This is the Netherlands, it’s flat, people cycle – everywhere. I’ve been here for two months and I now cycle regularly. I love it, the relaxation, the fun and the universality of it. It’s just something that everyone does. In England you are either going up or down, you are never flat. That’s why the Dutch don’t seem to develop muscles when cycling.
In the grip of World Cup Fever the Orange of Holland is clear for all to see. Orange is the dutch symbol of national pride. The dutch people love to wear it to show their fierce loyalty. Just near where we are staying is this bar which covered the entire outside of the building with orange pvc. It is truly an amazing sight.
Lifestyle, a monthly look at the issues that concern 'Earth Pilgrim', highlighted in writing on the web in the previous month. Issues of 'Conscious Living', 'Independent Working' and 'Travel Culture'. There is so much writing and blogging in this area that the reader can get quickly overwhelmed, This glance ...
We are spending three months in Tilburg, Holland. We are here to take part in the ‘Night Mayor’ project. It’s purpose is to foster night and cultural life. There are 13 ‘Moon Scouts’, one for each moon cycle, and some have been working on the concept of ‘Transition Town Tilburg’.
It’s been an amazing year! You have helped me and nurtured me as I took my baby steps. You have given me space and supported my crude efforts to take the world by storm. But now it has to end. I need to shape my own destiny and manage my own efforts. I need to shine in my own light and be seen for what I am. What’s going on? What’s happened?
Lifestyle, a monthly look at the issues of ‘Conscious Living’, ‘Independent Working’ and ‘Travel Culture’. There is so much writing and blogging in this area that the reader can get quickly overwhelmed, as I do. This weekly glance at what’s going on will help me understanding the range of what is out there and help you, the reader, to get some perspective.
I recently published a post on ‘BootsnAll’ detailing the practical steps I take to enable my travellling life. In today’s increasingly difficult travel world baggage has become a dirty word with airlines. Your big bag should be a maximum of 20kgs and your small one 7kgs. I am not a backpacker. I stay in houses, apartments and hotels. I take my life with me, and I love it.
A number of years ago I made a commitment to live an authentic life, true to who I am and what I feel and believe. It meant being willing to go where my life takes me and it meant knowing what that direction is. Many of us seem to drift through life without any great vision or purpose. Until we find Passion…
We are staying in Ande in Normandy, France, in a converted barn. It was originally the studio for the Russian painter Vladimir Bougrine. He has been associated with the village since the 1970′s because of the Moulin d’Ande, constructed at the end of the XIIth century. It is open to artists and intellectuals to help their creative endeavours flourish, far from the stir of Paris.
As Earth Pilgrims, Cheta and I have no home, we just travel. Our life revolves around organising our diary and planning where we are going to be living. We find it stimulating and interesting, but all that is about to change, we are about to move into a different way of life, for a while.
