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Italy and the Adriatic - 2025

Robin and drove into London this morning and he dropped me off at the Chesterfield Hotel where I met up with Darwin after ten days apart....

I began the day with a visit to All Saints Church, the village church of Haslingfield - a church dating from the 16th century. The...

Today began quite early as I was picked up by my car and driver at 6:00 a.m. to be taken from the Maria Laach Abbey to the Frankfurt...

I will actually be departing from the Maria Laach Abbey early tomorrow morning, but thought this would be my farewell post for the Abbey...

After breakfast I rode with Gereon to his home in Plaidt where I did some work on my computer while he was doing some of his own work. ...

After breakfast at the Abbey, Gereon drove me to the Andernach train station where I purchased my rail ticket for the day and boarded an...

Well not a full day. After having breakfast at the B&B in De Haan, Belgium, Gereon, Maria, Daniel and I spent an hour or so at the beach...

After my private breakfast I attended the 9:00 a.m. Gregorian mass at the Abbey Church this morning. It was divine listening to the monks...

In case you have been wondering why there have been no new posts since I departed the US, it's due to the monastic life I entered upon my...

Yesterday was the Burk/Anderson/Peterson family reunion in the fellowship hall of Palm Valley Lutheran Church in Round Rock, Texas. It...