I Love Hiking! 

Hiking Part Of My Life

I love hiking! I decided to make hiking part of my life.

4 Daagse Van Nijmegen

I started with hiking in 2009 when I was training for the *Marche of Nijmegen. 4 Days hike of each day 40km. It was hard, but I loved the hikes in nature when I was training. I decided to keep on hiking, but never again hike 40 km in one day.

Camino The Santiago

In 2016 a dream came through for me when I hiked the **Camino Portuguese, the Camino de Santiago from Lisbon. I hiked about 700 km in 40 days. It was a beautiful experience and exhausting.

Wandelen Naar Jezelf

In cooperation with Herstelreizen I organized hiking vacations on Ameland and Terschelling. During the evening I gave some workshops about what the participants wanted in life. They made moodboards, answered for themselves questions about their life, etc. The hikes were short, about 10 km.

Pieterpad

In April 2019 I started with hiking the Pieterpad. It is a hike from North to South (South to North) in the eastern part of The Netherlands. It runs from Pieterburen near Groningen till St. Pietersberg near Maastricht. I hiked 1/4 in 2019 and finished it in 2020.

Nacht Van De Vluchteling

I told myself not to hike 40 km in one day anymore, but did it anyway for the Night of the Refugees (Nacht van de Vluchtelingen) in 2019 in Rotterdam. It was a super experience to hike at night, but once in a lifetime.

*I walked the Nijmegen 4Daagse Marches in 2009. And in 2016 I saw the walkers walking through Cuijk, after I hiked the Camino Portugues and before I moved to Arnhem. I have never been to the 4Daagse feesten and I will not visit the 4Daagse feesten in the future. Never been a party animal and never will be.

**I hiked the camino to think about what I wanted further from life and Databeet, not to party like some do on the Camino. I talked while hiking with my fellow hikers, but did not party with them or others. I am not a party animal and liked the quietness and calmness of the camino. 

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