Ouch!

What do you mean my shoes are causing blisters?!

So M and I had the bright idea to walk to the next town, Waldenbuch, yesterday. It only took us about an hour and fifteen minutes (45 mins. less than we initially thought) walking at a semi-brisk pace. We made it to the town after exploring wonderful, little paths through the forest. The scenery here is amazing. We arrived with no problems. Once we got to Waldenbuch, we had one thing on our minds: the Ritter Sport chocolate factory (well, of course. Why else would you walk miles? =) ). We found the factory with minimal issues. Yes, we did ask someone a question in German (see, our skills are developing...). We indulged in some chocolate samples and a shopping spree.

This is where the adventure begins. On our walk home, we decided to take another path up to the main street. In typical M and J style, we ended up getting a little turned around, but as always, we ended up exactly where we needed to be. We started on our forest path and were walking at a just-downed-a-chocolate-bar, must-meet-someone-in-less-than-an-hour-and-half pace. We came to a couple of forks in the road, no problem. Noticed some trees we hadn't seen, no problem. Noticed an entire field we hadn't seen, a little problem. Strong and wrong, we continued down this unknown path. Now mind you, we had to meet our host mom, which meant catching a bus and a train. As we came out of the forest clearing, we noticed a town. Ok, definitely wasn't Weil im Schonbuch. Once again, in German, we asked how to get to our correct town. It ended up working out (as is common with this wonderful trip). We just had to walk up the steepest hill, which is delightful after walking a total of 2 1/2- 3 hours in the sun and shoes that cause very expensive blisters (yes, I officially trashed my shoes and now they're mad...revenge is on). End result: we most likely walked about 10 miles, have enormous blisters, showered, dressed, and snacked all in less than a 1/2 hour, caught the bus, and watched a cute movie...oh, yes, we're wearing flip flops today!

-Justin