Olbruck Praise
So, being the resourceful trinis that we are... we carried our music...
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Weibern mass
This is us having Mass on our last Sunday in Weibern. It rained that day....
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just like home
This is me on my bed at home... well, the home of My host family in...
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marietheresegarden
This was my host mommy's garden. We already talked about my love...
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maria laach
This is a Benedictine Abbey by the name of Maria Laach. It's quite...
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St John the Baptist Chapel
Maria Laach was actually a whole big compound. Here was the St. John...
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lamb of god
This is inside the St. John the Baptist Chapel. It was hanging over...
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baptism
A stone portrait of Christ's baptism inside the chapel.
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beheaded baptist
Another carving. This time of John the Baptist being beheaded. In the chapel
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st. nick
This one is the chapel of St. Nicholas. You can't really see in...
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angels
There are paintings and murals all over the inside of the St. Nicholas...
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st. nick mural
This one is a mural showing all the different works of St. Nicholas. It's...
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luzia and fr.
These were our tour guides. Luzia was pretty much in charge of...
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queen of heaven
This was a painting ofthe Blessed Virgin Mary being crowned Queen of Heaven....
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st. michael
And here it is.. St. Michael was below that arch. I understand the latin here...
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st. joseph
Perched on top of one of the buildings is a statue of St. Joseph. The...
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benny
This is Benny. He's the official watchdog of the Benedictine Abbey. For...
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clare at church
And this is me posing in front of the same abbey church.
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fountain at abbey
When you walk into the abbey, the first thing you see is this...
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maria laach crest
So, like everywhere else, Maria Laach has it's own cross. I...
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pieta at laach
As I said, many, if not of all the churches in Germany have a Pieta in them....
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trinis at laach
Here we have the whole host of Trinis and their host families. Sorry...
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my home
And this is my host family's home. I loved it here. But it was SO...
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marieskebabs
My Host Mama could Cook! Turkey Kebabs people!
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marie's salad
Her Salad was da bomb too... see the white chunks? Feta Cheese. I...
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family and friends
Ok... round the table we got, (l-r) Marie-Therese (my host mummy),...
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julia and gutrun
This was the day that we left Weibern. Everyone was so sad to see us...
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Hessler Family
Here is the Hessler Family. (3 0f them anyway). The mother, Uller is...
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Families
Here is a nice cross section of a few of the families we stayed with. See all...
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St. Mauritius
This was the address sign on the wall of the School that we called...
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School2
And here is St. Mauritius school. I'm sorry I didn't get any...
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across the street
And, I woulda nearly swear I was in Trinidad for this one... there was a BAR...
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Neumarkt
Our first day out in Neumarkt, I stumbled across this building. I...
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the good shepherd
This one was taken in St. Mauritius Church. Not the one that was next to the...
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crucified Christ
Lit one here too. Same church.
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our lady
And here... same Church
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our lady 2
I searched and searched to try to remember what the name of the Church...
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st. peter
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opening mass
This was taken at the opening Mass, held at RheinEnergieStadion....
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paula waves
So, here was our primary solution. Paula got down on the railing,...
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integrate
Eventually, Abigail and Abby-Gale spoke to one of the volunteers, and...
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for zaak1
This one's for madeline.
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madz
We got stuck. the trains wouldn't move. We passed through the district. I...
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clare dom
the next day, we crossed into Heumarkt on foot. We stopped before we...
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Rhein bridge dom
The Rhein, the bridge, the barge, the dome... Don't mean to blow my own...
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the Dome
This is THE DOME! The Dome Cathedral of Cologne where Everything was based.
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bridge
So there are Several bridges crossing the River Rhein. I was walking...
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Luna for Dil
So I took this one for Dilip. This was just across the square from the...
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German Bakery
And here I am posing in front of the German bread! The sign overhead says...
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Ice Cream!
And because it was such a warm day... we had ice cream! 80cents (euro...
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Eiscafe
And just in case you ever are in Neumarkt, look for the building from before...
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dom by night
We had a night time walk to the Dome... we were going to celebrate a midnight...
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dom night
And here's a closer shot of the Dome. Was standing right in front of it.
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Relics
Encased within these gold walls are the relics of the Magi, the wise men who...
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Crucified Christ Dome
I took this one inside the dome. I wish I could've taken more pictures in...
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Mikkel Prays
Here's Mikkel at prayer before Mass. I thought he looked so serene I...
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Inside the dome
this is an overhead of the dome... well not over my head, but it's the...
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Bishop
Here is the bishop who did the Mass that night. Didn't catch his name......
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dome by day
This is a back view of the Dome Cathedral from the street that runs to...
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waiting for the pope
Here begins the crowd of pilgrims... waiting on the Pope... for about SEVEN...
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down in cologne
So here's why I took this picture... see in the 3 windows at the top, the...
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heavy traffic
Zaccheus? Nope.. Just a guy who really wanted to see the Pope. He was...
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Polizei
Here we have a German Police Officer. They became so popular that day that by...
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how high
So remember that building a few shots ago with the 3 windows at the top? This...
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here he comes
it's the popemobile... and it's right in front me!!!
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Benedict XVI
After 7 hours worth of waiting, Benedict XVI finally came through the...
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sickbay anyone
So the day after we saw Benedict, I got sick. I took a day off and went to...
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find her face
So while I was lying on the floor at sickbay, I looked over at the trees and...
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IBIS hotel
I was too sick to go to the overnight Vigil... so I ended up "roughing...
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My Own Bathroom!
The average person isn't going to understand why exactly I took this...
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little wild bunnies
And closer to the evening, just outside my window, the wild bunnies came into...
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Sunset at the Ibis
There was a lake at the back of the property. Isn't it gorgeous?
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benedict vigil
So because we couldn't make it to the vigil, we took pics from off...
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Blessed Sacrament
Same goes for this shot... I was there! We know God was!
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leaving Germany
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always joking
It's Dane-Mark and Mikkel... always tellin a good joke and smiling.
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sunset over Cologne
Again... before I knew you couldn't take pics in a plane....
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bus and taxi
And here we are... finally in England.... Can you tell?
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