Venice

What a different city! I am not used to seeing taxis in the water. It was very quiet and nice. Linda and I walked all over Venice, sitting next to the water watching all the boats go by. You have no need for a car, you need a boat. Venice wedding, yes, taken away in a Gandola. And the lime gelato, yummy! It helped to keep the hot days a little cooler. Here is the link to the pictures, Venice.

Geneva

Switzerland, what a beautiful country! The water in the lake is crystal clear, you can see the bottom and the fish swimming around. The Alps, wow! And the cheese, chocolate and food is very, very good. I am glad we always do a lot of walking. The Reformation Wall, United Nations, Red Cross headquarters and more. Many, many years ago, this was the first place I went to in Europe. Have you ever been to church, in French? I was on a campaign in Geneva back in 1976. The same missionary is in Geneva today, Doyle Kees. It was great to see the church has grown, over 100 strong. I was able to visit with his son, Mark but Doyle was out of town the weekend we were in Geneva. Here is the link to the pictures, Geneva.

Krakow

Hi, I am back. Things have been really busy at work. We are enjoying our very long days. The sun rises at around 3:30 am and the sun sets around 10:30 pm. This was the longest day. It is about 9:40 pm and the sun is just now going down. We have a new young couple with the HIM program from Oklahoma Christian start working with the Church here in Morley.

Our trip to Poland was wonderful. It did rain but we still enjoyed our stay. They have some great bread rolls. Try them if you go. You can get a roll on almost every corner. Here is the link to the pictures, Krakow.

Auschwitz

The next trip we took was to Krakow Poland. Krakow is near the concentration camps of Auschwitz. While in Krakow, Linda and I took a tour of two of the three camps of Auschwitz. This was a very humbling experience and a reminder of the bad things about our world. If someone tells you this did not happen, I will tell you otherwise. We have seen a lot of things showing the World War II era. Here is the link to the pictures, Auschwitz.

Salzburg

This is one of our favourite places in the world.  It is very beautiful with the Austrian Alps surrounding the city.  I love the city because the Sound of  Music was filmed in and around the city of Salzburg.  Here is a link to the pictures, Salzburg.

Pisa, Italy

Pisa can be a seen in an afternoon. The weather was not very nice here. We were rained on. But who can complain, we are in Europe.

Old Roman wall going around the city of Pisa. This was by the leaning tower of Pisa.

The church next to the leaning tower.

Linda holding up the leaning tower of Pisa

Another picture of the leaning tower and the church beside it.

I am updating this link to also show you pictures of Cinque Terre, a beautiful place.  Here is a link to the pictures, Cinque Terre.

Florence, very nice

Hi, I am getting closer to getting caught up in our postings. This is a trip Linda and I took to Florence and Pisa Italy in early June. As you can seen the weather here was very nice. I love real Italian food.

This is a picture looking away from the city toward the mountains

This restaurant has the best bruschetta I have ever had. It was wonderful setting outside and taking in the scenes

What a view from Michaelanglo park above the city.

What a view from our hotel room. The hotel was a ways from the central part of the city.