Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Germany & Netherlands Tour

 Cologne Cathedral






Beer Hall by the Cathedral
 Lock Bridge


 Aachen Cathedral - Resting place of Charlemagne.

4 Relics are here -  cloak of Saint Mary, the swaddling clothes of the infant Jesus, the beheading cloth of Saint John the Baptist, and the loincloth worn by Jesus at his crucifixion.





 Charlemagne's Coronation throne - made from the stone from Jesus tomb.
 Tims 30th Birthday at Bernard and Esther's in Zwolle



 King's Day Celebration in Amsterdam.  

 Rembrandt Square
 Road to the Groot Nibbelink Farm near Varsseveld, NL


 Farm on the way to the Groot Nibbelink Coffee House.  

 Groot Nibbelink farm is a family/kids bed and breakfast/retreat area now.   Family vacation anyone?  







 Copy of the original Nibbelink farm document from 1279.
 A Groot Nibbelink document a little newer than the original.
 The dining area at the Groot Nibbelink coffee house.








Church in Varssaveld.  






 Church in Munster, Germany where they executed rebel Anabaptist's.  Münster_Rebellion
I listened to a Harcore History podcast about the event and became very interested in seeing the city.
 They left the cages up.
St. Paul's Cathedral in Munster  (close to the Munster rebellion church)





 One of the many Canola field's we saw driving through Germany.
 Dachau Concentration camp outside of Munich.












 Springfest in Munich.
 Beratzhausen raising the Maypole.

Their flight landed the same time as mine and we all rode home together.  Thanks for carrying my bag, Ezra!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great pictures. Beautiful countryside!
Awesome cathedrals.
Looks like a great time!
Tell Tim happy Birthday from us.
MOM

Angie said...

LOVE the pictures. The cathedrals were beautiful. The Groot Nibbelink stuff was awesome too. Can't believe you went exploring and got to find that:) Looks so calm and peaceful there...now if only it didn't require a passport to get there.