Our dive instructor said scuba was like yoga and meditation. Joseph and I followed up on our Barcelona experience of shark diving with an open water dive in Maui. We are gearing up in a parking lot because we are going to walk into the ocean from the beach. We still made it to a …
Pearl Harbor
Joseph and I made it to Honolulu on Friday (7/27) to begin our "Father/Son" trip to Hawai'i! We stayed at Waikiki beach. On my birthday (7/28) we toured Pearl Harbor. It was a very solemn experience. Having long studied the events leading up to, the day 12/7/41, and what followed... it was moving to see …
Normandy Beaches
In Bayeux, France we began our tour of the Normandy beaches and the WWII D-Day points of interest. We had taken a train from Paris the previous day to Bayeux. What a delightful town and our hotel, Novotel, was wonderful. Our tour began with a solemn visit to La Cambe, a German war cemetery. It …
Notre Dame
We (Joseph, my parents and I) toured Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after Amy and Kendal left for the states. It is a magnificent facility! A space sacred by reputation and design. The impact of the French Revolution was dreadful for this church. For some years, the church was not under Catholic control and was …
Silence at St Meinrad
I have checked into St Meinrad for a week of silent retreat. The monastery was founded in 1854 by monks from the thousand-year old Swiss abbey of Einsiedeln. St Meinrad Archabbey is Benedictine. The facility commands a grand view of the rolling hills in southern Indiana. I am thankful for this week of prayer and …
Paris and Versailles
After the excitement at the top of the Eiffel Tower, we took a lunch cruise on the Siene river in Paris. It was a perfect setting to celebrate our engagement with a champagne toast. The cruise provides a new perspective of many great sites in Paris. The next day we toured the Palace of Versailles. …
Picasso, Chocolate & Catacombs
From the Philly airport, Inam trying to catch up on sabbatical happenings. In Barcelona... we visited the Picasso museum. The talent he demonstrated at age 13 is astounding! I truly enjoyed the collection of his works, though some stretched my appreciation of art. Here is a fun picture of the family waiting to go in …
