The weather was beautiful in Nijmegen Saturday morning and in the cosy Lange Hezelstraat, a street with all small boutiques and moody cafes, it was over the heads.
At no. 38 is Tenzin Tibet House located, the shop selling Tibetan gift items and clothing from Tsultem Rinchen Dorjee and his Dutch wife Eline. Love brought Tsultem from India to Nijmegen.....
By Tibetan cultural objects at reasonable prices offer in the Netherlands and provide the necessary explanations, they are making their modest contribution to the preserving and raising awareness about Tibetan culture and Chinese repression in Tibet.
Tsultem was unfortunately abroad, but Eline enthusiastically accepted a packet of flyers and immediately started handing them out to the customers present. She also made a serious donation to the alphabet block project ofManjushri Educational Services འཇམ་དབྱངས་ཤེས་ཡོན་ཞབས་ཞུ་ཁང་། . I am very grateful to her!
The shop was crowded, Eline and I barely found time for a chat. Nijmegen people are Tibet-loving and the shop surely plays its part in that.
All photos: Balkan photos, city photos. The photos of the cycle route are listed in reverse chronological order. Those of the cities are listed chronologically.
In Venice, I visited the Biennale at the Arsenale, the Giardini and various venues around the city. I also took the opportunity to see the Pinault collection at Punta della Dogana and a compelling exhibition by Michael Armitage at Palazzo Grassi.