post european thoughtings...

After a few days back in the USSSSA... my whole perceptions are without comparison or judgment this time around.  I found the Bay Area 'hecticness' to be calm for me after the big cities of Europe.  I found supermarket checkout lines to be friendly and easygoing - one can actually converse with the cashier about 'life' outside the supermarket.  I found breathing deeply in city air was OK - I wasn't going to be second hand smoking on every other step.

On the other side, I did find the commercialization and advertising here to be WAY over the top - i feel inundated by every single media and visual stimuli to BUY SOMETHING.   I feel like recoiling into my own closed space of selected podcasts and downloaded video/movie rather than the commercial variety.

Everything feels bigger and roomier. Even the people  (as the DDR movie 'Friendship' said) are bigger and juicier.

Ok, did I really think I wasn't going to pass judgement?  nahhhh.... these are just mere observations... rriiiigghhhttt !

good-bye EuroLand again...

I am a bit sad in leaving Europe.  For the first time (in my life?)  I am reluctant to leave - and it has a lot to do with special friends here, Sieben Linden, and the 1st hand experience in seeing Viktor Schauberger's insights.

In the next week (after the jet lag subsides) I hope to continue blogging about my Schauberger experience and the water Vortex along with the mechanical marvels: the Repulsin and fish turbines. 



A friend from Sieben Linden drove down to meet me for a cup of coffee yesterday...what a perfect end to this trip.



Today I concluded 31 trains (several hi-speed ICE) in 40 days and too many hotel changes.  What an enriching experience about what is possible in public transportation.  
I learn more about myself and levels of patience and tolerance for cultural uniqueness and different human habits + ways of living.  Even though there are more subtle differences in Europe than in the rest of the world (compared to the USA), there are still subtle differences that only get magnified after spending more time and having in-depth,  personal  connections.


I will miss the straighforwardness and directness of Germans, 
I will miss the passion and socializing of Italians, 
I will miss the scenery + pastries/bakeries of Austria, 
I will miss the many friends who took time out of their schedules to spend countless hours over great beer + food with wonderful heartfelt converstions;  
but most of all 
I will miss being closer to Sieben Linden - the ecoVillage in northeastern Germany - the 'metta' experience there still tugs at my heart... may it continue.