We found our focus again and the flow of travel. Europe is a Great Place to Live when you want to see it ; ) People with clear eyes showed us the way. From Bossey to Tirol.

On the way the guy from the train showed us where to sleep. Blue eyes. Master of ‘die Dampfzug’ (De Stoomtrein, The steamtrain) and we slept at the house of a nice Tiroler family.

We never thought we ended up in a little house on the mountain. No electricity or internet available. No other peopel too. Lio showed us the way and welcomed us at our new home. A great luxery when your own ‘Wohnmobil ist fertig’.

It started to rain. Rain. Rain. We’re living in a cloud. Once in a while above the cloud. In Tirol there is a name for rain you can feel when you walk INTO the cloud. Something with sch….. (like many words here!). So we’re baking a cake inside, feel at home and THINK of Europe.

And realise that you can plan, and do, and check, and act but never find anything suitable for your own needs and dreams. We’re ended up with al our ambition on a peacefull mountain with a fantascic view ……… wich gives us the clear insights we needed so much to create our own future.

We’re wondering in silence ‘und sind wunschlos glücklich’.

The next blogs will be posted when we’re getting back to the common’ world.

And ………. is Europe a Great Place to Live when anyone get some silence at a certain point?

I found myself at the assembly of the European Churches, 150 Churches from over 30 countries in Lyon for a week. Working on a vision for the future. I was curious about their contribution to European society. I talked to bishops, clergyman and believers from all over Europe. Greek, Finnish, Latvian and Italian people all of them with their heart at the right place, sharing the same intention. Bringing light into Europe and addressing the question in which society we want to live in. On stage I heard beautiful speeches and shared intentions from all different church leaders. True collaboration came from the talks in the corridors where all denominations met and laughed, did networking and business together. All of them creating a feeling of togetherness, a European feeling, building on an even Greater Place to Live.
Religion seems very powerful to join forces, to bind together from London to Tbilisi, from Lisbon to Istanbul. Keeping ones own identity but working together, by a shared vision. Marvelous! Neverthless when it comes to structures, religion can also divide. All this potential is put on hold by hierarchical structures. Not all but some on top are holding the brake, which is enough to deaccelerate. From underneath humans shared their deepest wishes, making them alive in concrete projects.
The relationships which are made in the corridors are hopefully of longer lasting effort than the amandments taken. As the archbishop of Albania said to me, ‘some churches are yearning for love’. And the Finnish delegates: ‘We have to celebrate the joy of life’. Thats exactly what the Italians did at the last dinner, celebrating live by chanting, toasting and laughing, changing the stiff dining hall into a cosy chaos.