La Volta al Món a Peu

Numenius, somewhat against my inclination, has been studying Catalan alongside Spanish for some time now (I have an aversion to learning languages that are too close simultaneously). He does consume a lot of content in both languages, and has joined the Easy Spanish conversation group on Friday mornings.

He discovered the YouTube channel a while ago of Enric Luzán, a Catalan who is walking around the world, as much as is possible (a great deal of Asia is not practical either because of war zones or visa restrictions). His rules include a minimum of 26,232 km on foot; a minimum of four continents, coast to coast, in a consecutive manner; rest days should not exceed six months or 25% of total time.

I started watching his first few days this evening, and it’s surprisingly compelling watching! He is currently in or about to enter Greece. I find I am able to knit while listening to the Catalan commentary, not following every word but definitely getting quite a lot of the sense of it all. His plan for North America is to enter San Francisco from Sydney and I hope we can meet him on his route and buy him a coffee or some lunch!