BlogHide Resteemsonewomanwalks (60)in life • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The ability to go with the flowYou can believe you’re a person who is relaxed, able to be spontaneous and flexible – those are admirable character traits right? But then something happens that changes the way you thought a…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Happy New Year from Venice everyoneI'm skipping ahead in my story to tell you that I have arrived in Venice on the 31st of December 2019 and I am lucky enough to enter 2020 in this glorious city, unique upon the planet. Last night…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Meeting Maria, Hutsul woman of the Ukrainian Carpathians There was one more thing that happened on my way to Rachiv. It was just a long straight road, 10 miles along the valley bottom towards the town where I was going to take a weeks rest. Ten miles more…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Descent from Hoverla - highest peak of UkraineThe sky began to glow pink as I packed away, so happy to be here experiencing this, the beauty of the day beginning, the tinges of light turning the mountain yellow brown with colour. I walked…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.I went to climb 3 mountains but only managed 1.5I’ve realised something about myself – it’s always been there, in the times when I’m emotional or drunk, but in the long days of walking when I’m tired and hungry I can see that it comes very much…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Ukraine - the walk so farI’ve been walking for six weeks and I’ve covered almost 400 miles so I thought it was time to do a summary post of the shape of my journey across Ukraine, what it’s been like for me here and how I’m…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Central Ukraine - some small memories I met a soldier on the road; I looked up and there he was, a tall man in dusty camouflage clothing and a peaked cap standing in the centre of the stony road staring at me quizzically. We talked a…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.My very rough planned routeThis is how you walk 9000 km across Europe! I thought I'd make a post to show the map that's in my profile picture. It's the very rough route plan which has already changed slightly as I make my…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.My first bad dayIt all feels hazy now, a few days down the line. So much of what I’ve done this week has been in mild dehydration under hot sun. Exhaustion plays with your memory, makes the brain blank out. I…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agoSleeping in a field and then entering town - Ukraine I am in a coffee shop in Kozyatyn town and it is tiny. One counter, one round table, one set of chairs at a window seat. Proudly established in 2017, proclaims the window decal. I come in because…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agoFinding my feet - the first week of walkingIt’s apple season in Ukraine. Apple and walnut and mushroom season. Trees hang branches over every garden fence, waiting for a hand to catch their mottled droplets. I pluck as I go, the ones that…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agoFirst I had to get there - Hitchiking to Kiev part 2After leaving Marius I tried hitching for a bit but it was getting dark and I was tired, I walked a short way into the fields, put up my tent and slept. Next day found me worried, this was a pretty…onewomanwalks (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agoFirst I had to get there - Hitchiking to Kiev The thing I always forget about hitching is how it feels to wait. I can tell you all about the wild rides, the interesting people, bad coffee in expensive petrol stations, the thousands of miles…onewomanwalks (60)in introduceyourself • 5 years agoIntroducing myself - the long distance walkerHello Steemians, I'm Ursula and I'm walking across Europe. That's my profile in a nutshell. Yes, I'm really walking. A lot of people I meet along the road hear the word walking and think I…
