My travel day did not last long. It took about 3 hours to hitchhike to Saarbrucken West Germany. The combination of walking in the rain and showers for days in Luxembourg in new sandals and carrying a heavy backpack reeked havoc with my feet. My doctor has called my feet horse hooves, meaning I will never have fallen arches. My arch is too high and will not touch the ground so all my weight and what I carry is on the balls of my feet. By the time I got to the youth hostel I could barely walk. But once again I was lucky. This hostel was not too busy and allowed you to come and go during the day. Another great thing that was passed on to me was to put an American nickel in the old soda dispenser down the street. The weight of the American coin matched the weight of a larger denominational German coin. We would select our soda, get the soda and then the machine would give us German change, We would make money buying a soda.
While recuperating, I would take short trips the next couple of days. I would just walk along the river absorbing the atmosphere, go to see some of the first century roman ruins and even visited the famous Saarbrucken Zoo. The zoo was well worth the visit and the coins I made buying soda paid the entrance fee. Now I believe that it costs about ten Euro's.
After about three days of this it was back on the road!
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