Blogs from Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe - page 12

Somewhere...???...between Magdenburg and Schweinstein, 29-07-2001. It's slowly making sense to me, complete clarity and divine understanding, the result not of years of dedicated Vipassana meditation while pining away in a dusty flea-ridden hamlet in the poor north of the Land of the holy Thais, a sober life style dedicated to self-contemplation, goining into your own mind through the process of creating silence inside your gray computer mass... Where a Thai monk might reach that cherished point with Lord Vipassana at his side, I feel I have reached a strange mental level probably not unlike Lord Vipassana's gift, after nearly a month of living it rough...mental retreats to the dustier corners of my Farang mind, a different way of creating silence.... I feel at a point where I can see the fruitlessness of retrurning to Amsterdam, slaving ... read more

Day 18: Thursday, July 9, 2009BRUSSELS, BELGIUMAs mentioned in my last blog, I had wanted to head north to Hannover, Germany from France, but couldn't get on the train I wanted. So last night I headed to Brussels instead. So that's where I find myself this morning. I'd been to Brussels before (twice), so had no desire to explore. My objective now was to get to Hannover, Germany.I stayed at the Capital Brussels (EC Hotel) last night. Nice hotel. If taking train to Brussels, it's a good place to stay. I mainly picked it for it's proximity to the train station (it's right across the street).Got an early start and was at the train station by 6:49 am. Wanted to make sure I got to Hannover, Germany today. In the train station there were displays of ... read more

Strong wind all day - often favourable. Heavy showers. Early finish. 97 kms 5hrs 43m... read more

I am in a old quarry a few kms north of Bad Hershaven on the Weser Radweg. I finished the Fulda Radweg at Kassel the 35 kms to the start of the Weser Rw. at Hann Nunden. Its been a long day. Been raining most of day. Facts: 137 kms 7hrs 48 min - quite a few hills ... read more

Zoom, zoom, ..... zoom................zoom. One flash car after the other speeds down the A2 from Hannover to Berlin past us. There's a black Porsche, a silver BMW station wagon. Right behind them comes a green Skoda filled with kids and a dog in the back. More black cars; a Mini, another BMW, a Mercedes sports edition, an Audi A6. We sit in the middle lane of three; the right is for trucks and Warmduscher, losers; the middle for normal people; and the left is for those with the need for speed. For those of you who may not know, losts of Autobahnen, freeways, are still speed-unlimited. You can go as fast as your machine will take you, but you have to go at least 60km/h, otherwise you get fined. Trucks are often allowed only in the ... read more