Tag Archive for: pilgrim stories

Et cetera, but my real goal is to stop ticking boxes (pilgrim Gerson van Luijk)

By Gerson van Luijk Bison Bay. The hardest thing for me is to slow down. Take your time. To stand still just to stand still and look, to feel, to smell. The world sometimes seems to be all about yourself and it can feel selfish to become…

Mariette’s Walk of Wisdom, ‘becoming one’.

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Text: Mariëtte While walking, I started looking for myself to overcome things. The Walk Of Wisdom fitted in well. I walked the trek in two parts, first 41/2 days and then after a two-week break in between 4 days. I didn't know if I would…

Consider… the Walk of Wisdom: return day (report by pilgrim Simone Venderbosch, part 4 of 4)

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Text & images: Simone Venderbosch 'A place to come back to', I wrote in the guestbook here last summer. And, tadaa, here I am! My phone even recognizes the wifi, haha. On the way here, I had only been on the road for a few kilometers…

Walking the Walk of Wisdom , an interesting thought

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A few years ago, Jolanda, a Limburger, gave me the idea to walk the Walk of Wisdom . We were supposed to walk it together, but that didn't happen until I met Manja Bente at the Katalpalifecenter, a beautiful silence and retreat center of Bart…

Consider… the Walk of Wisdom: the last part (report by pilgrim Simone Venderbosch, part 3 of 4)

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Text & images: Simone Venderbosch I walked the Walk of Wisdom in the hot summer of 2018. The summer in which the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) issued code orange and advised everyone not to go outside. It was precisely…

Consider… the Walk of Wisdom: halfway (report by pilgrim Simone Venderbosch, part 2 of 4)

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Text & images: Simone Venderbosch On the sixth day of my Walk of Wisdom , I have a good routine. In the meantime I have found my own rhythm and being alone is going well for me. I manage just fine, enjoy being on the road, discovering…

Consider… the Walk of Wisdom: the start (report by pilgrim Simone Venderbosch, part 1 of 4)

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Text & images: Simone Venderbosch My Walk of Wisdom starts one morning in Nijmegen. At the time, the city was still visibly reeling from the Vierdaagsefeesten. There is a lot of cleaning going on and there are a lot of people busy. After…

Ride for Wisdom: pilgrim Ann Verboven on pilgrimage by bike

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Ann Verboven and two friends decided to cycle the Walk of Wisdom . Ann wrote a wonderful report. DAY 1 Nijmegen-Ooij-Erlecom-Kranenburg-Groesbeek The St Nicholas Chapel in Nijmegen. Round, a circle, people connected. Marieke who touches…