Monthly Archives: September 2010
The Oberammergau Passion Play will have its final performance in 5 days, but our last tour group saw the play today. Oberammergau is a village of 5,200 people in the Bavarian Alps. Every ten years they perform the passion story … Continue reading
Sunday was an exceptional day despite the clouds and rain. We had been invited to attend the worship service this morning in a town with a Reform church called Bauma next to the town of Bäretswil which we have often … Continue reading
On Sunday afternoon we had a surprise in the city of Münster. We had gone there to see the notorious 3 cages on the St. Lambert’s Cathedral with its lacy Gothic church tower where the bodies of the Anabaptist ring … Continue reading
After out Boeing 747 lifted off 2 hrs late out of Newark, our Lufthansa pilot managed to get us to Frankfurt in time for our connecting flight to Amsterdam. A momentary worry that Ed and Carol Burkholder might miss our … Continue reading
With this being Eve of Yom Kippur, we were unable to visit the Israel Museum this morning as planned. So we were able to go at a more leisurely pace to visit Shepherd’s Field near Bethlehem before entering the city … Continue reading
We stopped in Mondsee, Austria to visit the St. Michael Abbey where the wedding ceremony in the Sound of Music was filmed. After using the toilets, Paul Herr asked Janet Zook if she used the correct room. He was referring … Continue reading
At the ruins of first-century Caesarea, the guys in the group hammed it up a bit when we passed the Roman toilets as we entered Herod’s hippodrome (horse racetrack; see photo). The facilities give “public restroom” a new standard, since … Continue reading
Highlights of our first full day in Israel-Palestine included a visit to the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. The building is a stunning architectural and artistic statement, but most of all it felt to our group like a place … Continue reading
Twenty-four weary Road to Jerusalem pilgrims unload suitcases upon arrival at Nazareth on Sunday evening. Our travels were uneventful, aside from needing to wait 90 minutes extra in Frankfurt because of mechanical problems with the airplane. Group spirits are high. … Continue reading
We have had fantastic, sunny weather for our days in Switzerland. Before arriving in Switzerland, we visited the Oak Tree at Salm, France where we sang “Faith of our Fathers,” remembering the tree planted by our Mennonite people more than … Continue reading
