Next Friday I will be heading to Arnhen, Holland to go to a weekend long meeting for my work. This is the first time going there, so I am pretty excited. I wont have much time to explore, but my trip back will give me some time to wander around in Amsterdam. So in the [...]

Working in PolandOriginally uploaded by zedwards I just got back from encampment spending almost 2 weeks out in the woods less than an hour from Szczecin Poland. It was wonderful being out in the “wild” with no runing water (just a tank that the farmer would pick up and fill every couple days) or electricity. [...]

The old border to East Germany Originally uploaded by zedwards These ominous looking lights and large yard marked the enterance into what was East Germany. Here is where people from the west would take a deteriorating road to the “free” part of Berlin. Now it is a smooth fast road that gets us to Berlin [...]

Und gute fahrtOriginally uploaded by zedwards Yes, German speakers may roll their eyes as they have probably heard this before but I got a good chuckle when we entered into Germany from Belgium seeing this sign. I forgot what it meant and thought it was the name of a town. Only after seeing it at [...]

No love on the Autobahn Originally uploaded by zedwards Driving down the Autobahn was not as fun as I thought it would be. Partially, because there was so much traffic, or speed restrictions or the fact the heavily loaded vehicle I was driving could go max of 180 kph. Then when I was able to [...]

During a feast with the Sakyong Originally uploaded by zedwards. My teacher, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was teaching in various cities in Europe: Amsterdam, Hamburg, Munich and Marburg before he went to India. He basically would go to a city, do a talk to hundreds of people, and a workshop. In order for all this to [...]

Frankfurt Dom platz Originally uploaded by zedwards. Well it has been an interesting couple weeks in Germany. Now I am in Frankfurt and staying for one day so I can leave for a very early flight to Paris. Frankfurt is quite a strange city. It has an identity crisis because so much was destroyed so [...]

Morning view from my terrace Originally uploaded by zedwards. So I made it to Marburg and it is very cute. It is exactly what I would think a European town would look like: castle up on the hill, narrow streets with old charming buildings, river. The best thing is all of this is visible from [...]

Welcome to Europe…enjoy your train ride! Originally uploaded by zedwards. So the high speed train ride (see pic) to Frankfurt was very enjoyable. We had 2nd class, but it was in an enclosed room where I rode with a couple people who I was with in Munich. Ironically, the trains have speed limits, whereas the [...]

Trying to take a self pic on a very busy streetOriginally uploaded by zedwards. So here I am running around Munich. Feels great. Have gotten quite used to the trams, u-bahn, s-bahn and such. Even took a detour to visit Marienplatz (in the picture) and was able to find my way back to Daglfing. I [...]