The day began in Sachsenhausen for the seven participants. Sachsenhausen is a southern suburb, on the opposite side of the Main River from the city centre. Our first destination was the plaza in front of the Suedbahnhof (south train station). We were well supplied with newspapers and flyers. Our bikes were adorned with flags, lovingly handmade. The flags read, "Falun Gong" and also carried the Chinese characters for "Zhen, Shan, Ren" (Truth, Compassion, Forbearance). It must have been the first time for many of the public to see a group of people sitting in the lotus position and meditating. We kept pure thoughts and distributed flyers to passers-by and to retailers in the area.
Our group, clad in yellow t-shirts and waving yellow Dafa flags, generated a lot of interest from the crowds moving through the area. Our flyers were well received. Later, we demonstrated the exercises at another location in the southern part of Frankfurt and spoke with several passers-by. From there we crossed the Main River and rode toward the beautiful and historic Opera House in the heart of Frankfurt, a very busy spot around lunchtime favoured by locals and tourists alike. We stopped to clarify the truth to the many people there, and demonstrated the exercises.
At noon we continued our Falun Dafa Day celebrations at the "Eiserner Steg," (Iron Bridge) an ancient, picturesque pedestrian bridge across the Main River. The bridge is a primary pedestrian artery and is popular with locals and tourists alike.
The day had become brilliantly sunny and warm, and remained so until evening. We were united in the joy of participating in this 10th anniversary. The exercise group portrayed a beautiful, harmonious picture and the afternoon sun bathed our huge, yellow Dafa banner in golden light. We were pleased that many passers-by saw the exercises and they asked many pertinent questions. It was a truly cosmopolitan group of people that met with us and we had information available in almost everyone's language.
We paid particular attention to tourists from China. We gave them truth clarifying information and VCDs in Chinese. The Chinese themselves are our most important helpers to break Jiang Zemin's blockade, and there were quite a few Chinese there that day! We were overjoyed to show them that Falun Gong is widely practised and appreciated outside of China, thereby exposing the lies the Chinese government spreads!
Our bike group remained at the Opera Plaza for a long time. Since there were only three of us there at any one time, we had no need for a permit. This overcame the authorities earlier refusal to issue a permit in a very natural and harmonious way. We were still able to hand out hundreds of flyers. Each one of us experienced that even though people were in a hurry, they did stop and accept a flyer or a newspaper with a smile. They must have recognized the value of the information, because we found very few flyers tossed to ground.
Afterwards we rode to the Main River Promenade (an elegant, broad walkway along the river, beautifully landscaped and adorned with statuary) where we made ourselves known to the people strolling along. Almost everyone received some reading material. Almost no one sitting on the benches there was left out. Flyers were even handed from cyclist to cyclist!
Everyone had fun during our first-ever cycling tour of Frankfurt! Our half-group reunited with the other half who had stayed to spend the afternoon at "Eiserner Steg," where it so happened that a TV team was videotaping a Falun Gong display. With such great weather, the TV team was able to get some truly excellent footage to document this 10th anniversary of Falun Dafa's introduction to the public. We all left in a happy mood, having had a successful and heart warming day.
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