Which wasn't a bad movie by the way.. wouldn't watch it again though.
Needless to say, Bruges is a beautiful little city full of medieval buildings and sparkling canals, kind of like a fairy tale, really =p We even rented a tandem bicycle which was quite the adventure haha.
Oh yah, Olinda just reminded me that we haven't talked about Paris at all! SO!. What to say about the city of light and love? Well first of all, two days is not enough time. But we did have a fantastic time there, saw the Louvre and that beautiful Monna Lisa (not a spelling mistake-it's Italian!) smile and it truly is that amazing. Except they keep you like 100 feet away so you have to squint to see anything. (slight exaggeration) Definitely climbed the Eiffel tower, walked around the gardens of Versailles, prayed in the Sacre Coeur, Ate crepes in a tree at the foot of the tower, got lost after our amazing night bike tour (which reminded us of the Berlin bike tour with the crazy group of Aussie Rugby players who love their alcohol only this time it was an American flight crew =) And a kind man drove us to the night bus stop (don't worry, we were completely safe! Plus he had to go back and take care of his drunk friend) where another kind man (in a uniform) gave us further directions and laughed at my tattered map that I had only had for 2 days. Ah Paris. We had fun practicing our french oh and we ate duck! Yum. With only four hours of sleep we left for Bruges (and we packed our bags the night before so we wouldn't wake up 5 minutes before our bus leaves to frantically shove EVERYTHING into our bags like the one girl we helped send off the day before haha)
Canada, see you in 3 days!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Oh Yah... Title!
Okay! So it's been a while... Sorry about that!
Since Nice (Southern France), we have been to Lauterbrunnen and Lucerne in Switzerland and are currently in Munich again for a night before heading to Paris for three days, then Brugges (Belgium) and then find our way to Frankfurt to fly back to Canada in only 9 days!!!
Switzerland. Super expensive, but absolutely worth it! (Also could be due to the fact that we just had to do everything) High ropes course, Paragliding, Whitewater rafting, and we didn't even get to do Canyoning! Definitely satisfied some of the adventurous mountain spirits within us =)
To wind down from our adventures in Lauterbrunnen/Interlaken we found an International (English Speaking-and reformed to boot!) Church in Lucerne where we met two other Canadian girls named Laura and Mary-Ellen. We hung out all day so that was really cool. We were encouraged by how they intentionally honour the Lord's day even while traveling by not spending money/trying not to make other people work. I mean when you only have 18 days to travel (they were on a Contiki tour), you want to make the most of every day and do as many tours and eat as much food and get as much souvenirs as you can! But it's a really great witness to their fellow travelers and we pray that others may be encouraged by them and glorify God.
On that note, I met a 65 year old Italian man in the hostel named Dino who shared his cheese and pears and bread and beer with me and who hadn't slept in 3 days and shared quite a bit of his life story with me in the broken english he knew and wore a cross around his neck and had very interesting theology about the afterlife so we talked a bit and I gave him the french bible that I picked up in Winnipeg (because he understands french better than English) so we pray that He would read it and continue to be transformed by Christ.
In other news, thank you for following our travels and may you be blessed and encouraged by our Lord Jesus Christ!
Paris, here we come!
Since Nice (Southern France), we have been to Lauterbrunnen and Lucerne in Switzerland and are currently in Munich again for a night before heading to Paris for three days, then Brugges (Belgium) and then find our way to Frankfurt to fly back to Canada in only 9 days!!!
Switzerland. Super expensive, but absolutely worth it! (Also could be due to the fact that we just had to do everything) High ropes course, Paragliding, Whitewater rafting, and we didn't even get to do Canyoning! Definitely satisfied some of the adventurous mountain spirits within us =)
To wind down from our adventures in Lauterbrunnen/Interlaken we found an International (English Speaking-and reformed to boot!) Church in Lucerne where we met two other Canadian girls named Laura and Mary-Ellen. We hung out all day so that was really cool. We were encouraged by how they intentionally honour the Lord's day even while traveling by not spending money/trying not to make other people work. I mean when you only have 18 days to travel (they were on a Contiki tour), you want to make the most of every day and do as many tours and eat as much food and get as much souvenirs as you can! But it's a really great witness to their fellow travelers and we pray that others may be encouraged by them and glorify God.
On that note, I met a 65 year old Italian man in the hostel named Dino who shared his cheese and pears and bread and beer with me and who hadn't slept in 3 days and shared quite a bit of his life story with me in the broken english he knew and wore a cross around his neck and had very interesting theology about the afterlife so we talked a bit and I gave him the french bible that I picked up in Winnipeg (because he understands french better than English) so we pray that He would read it and continue to be transformed by Christ.
In other news, thank you for following our travels and may you be blessed and encouraged by our Lord Jesus Christ!
Paris, here we come!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
6 minutes!!!
That's how much time I have left at this computer!
So we're in Firenze now, Roma was fantastic and our three day Italian adventure was incredible! Swimming in the Mediterranean, visiting ancient ruins, tasting Limoncello, climbing cliffs in caves (although it probably was illegal, there just wasn't anyone around to tell me not to do it!)
Our last day in Rome was really awesome =) We missed our Vatican tour that we had booked, so while trying to scout them out, we ran into someone else selling tours in English. So why not. We met two other girls, Jess and Chloe on that trip and ended up hanging out with them all day. It was so wonderful and refreshing to be with two girls our age who love Jesus as much as we do so we were able to eat and pray with eachother and that is church!
Florence has been a lot of fun, we sang Karaoke last night haha and Saw David today. Really marvelous statue. I could have looked at it for hours. Did you know that he is holding his sling behind his back and some pebbles in his right hand? Never saw that before.
One more day in Firenze and then we're off to the lovely villages of Cinque Terre.
One more minute left!
Hope you are all having a beautiful summer and may the Lord bless you richly =)
See you soon!
P.S. My time ran out as soon as I finished, but thankfully it was saved to drafts. We have since then spent our two last beautiful days in Italy kayaking and cliff jumping. Now we are in Nice (southern France), trying to get used to attempting to communicate in French instead of Italian. Still marveling at the Beauty of God's diverse creation (especially the cave that looked like melted icecream!) and I am reminded of the first Chapter of Romans that says "since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." And Biblegateway's verse of the day that I just read two seconds ago -> “Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.”- Jeremiah 32:17 Need I say more?
So we're in Firenze now, Roma was fantastic and our three day Italian adventure was incredible! Swimming in the Mediterranean, visiting ancient ruins, tasting Limoncello, climbing cliffs in caves (although it probably was illegal, there just wasn't anyone around to tell me not to do it!)
Our last day in Rome was really awesome =) We missed our Vatican tour that we had booked, so while trying to scout them out, we ran into someone else selling tours in English. So why not. We met two other girls, Jess and Chloe on that trip and ended up hanging out with them all day. It was so wonderful and refreshing to be with two girls our age who love Jesus as much as we do so we were able to eat and pray with eachother and that is church!
Florence has been a lot of fun, we sang Karaoke last night haha and Saw David today. Really marvelous statue. I could have looked at it for hours. Did you know that he is holding his sling behind his back and some pebbles in his right hand? Never saw that before.
One more day in Firenze and then we're off to the lovely villages of Cinque Terre.
One more minute left!
Hope you are all having a beautiful summer and may the Lord bless you richly =)
See you soon!
P.S. My time ran out as soon as I finished, but thankfully it was saved to drafts. We have since then spent our two last beautiful days in Italy kayaking and cliff jumping. Now we are in Nice (southern France), trying to get used to attempting to communicate in French instead of Italian. Still marveling at the Beauty of God's diverse creation (especially the cave that looked like melted icecream!) and I am reminded of the first Chapter of Romans that says "since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." And Biblegateway's verse of the day that I just read two seconds ago -> “Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.”- Jeremiah 32:17 Need I say more?
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