The Mark Uhlenkott Blog

Switzerland!

Outstanding! On our train ride to Gimmelwald.

Arriving at our destination at over 4500 ft called for some needed celebration...

As soon as we arrived, the snow and fog settled in for the weekend.

At the end of our trip. This picture was taken outside of the entrance to the major falls which drain the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau mountains. The falls were absolutely phenomenal.

On our way to Gimmelwald, we stopped by the tiny country of Liechtenstein. This is sunrise, believe it or not.

10 Day to England, Scotland, Paris

Johann Fabius in his 11 meter squared apartment.

The shrine of the Miraculous Medal in Paris

A peculiar speciman I found in the Louvre...

England sheep pasture

Some locutions taking place at a "stone henge" in northern England.

Some more English countryside....

Our B & B at which we stayed. It was situated on a sheep farm right near a lake. This is in the Lake District of England.

A picture of Edinburgh, a very beautiful city in southern Scotland.

Easter Weekend: Lisieux, Normandy, Lourdes

Mom and Dad outside the Basilica in Lisieux, France.

Overlooking the easternmost portion of Omaha beach.... The monument in the background displays the names of the five or so hundred Americans that died in this area of the invasion. By the way, several of them received the Congressional Medal of Honor...

A few hay burners in the Normandy countryside....

St. Bernadette's perfectly incorrupt body as seen lying in state in Nevers, France several hundred kms north of Lourdes.

Our group chillaxin' at a Cafe in Lourdes.

That's why it was a cloudy day.

In front of the grotto at Lourdes. The massive Church of the Immaculate Conception is directly above the grotto.

Pompeii and Greece: A Journey to the Lands of the Pagans.

This trip was one devoted to history and relaxation...with a little pilgrimage mixed in (not pagan). A friend of mine and I decided to skip a week of classes to travel down to Pompeii in Italy and into Greece. We took the train down into southern Italy to Pompeii and then took a 10 hr ferry across the Adriatic Sea to the city of Patras on the mainland of Greece. From there we travelled north to Delphi where the oracle of the Greek gods resided 3000 years ago. After that we went to Athens and took a ferry to the island of Patmos just off the west coast of Turkey. Patmos is the island where St. John was exiled and where he wrote the book of Revelation. Afterward we went back to Athens and saw the sites there, and then flew home. The trip was indeed one to remember.

A view of Mt. Vesuvius looming over the ancient city of Pompeii that it destroyed.

in Pompeii as well...

A view overlooking the temple to Apollo in Delphi, Greece.

A woman in meditation outside the temple of Apollo in Delphi. Apparently some people still take the whole pagan thing seriously.

A view upon our arrival into Patras, Greece.

A view over the bow of our sea vessel...on its way to Greece after leaving Italy.

on the island of Patmos.... The Suzuki Jimney that we rented for 3 days to get around the island.

Greece is 98% Eastern Orthodox. The island of Patmos was no different. Priests are everywhere and their little white churches are everywhere as well.

A view of Patmos in the Aegean Sea from a monastery up on a mountain.

A view of the Acropolis in Athens Greece... I am standing on a huge rock/ancient meeting place where St. Paul preached to the heathens...

the Acropolis...

This is a picture of the most intact building in the ancient city of Athens. It is another pagan temple and I believe it is fairly old.

10 Days of Florence, Orvieto, Rome, & Assisi!

Forgive the lack of order in these pictures. We first travelled to Florence with a group of 17. Afterward, three of us went to Orvieto on our way to Rome to meet up with the rest of the school. After Rome the whole school then travelled to Assisi. There we met the sis and are now in Gaming. Gute Reise!