29/08/2017. In antiquity it was known as the "country of wild olives". There are colourful houses, cypress trees, fig trees, chestnut trees. There is the smell of Turkish coffee. And Turkish delight along with it. We are in the Far East. Well, it feels like it at least. More [...]
28/08/2017. The Romanian Danube is the longest section of the Danube's course that can claim one Danube-bordering state for itself. It stretches over 1,075 kilometres, first forms the natural border between Serbia and Romania, and later, over a great distance, the Bulgarian-Romanian border, touches Moldova and the Ukraine, before [...]
Pascal saw the film two years ago at the International Documentary Film Festival, Munich. It was the trigger for Pascal to learn more about Zen teachings.
The art of letting go doesn't first begin at the end of life, but now – if we let ourselves sink into the moment. One of the tips from Abbot Muho's book, which Pascal read and which inspired him to see life in a new way. https://www.piper.de/buecher/ein-regentropfen-kehrt-ins-meer-zurueck-isbn-978-3-8270-1338-5
A book that gave Pascal a new attitude to life, helping him go through it with more openness and enjoy the moment, live in the here and now, and not stress about what has been or what will be. https://www.amazon.de/Zen-gr%C3%B6sste-L%C3%BCge-aller-Zeiten/dp/3936018308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503905503&sr=8-1&keywords=Zen+ist+die+gr%C3%B6%C3%9Fte+L%C3%BCge+aller+Zeiten
27/08/2017. Today Pascal spontaneously decided to take a rest day. "This morning I was a little lacking in motivation", he told me. Who could blame him, after all, he had his last rest day in Vienna, around 25 days ago and 1,000 kilometres back. In addition, yesterday evening there [...]
25-26/08/2017. "One of these whirlpools is enormous. In its midst the water circles vigorously, as if waltzing. […] The closer you get to it, the clearer you hear an unsettling sound. It's as if someone were speaking, knocking, and rolling around, all at the same time, somewhere deep under [...]
25.09.2017. Samstagmorgen. Zwei Monate später. Max-Josef-Brücke, München. Es ist der Ausgangspunkt von Pascals langer Reise zum Schwarzen Meer. Er steht wieder an der gleichen Stelle, auf dem Kies unterhalb der Brücke. Er zieht seine Schuhe aus, und tritt einige Meter vor, in die Isar. Das Wasser ist kühl und [...]
20.09.2017. Ich erinnere mich noch genau an Pascals Abreise am 20. Juli 2017 an der Max-Josef-Brücke in München. Den anwesenden Freunden und Journalisten rief er damals zu: „Zur Wiesn werde ich es nicht schaffen!“ Von wegen. Nach 63 Tagen, genau zwei Monaten, 2.467 Kilometern, 356 Netto-Stunden und 592.430 gesetzten [...]
19.09.2019. Das Donaudelta, es ist eine Attraktion, die immer mehr Touristen anzieht. Es ist die Suche nach der Ruhe in der Natur, die einzigartige Wasserlandschaft, fernab von Straßen, Städten und Lärm, und vor allem die unzähligen Tiere, die von überall beobachtet werden können. Riesige Anglerscharen, mit bestem Hightech und [...]
