As mentioned in my previous post I made an impromptu stop in Rotterdam on my way home from Leiden. Although the weather was pretty awful I managed to see a little bit of the city while walking around. The trip didn't start off too well seeing as the guy sitting across from me got in a very heated debate on the phone with his drug dealer. Thankfully he disembarked from the train before it left the station... presumably to "bust a cap" in someone's ass.
Other than wandering aimlessly through the slippery streets I spoke to some American girls, critics in town for the Film Festival, who recommended a charming exhibition with photographs of the tulkus of the world. In Tibet tulkus are recognized reincarnations of previous Buddhist masters and range from infants to geriatrics! All of the photographs used in the exhibition will be returned to the subject as soon as the showcase has ended at the request of the Dalai Lama as they are considered sacred. Oh and Steven Seagal is one of the tulkus featured!
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| Witte de With- Tulkus of the world |
I was really happy to have visited Rotterdam but truthfully I wouldn't go back unless it was for an event. Perhaps it was the weather or the agitated junkie who sat opposite me on the train but the whole city felt a little dangerous.. Even more so than South America!
A bientot,
Niamh
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