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farewell in blue

day 19: 定州 (dingzhou) – 承安铺 (cheng’anpu) = 24,7km

The sky was azure and looked like Indian summer today:

I was thinking, is this the last day before winter? I opened my jacket and I opened my sweater, then I let in the warmth…

…and then I slowly limped through the town gate, out of 定州, southwest on G107:

Sometimes thoughts have their twisted ways. Like today I was looking at something here, thinking: Man, that looks weird! – then I realized: Yeah, of course it looks weird, it’s supposed to look weird, it’s EXOTIC, you are a German in an exotic place!

Or is it me who is being exotic?

Weird thought.

Oh, did I just say I LIMPED out of town? Yes, my foot is messed up again. Enjoy looking at other people’s misery? Well I gotta admit I do sometimes, so this one is from me for you:

Beautiful! This has been kind of spoiling my fun today. But apart from this, it was all good. Like I said, the weather was fine, the sky was a clean shade of blue, and I peacefully limped along the highway.

Some people were busy working:

(Lots of places along today’s road were in the sand-business, I wonder where they get all that sand…)

Other people were taking a time off:

(I don’t know what business this guy was supposed to be in, but for a brief moment I thought I had seen him before in the movies playing all the dudes that die driving…)

Most people just kind of rushed by me honking their horns, some as a greeting, some in surprise or disbelief, others just to let me know that I better get my exotic ass out of their way, because the street got quite narrow at times:

I made it to the next settlement by the time azure was turning into rosé:

承安铺 (cheng’anpu) is a fascinating place. Basically only consisting of one strip of houses (mostly shops) flanking the highway, it kind of seems almost like an old settlement in the Wild West. It’s got the dusty air, too. But no cowboys.

I had a good bowl of 白面 (baimian):

…then I went up into my hotel room.

Then I noticed that they’re going to turn of the heating here, too, after midnight.

Then I had a look at my right heel, took a picture for you and put some ointment on it.

For me, to ease the pain.

Soundtrack: Ringworm – “The Promise”

—total: 283,3km

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11 Responses to “farewell in blue”

  1. 1
    joerg Says:
    November 27th, 2007 at 12:39 pm

    thanks for the “from-me-to-you-picture”.
    wie war das noch mit den socken? hätteste mal auf mich gehört. naja, du wirst sehn, in nem halben jahr haste füße wie gollum und dann kannste deine schuhe wegschmeißen und kraxelst barfuß weiter ;-)
    joerg

  2. 2
    Christoph Says:
    November 27th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

    hehe, du hättest meine Füße sehen sollen, als ich beim Paris-Bad Nenndorf-Spaziergang auf DEINEN Rat hin nicht die Socken gewechselt habe – vom Gestank ganz zu schweigen!! Neenee, dann lieber auf die zivilisierte Art Schmerzen haben!
    Das mit den Stahlfüßen in nem halben Jahr hoffe ich allerdings auch, sonst wird das unangenehm über 2 Jahre hinweg!

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    Ananda_Gua Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 12:00 am

    I like your pictures and your writing,they are all very beautiful.Very happy you are doling the matter which you wants to do.I really envy you!
    Best wishes!
    Take care your foot!

  4. 4
    Christoph Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 12:10 am

    Thank you so much! I hope you drop in here from time to time!
    (BTW: I think my foot is the most beautiful of all)
    Wish you all the best!

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    Lilu Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 3:17 am

    Hattest Du mir nicht versprochen, uns allen den Anblick Deiner Blase zu ersparen?!! Nun gut, Du konntest es nicht lassen. Dieses Mal lache ich nicht, ich weine vor Mitleid…

  6. 6
    Christoph Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 3:32 am

    Nanana, ich hatte es eigentlich zum Amusement der Allgemeinheit hier reingestellt, nicht, damit meine Freunde traurig werden!

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    Lilu Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 3:46 am

    Keine Sorge, das Weinen hat sich ganz schnell in ein höhnisches Lachen à la Sideshow-Bob verwandelt! Höhöhähähähä

  8. 8
    Christoph Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 7:22 am

    à la Sideshow-Bob? Lilu, Lilu, das ist aber mal echt ein HÖHNISCHES Lachen!

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    Rindy Says:
    November 28th, 2007 at 11:30 am

    那么晚才发,我1点多上都还没看到,还以为你在没信号的地方呢.
    你以后少吓我们哦!
    教你,新鞋子不能老这么穿,要贴上护的东西，不然脚就会破

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    Christoph Says:
    November 29th, 2007 at 7:57 pm

    是的，有的地方信号不太好，写完了传不上，很麻烦！
    我的鞋子已经穿了好久好不好，已经半年差不多！

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    T h e L o n g e s t W a y » Blog Archive » misc03 – about “made for walking” Says:
    November 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 am

    [...] health points +10 …or bloody heels: farewell in blue [...]

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