Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Copernicus museum in Frombork
all photos from Frombork 8 August: Piaski/Frombork - Pasleka Lake The predicted stable dry weather was not to be. At 6:30 it started raining again for more than an hour. Packing the tent wet....The water tram to Frombork was packed. I had not managed to book online, but luckily I was still allowed on, albeit without a seat. [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Poland (Part 2)
Jurata pier all photos Poland (Part 2) August 6: Gdansk - Jantar (32 km) Only short ride planned today because I had to buy a new cycling shirt in Gdansk this morning. My beloved 35-year-old Odlo shirt which unfortunately is no longer sold is now literally ripping off my body.... To get out of Gdansk, I had to [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Gdansk
all photos from Gdansk Aug 4: European Solidarity Centre and World War II Museum. You can't leave Gdansk without visiting these two impressive buildings. With the European Solidarity Centre, I managed to do so on Monday. On Tuesday, I had reserved the whole afternoon for the war museum, but failed to visit it. There was [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Benchen Karma Kamtsang Centre in Sopot
4 August: Sangha - Buddhist faith community Today I visited the sangha of the Benchen Karma Kamtsang Buddhist Centre in Sopot, near Gdansk.The headquarters of this tradition, equipped with a Dharma centre, temple, stupa and a large Buddha statue, is in Grabnik, some 40 km outside Warsaw. The components of the Buddha statue were manufactured in Nepal. There [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Poland (Part 1)
German border near Rütenbrock all photos Poland (Part 1) 26 July: Kamminke-Międzyzdroje (23km) Shortly after Camping Kamminke, I reached the German-Polish border already by a narrow canal. On the other side of the little wooden bridge stood a Polish gendarme, apparently not to check because I was welcomed with a broad smile.In Świnoujście I did some [...]
