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Sunset from BWIA
The trip begins. This was the view from my window of the sunset. We...
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Sunset 3
Here's another view of it. If only I knew how the NINE hour flight would...
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Chimneys
Us lame trinis were only too excited to see houses with chimneys....
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Water Company
If only WASA buildings could look this good. This, folks, is a Water...
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Shakespeare Shrine
Someone actually built a shrine to Shakespeare. Somewhere between Gatwick and...
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Koln-Bonn Airport
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Weibern Windmills
So our Days of Encounter were spent in a village called Weibern....
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Scant out
This was our Meet & Greet session. The German hosts thought it would be a...
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Adrian&FrKurt
My boy Adrian and Fr. Kurt of the Weibern parish. I think Adrian's...
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Riddim Section
So our part of meeting and greeting was to get a good soca riddim...
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Mama,mama and Gutrun
In the middle of this photo in orange is my host mother, Marie...
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Dancing Germans
By this time, the whole German posse was dancing and waving like West...
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Weibern Flowers
Hey look! it's me! The flowers were just so BRIGHT everywhere! the...
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Trinis in Weibern
Here is the Weibern-Trini contingent outside their sports hall. Apparently...
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Tower
This is the tower of St. Barbara's Church, Weibern. Taken from...
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St. Barbara's old Church
St. Barbara's is an old Church. A new one was built on the side of...
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old church altar
See what I mean? this is the altar of the Old Church. It's...
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Old Church Saint
How bad is it that I spend 2 weeks on pilgrimage but can't identify which...
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4 Gospels
Again, not the best shot, but over the altar is this arch which depicts the 4...
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Old Church Statue
Blessed Virgin Mary. (to the right of the altar)
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Old Church Stations
ok, so I don't have the steadiest of hands, but this was a really...
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Pray for us
It says Holy (something) helper, Pray for us. I may need some German help on...
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Pieta
Apparently all the German churches, or at least the ones I visited, have a...
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New Church Altar
This was the altar at the new Church. The whole village is based on stonework...
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View of Weibern
Weibern is very hilly. We walked all through it and this was a view...
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St. Barbara's
We could see St. Barbara's from there too.
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Elementary School
This is the elementary school. It's one of the old buildings in Weibern...
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Old Home
This is one of the old houses around Weibern. It's made also from...
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Signpost
It always helps to know which direction you're going in. that's Sean,...
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Caves
So this is one of the caves in Weibern. It's directly next to a rock wall...
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Gravestone
So here's something you'd never see in T&T. The man who makes...
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Weibern Emblem
So this is the Crest of Weibern. The Cross represents Catholicism, the fish...
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Quarry
And THIS is the Weibern Quarry. It's no longer operational, but...
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Clare Quarry
to prove that I was actually there.....
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French Rachel
So this is when we went to see a musical entitled "Rachel". We...
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Rachel 3
This here were the Trinis up in the stands waving at the one trini...
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Downtown Trier
An old building in Downtown Trier called Porta Nigra. That's about...
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Trier Dome
This is the Dome Cathedral at Trier. Here, they removed the benches for us so...
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Doorway to the Dome
This is one of the entrances to the church that is behind the dome....
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domglass1
This was one of the stained glass features of the Dome in Trier.
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dom side altar
So there were these minor altars all around the Church. This was one of them....
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trier square
There's a big open square in downtown Trier and there's these...
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Ice Cream Shop
yes folks, this is Trier's very own Ice Cream Shops... it's so good,...
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Bar
And along the lines of Gorgeous Buildings, this, is a bar.... I...
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Trier square2
upon further investiquiry, I learned that this is officially supposed to be...
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Pooh!
The biggest Damn Pooh Bear I've ever seen. It was on sale on one...
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Trier Square 4
And this is the Hauptmarkt from another angle. Look at people! All the little...
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Clare Trier Square
So in the middle of Hauptmarkt is this Cross. And, yes, that is me......
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Roadway to the dome
This is Stern Street. It's the street that leads to the dome. I kept the...
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Story of St. Helena
I don't know the story exactly, but what I can tell you is that...
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The Organ of the Dome
This is the Organ of the Dome in Trier. This is on what I would presume to be...
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Natural
This is as natural as it gets... This is a natural spring in Weibern....
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Julia & Bernd
These are 2 of the members of my host family. Here we have my host...
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Castle Olbruck
This is Castle Olbruck. It's a historical site between Weibern and...
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the Tower
This is the Tower of Olbruck Castle. Sure.. it looks small here, but...
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Knights battle
So in a good show of Medieval life, the knights of Castle Olbruck had...
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black fox
The lady to the middle of this shot was our tour guide at the Castle. Here we...
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2 floors up
Taken from the second floor of the Castle. Only 2 floors and look how high!
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medieval bishop
The garb of a medieval bishop
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model castle
This is a full model of the Original castle. It was constructed by some...
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Olbruck crest
As with everywhere in Germany, Olbruck has it's own crest and here it is...
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view from the top
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clare top
Yes folks... I made it to the tippy top top. ain't u proud?
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looking down
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clare's knight
Guess I finally found my knight in shining armour?
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marietherese&bernd
And these were my host parents. Remarkably sweet and kind people,...
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