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Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 Ebe, Netherlands From Achterveld at dawn in the lightest of drizzle, we met Sylvia, another relative I didn’t know I had.  We were in an internal debate, “Am I the uncle and she the niece, or are we second cousins?”  It doesn’t matter.  We got along.  She is a retired school teacher.  She and her husband were on a biking trip through parts of Europe, had just returned, and she decided that a day with a monk with his friends would be cool. With our

Monday, October 13th, 2025 Achterveld, Netherlands I believe I’m the most fortunate person in the world because I have just an outstanding team to work with on this walk.  The navigation to what is such an excellent route is all taken care of.  I have company.  Each day there are core coordinators along with fresh and new troupers.  We talk about light and deep topics when we are not chanting on our individual japa  beads. There’s never a dull moment, really.  The scenery is

Sunday, October 12th, 2025 Hilversum, Netherlands Wow!  At the starting point at Weesp Station, out of the dark dawn appeared this couple, Ab and Yolanda.  They are nephew and niece, whom I never met before in my whole life.  Somehow, that means there is a sharing of karma , good karma,  I would say through a bloodline.  Between the two, according to Yolanda, the relations are from both sides of my parents. What fine people they are!  Ab has grown tomatoes all his life and be

Saturday, October 11th, 2025 Amsterdam, Rijnkanaal, Netherlands DAY THREE IN HOLLAND SAT OCT 11 AMSTERDAM, RIJNKKAN It’s only Day 3 for this national walk, and in an unusual experience for me, there appears to be a quite good amount of media attention by way of newspapers, although I haven’t spoken to any journalists yet.  Apparently, I’ll be meeting one today (Sunday) and also connecting with Jolanda, a relative from my father’s side. Today was another day to cheer about, on

Friday, October 10th, 2025 Amstelveen, Netherlands From Hoofddorp Train Station, Rabindra, Nama, Helga, and I began Day 2.  Eventually,...

Thursday, October 9th, 2025 Hoofddorp, Netherlands The glorious starting point for a team of seven was at the North Sea, Zandvoort Beach,...