I had a pretty good day today. I’ve been feeling much better in the crowds and have been working on stopping to smell the roses.We got up early and had breakfast with Martin and got to meet one of his sons Christian. Later we went to morning prayer (all spoken in German…) and then went to catecesis: songs, a talk …

Today we went to Cologne to join in a pilgramage from an area on the Rhein to the Cathedral (Dom). It was pretty cool. We walked at least 5km in total with specific relfections and songs to sing the whole way. Pete and I have some pretty good photo’s that we’ll have to post soon. Anyways, the train to Cologne …

We got up at 7am this morning to have breakfast and head to a short opening serivice in our area. After that we had a tour guide take us to Dusseldorf via a hanging train: it is like a skytrain, but hanging instead of riding on top of something. It was a pretty good view from the train, but I …

We started our day at a local church where they had a service with an awesome bunch of musicians from the area. After the mass we went out to the back yard of the church and planted a maple-ish looking tree. I actually wish I would have known that we were doing this earlier so that I could use my …

OK, this will be a bit short because I’ve been up for 18 hours and have been walking all day.Today was a huge day. A lot went on. We had to be at the train station at 7:30am to catch a train to Wertzburg (not spelled correctly) where there was a huge day planned for all those who are going …