Votre Ville - Colmar

Today was quite interesting. We are currently in Colmar and will be going to Strasbourg. Donc, Colmar is where Pretzel are famous and the little streets look like you are in some ancient little town with a lot of history. It was a nice place and a great time. However, if you are veggie, you must watch out. It's a bit more difficult.

Fête des Lumières Ville de Lyon

Today was our adventure through Lyon. It was the Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights), but before the festivities began we did a little exploration and discovered a very old baptistery from the 4th to 12th century. Amazing to me, because it seems to indicated a full immersion. After that the next photo is of the Des Dessinées Dès 1550. Sometime from the 1st to 3rd century après J.-C. Absolutely amazing!

Annecy, France

A few of the students and I went to Annecy, France to obtain our medical examinations for a French Residency Permit. Hopefully this will actually be the last step. However, the town is a sweet little place. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Pictures from Stockholm. Enjoy!

In Sweden

Since the 29th, I’ve been in Sweden. It’s been wonderful. It’s a little cold though. What I believe has fascinated me the most is that from nearly the moment I have arrived, we have had Bible studies at nearly all times. From the time we have breakfast, to lunch, to dinner, and afterwards. The people here are so hungry. It’s wonderful, we are trying to organize for a revival youth meeting some time next year. Hopefully we will soon see the fruits of this. I think tomorrow we are going to Stockholm, so I will try to post some more pictures then.

London

It was a late beginning this morning. But I am currently reading through the chapter on John Huss from The Great Controversy. Very good read.

Eventually, my cousin came to my Aunt’s house and we were off to the National Gallery. From there we saw the London Eye and took pictures of the House of Parliament and Big Ben. And then a quick trip through China Town. It was quite enjoyable. Hope the pictures turned out well.

Getting to London

Today was a late rise. Even after waking up, I just laid down and then my friend and I began to talk until it was necessary to get up. For lunch we ate a Pasty (pronounced Past-ie). It was pretty good. Then, I quickly caught my train to London.

After arriving in London, I waited for nearly an hour and a half, while also trying to call my Aunt. Finally, I decided to pay for the internet and called her. We quickly reconnected (for the first time in nearly 20 years) and were off to get me an Oyster Card - a convenient card that I can use at any place with its symbol, such as a tube (subway) or bus. After getting an Oyster Card we were off to a Vegan restaurant. The food was pretty good, but a little oily and salty for my preference.

We then arrived at her place. Spent some time talking with my cousin and her boyfriend and eventually fell asleep.

Birmingham, England

Since my friend and I spent a good amount of the night and early morning talking, we were both very exhausted. Nonetheless, we made it early to Leamington Spa Mission. It was a unique service with communion at the end. Afterwards, we stayed for a bit and ate there. Potluck is a bit different here, you bring your own food and have your own meal with others there who do the same.

One interesting thing. I met a man who was a mission for about 5 years and is now studying Theology at Newbold College. So we were able to talk for quite some time about some things.

For the afternoon the church made shoe boxes to send to some foreign country. After which my friend and I went for a walk around some park and then return to their place. That was basically Sabbath. After its closing I treated her out for her birthday at some Italian restaurant. It was pretty good. But now calculating the price, I’m not sure if it was fully worth it. I guess it is also not so easy to go out to eat and be a vegan - even though I made a lot of requests in my order.

Château de la Fontainebleau

Our last day we had a late start because of factors that are probably best to forget. But we had a visite libre du château de la Fontainebleau. It was amazing. After which, for those who were staying, we caught a train to Paris.

Simply, I missed my flight, had to pay for a new one and am now in Birmingham, England. When I arrived in Birmingham I felt interrogated by the immigrations official. But I guess that’s just how they have to be. We then took a train from Birmingham to Coventry, where I accidently forgot my backpack on the train and had to quickly run back. Then we took a bus to Warwick (pronounced Warick) Uni (University).

le Louvre et Paris

Today was our day to be on our own. So today a few of us actually went to the sights that we passed by yesterday. We went to l’Arc de Triomphe, les Grands boulevards, le Louvre, la Opera, et Notre Dame.

Most of our day was spent at the Louvre where I was able to see a good portion of archaeology and a quick trip to see the Mona Lisa. I have obviously posted pictures below, so there is no need to really explain what I’ve seen.









































































































































For the evening we had a rendez-vous au pied de la tour Eiffel à 19h15. We were able to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower and take some wonderful pictures. After which, we had a départ ensuite pour le port de la Bourdonnais: promenade nocturne en bateau parisien sur la Seine. Basically, we took a trip down the Seine and were able to see many famous bridges in Paris.