I packed everything together. Manuela, after cooking me a tasty […]

This post is about a 20km walk from Ybbs an der Donau to Hößgang. I measure my walking speed and meet Manuela and Wolfgang. When I got back on the road I felt well-rested. And I felt smart. I had been planning to spend one day of rest in a hotel in Ybbs. But then […]

This post is about a 20km walk from Freiningau to Ybbs an der Donau. I run into someone who has read my books, then I run into the rain. I woke up at 4:30 in the morning because it was light. The sun was coming out, and I was stretched out next to a utility […]

This post is about an 18km walk from Schönbühel to Freiningau. I visit Melk Abbey and the Melk Concentration Camp Memorial. The night had been difficult. First there was the slope where I had set up the tent: it kept causing me to slide down from my ground pad. Then there was the wind: all […]

This post is about a 28km walk from Hundsheim to Schönbühel. I have difficulties finding a place to camp and end up next to a monastery. I woke up in a nice hotel room. “It’s cold outside!” my dad had said at dinner, “and what if the rain comes back?” zimmering through the vines The […]

This post is about a 20km walk from Traismauer to Hundsheim. I walk next to drift wood all day, and in the evening I have dinner with my dad. When I woke up the rain had finally stopped. The world was still wet, though. The asphalt was wet, the grass and the trees were wet, […]

This post is about a 20km walk from Pischelsdorf to Traismauer. I pass the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant in the rain. 16000km. I had originally wanted to get a costume for the dance. I figured it would be the last one on The Longest Way, and I wanted to dress up as a T-Rex, a […]

This post is about a 17km walk from Vienna to Korneuburg. It takes me a while to leave my dad’s apartment. Then I’m back near the Danube. When I woke up at around seven in the morning, my dad had already left for work. I brushed my teeth, did my exercises, and made some tea. […]

This post is about a 19km walk from Schwechat to Vienna. We visit the Cemetery of the Nameless, and we sing songs in the rain. When we left the hotel it was raining, so we put on our ponchos and got going. Soon we were in a heavily industrialized area that was difficult to navigate, […]

This post is about a 27km walk from Regelsbrunn to Schwechat. We go to church in the morning and to the airport in the afternoon. We woke up in the house of the Little Sisters of Jesus. They were a small community of Catholic sisters who had devoted their lives to their faith, and to […]

This post is about a 16km walk from Hainburg an der Donau to Regelsbrunn. We see the ruins of Carnuntum and spend the night in a good place. When we woke up in the morning, some of the members of the dog sport club were just arriving. They invited us in to hang out and […]