Yes, it is true we survived this whole trip without ONE cigarette burn. We dodged every little fire stick that came our way. We would like to think of this as an accomplishment!! Today we are sad that this is our last blog entry, but we are excited to get back home and see everyone. Plus every dog we see, which is about 30 a day, makes us miss little Jazzie that much more. I can not believe how much we miss her.
Okay so today...we woke up and began our journey to the St. Peters Square. This walk is about 5 miles one way that is if you do not get lost. We tend to find our way without using maps. So needless to say our 5 mile walked turned into about a 7 mile walk one way. We were trying to get there by noon so we could see the Pope, because every Wednesday and Sunday he sticks his head out of his apartment and greets everyone in the Square. We made it righ at noon, to find out for whatever reason he already addressed the crowd early. We were a little bummed, but we thought we would fight our way through the crowd and try to get to the front, just in case he was still up there. So we got to the very front area and saw him still standing outside the church talking with his people. Then out of nowhere we saw the Pope Mobile...We were so excited this is all that Chris talked about the whole walk to see the Pope. We were standing on chairs trying to get a picture, and thankfully we brought my zoom lens with us today. Then the next thing we know the Pope gets in his little white car, which looks like a mix between a glorified golf cart and a hummer but with no roof. They drove him righ by us, so we got some really really cool pictures! Here is he cool part the Pope usually just sticks his head out of his litle window but for whatever reason today there was a big ceremony. We were glad to be a part of the madness.
Oh..last night while we were walking to our hotel a bunch of police were escorting these cars. Of course we were trying to ask everyone who that was and what was going on, but no one understood us. We saw this guy in one of the cars with a turbin on his head, and we thought he was a part of this Islamic thing going on here. So we turned on the news last nigh to find out that guy we saw in the car was the president of Saudia Arabia. We are not sure why but he was here. Saudia Arabia president by night and Pope by day...we have had fun.
The rest of our day consisted of eating an amazing burrito, Hard Rock cafe again (we just couldnt resist) and our favorite gelato (the ice cream we eat every day sometimes twice). Tonight at dinner Chris and I chatted about our trip, favorite parts, funny parts, favorite town and sight, how much we miss Jazz...etc. We realized we did a ton of things over the past 2 weeks. You just forget sometimes until you stop and recall everything. It is hard to believe we have been over here for 2 weeks that is just nuts.
ohhh tonight after dinner Chris and I were meandering around. This priest was rounding a corner when he tripped over something. Chris said WHOA! the guy continued on like nothing ever happened. Well for whatever reason when he tripped it startled Chris and I and then Chris made that comment. Chris and I lookedat each other and tried with all our might not to bust out laughing because we didnt want to embarras him. So once he was far enough away we just lost it. We laughted for blocks and blocks. We are not sure why it was so funny, but we could not handle it...my abs were hurting by the time we were done laughing...ohhh good stuff!
So tomorrow we leave here around 10 in the morning and arrive in Indy around 8:30ish. We are excited to get back to America where we can boycott carbs and speak English with other people besides ourselves. We love you all so much and have loved all the great comments you left. We really do miss you all a ton. We need to have a big reuion when we get back. For the high schoolers reading this make sure to stop by after school on Friday. There will be some great snacks involved. Family Chris and I are having you all over Friday night and Saturday (if you are available). Details soon to follow.
SEE ya tomorrow or the next day!
Love ya,
Chris AND Lynz
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
donut in Florence, pizza in Venice & McDonalds in Milan
Ohhhh the places we have been! CRAZY! Sorry it has been a couple days since we wrote, we did not have internet access yesterday! We watched the depressing Colts game Sunday night in Florence. We did not get back into our hotel until almost 2am (our time here). We were so tired. Our plan was to catch a 6am train to Venice on Monday morning. So we got up a like 5:30 and walked to the train station. We soon learned that for whatever reason that train was not running to Venice that day. So we walked back to our hotel and asked them if we could get back into our room to sleep for a couple more hours. Thanksfully they let us. We got back up around 8 to catch a 9train to Venice. We got on that train YEAH! Finally on our way to Venice. We played some more Rummy, which I continued to beat Chris. He is not happy about this. We got into Venice...WOW it was so cool. This city literally does not have any roads. They have sidewalks you can walk on to get around the town, but the only means of transportation is by boat. It was very very fun. We found unbelievable pizza there, and ate it in St. Marks Square. After we ate we went to find a bathrrom, well we found one, but you have to pay 1 Euro to use it....that is so crazy. But we payed the fee because it was our only option. Afterwards we walked back into the Square and there was like 100,000 pigeons. Talk about weird. I have never seen so many birds in my whole life in one place. You had to watch were you walked because you could step on one if you were not careful. Chris bought some bird seed and thought it would be fun to feed these ugly little creatures. So I took some pictures of him with the birds all over him. Then he suggested I do the same. A little reluctant I agreed. Okay Chris made it look like a lot of fun. Once I have about 10 birds on me...I freaked out. I was screaming while Chris...he was taking pictures and laughing at me. Seriously a bird was sitting on my head. I thought for sure I would have some bird poop on my head, but thankfully I didnt. I dont know what I would have done because we did not have a hotel to shower off or anything. We hung out in Venice all day. We took a water taxi back to the train station. We did not stay the night in Venice because it was unbelievably expensive. So we decided to take a train to Milan (where I ate a fruit parfait and Chris had an orange). This train was an overnight train to Pompei, this was good for us because that meant we did not have to pay for a place to sleep that night. We get on the train and try to get comfortable. I wish I could explain how the train was set up well, but I will try. There are these squares (rooms)with 6 seats in them. 3 and 3 facing each other. So Chris and I tried to find a little room by ourselves so we could sprawl out and sleep over night. We tried but it didnt work. First this guy came in wearing a whole bottle of cologne...it about gagged us. Then another young fellow came in and joined the over night party. Thanksfully they got off at another stop, and didnt go all the way to Pompei. Chris slept the whole night sitting up, while I on the other hand layed across all 3 seats. We heard a rumor that if you put your feet up on the seat you will get fined. So Chris was scared to get fined so he slept sitting up. Poor guy, he didnt sleep very well. We woke up around 8ish and arrived in Pompei around 8:30 or so. We walked around Pompei for a little bit and decided that the thing we really wanted to see was too expensive. We ate some fruit outside this church until about 1 and then caught another train to Rome. We just love Rome so much we wanted to spend some more time here than in Pompei. So here we sit at 9:00pm with a stuffed out stomach. We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe tonight because we just could not handle anymore pasta. So we settle for an All American meal... burger and fries. We are going to get back into shape once we land in American.
For tomorrow, our plan was to sleep in the airport (because it would be free and our flight leaves kinda early), but we are not sleeping in a hotel here in Rome. Tonight after dinner we went to get out a little...let me repeat a little bit more cash. Instead of hitting the $40 button Chris accidentially hit the $140 button...YIKES. Here once you hit the dollar amount there is not turning back. Chris tried to hit the cancel button about 6 times, but it continued the transaction. We decided since we already withdrew the money we might as well stay in a hotel here and not be bumms in the airport.
We are sad our adventure is coming to an end, but we are sooooo excited to see our little girl, Jazz. There are so many dogs over here, we are not wanting to get Jazz a friend. I hope this wears off because I dont know how 2 dogs will do on our roadtrip to Cali.
Alright ya'll we are outta here for tonight. We will probably write tomorrow and that will be the conclusion because after that we will be in the air on our way home. We love ya all and can not wait to see everyone.
Love ya bunches
Chris and Lynz
For tomorrow, our plan was to sleep in the airport (because it would be free and our flight leaves kinda early), but we are not sleeping in a hotel here in Rome. Tonight after dinner we went to get out a little...let me repeat a little bit more cash. Instead of hitting the $40 button Chris accidentially hit the $140 button...YIKES. Here once you hit the dollar amount there is not turning back. Chris tried to hit the cancel button about 6 times, but it continued the transaction. We decided since we already withdrew the money we might as well stay in a hotel here and not be bumms in the airport.
We are sad our adventure is coming to an end, but we are sooooo excited to see our little girl, Jazz. There are so many dogs over here, we are not wanting to get Jazz a friend. I hope this wears off because I dont know how 2 dogs will do on our roadtrip to Cali.
Alright ya'll we are outta here for tonight. We will probably write tomorrow and that will be the conclusion because after that we will be in the air on our way home. We love ya all and can not wait to see everyone.
Love ya bunches
Chris and Lynz
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Venice is just not happening!!!
Well, another delay on our trip to Venice. We caught one train and then went to get on our next connecting train to head to Venice, and it was completly and I do mean completly full! That's so frustrating, but for what ever reason the Lord must want us here in Florence for another night. We found a cheap hotel, with HEAT, so that's a bonus! But the big find of the night (besides the great food) is a Sports Bar showing "American Football" (aka the Colts). We are really excited about this, we are also excited, because we are meeting an American named Gary there. Gary is from Detroit, but is living here in Florence right now, because he has nothing better to do with his life. He was in the Army and is out now and doesn't know what he wants to do. This maybe the reason why the Lord kept us in Florence for the night. Gary worked at the restraunt that we ate in tonight. He told us where to find the game, and said he would meet us there. I think the Lord wants us to share with Him that God has a great purpose for his life. Who knows, maybe this guy will end up in So Cal! God is great and knows what He is doing, so pray for us to have a great conversation with Gary tonight. And pray for Gary's heart to be soft towards the gospel.
So our plan, we'll see what God does...is to stay up late, watching the Colts game tonight (it starts at 10:15pm here). Then tomorrow morning our train leaves for Venice at 6:15am. We are going to spend the day in Venice and then take an overnight train to Pompei!!! Exciting...well, that's about it...we love you guys and would love to hear from you through the comments.
Talk to you soon!! Much Love,
Chris & Lyndsey
So our plan, we'll see what God does...is to stay up late, watching the Colts game tonight (it starts at 10:15pm here). Then tomorrow morning our train leaves for Venice at 6:15am. We are going to spend the day in Venice and then take an overnight train to Pompei!!! Exciting...well, that's about it...we love you guys and would love to hear from you through the comments.
Talk to you soon!! Much Love,
Chris & Lyndsey
High Heels & Mountain Lions
Good morning everyone! Okay, I think I need to clear some things up from the last blog post. First of all I had only 7 minutes to get to our website, type our blog, post it, and sign off. The owner of the Internet shop said he closed at 8:00pm, and we had to be out of there by 8:00pm. So that is why it was so vague, and full of typos I am sure. So let me back track a little and re-explain our past few days.
Our original plan for Thursday was to take a train to Venice. We got to the train station and went to our platform (where you catch the train). We waited and waited and waited. Finally we ask someone where our train was, and they informed us that Thursday was a holiday and many trains did not run. It was All Saint’s Day, who knew!? So we quickly decided to go to another town called, Montorosso. This is the town we described earlier as the town on the beach, but couldn’t remember the name. We hopped on the next train there, and that is where we landed Thursday early evening.
This began our search of a hotel/hostel…We began asking around and quickly learned this place was going to cost us a pretty penny. We found this place called the hotel Souvenir. We tried to ask the lady at the front desk how much it would be to stay there…she did not understand our English and we did not understand her Italian. We got out our handy English to Italian handbook and tried our best to communicate with her. She just was not wanting to listen to us…she just kept putting all these blankets on a bed in one of the room (she took us to go look at a room at this point). We were all frustrated and Chris and I left to try and find another hotel. Shortly after continuing the search we learned Hotel Souvenir would be our best bet. We trucked back there and tried again to ask about a room, this time there was a man at the desk. He did not understand us any better. Then in walked the blanket lady…and they began to go at it. For whatever reason they were not happy with something, we think it might of had to do with us. After watching them argue for about 5 minutes, she took us back to the room with all the blankets on the bed. We finally understood the room we were staying in for 3 nights did not have ANY HEAT, the reason for all the blankets. She showed us the bathroom, with the constant open window with no light. This became home for the next 3 nights ☺
FRIDAY we woke up freezing…and began our day in beautiful Montorosso. I am never going to be able to describe how amazingly breathtaking this place is. It is unlike anything I have ever seen before. Chris and I hiked up this mountain to another city which was about 1 ½ hours away. We were sweating like mad, but the views from way up high were priceless. Now the thing about this hike was that you hike at your own risk. There are many paths that are extremely narrow with no railing. If you lost your footing you were a goner…there was nothing to stop you except for a bunch of rocks below and the Sea. YIKES! Oh yeah…There were signs that had a high heel with an “X” through it along with some other obvious what not to wear while hiking. Now high heels and hiking who would ever try that? I know there are many things you can do in heels but hiking I am not sure I would try. Sure enough, we came up on this couple and she was wearing her little high heels hiking up this mountain. Now she was not moving to fast, but she sure was doing it! I was shocked out of my mind, I mean I lost my footing many times and I had on my running shoes. Boy she was a trooper! We spent some time in the other town, at lunch and walked around, and then hiked back to our town. While we were on our way back to our town Chris and I were discussing if there were wild animals up here. I was trying to convince myself there weren’t because we had nothing to fight them off with. Out of nowhere we hear this deep GRRRRRR…my heart sunk then stopped. I though “Ohh no this is how I am going to die, I am going to get ate by this wild animal, GREAT!” Chris started laughing then a few other people did and I looked up and this dad was hiding from his kids and was growling to scare them. Instead he freaked me out. After I regrouped from thinking I was dieing I joined everyone else in laughing. His growl sounded so real.
We were so hungry for dinner once we got back and showered, but we learned that Italians do not eat dinner at the same time we do. Their restaurants actually close between lunch (1:30) until dinner (6:30). We tried to ask a few people that work at the restaurants, but again they did not understand us and we did not understand them. We found this little Pizzeria that was open…since we were so hungry we though lets go. We ordered a pepperoni pizza with red peppers and Tabasco sauce on it. It was so good! The customer service here is NOTHING like the service in America. First of all when you walk in a restaurant you seat yourself, we learned this after walking in many restaurants where everyone stared at us while we stood in the doorway. Secondly they are just not happy you are in their restaurant. Thirdly, if you have a question just don’t ask because they do not want to answer your questions and sometimes they will just walk away to avoid your question. So we are excited to get back to American and have some GOOD service. Back to the Pizzeria place, there was one young girl serving the whole place, but the best part was she had her little baby on her hip while she was taking orders and giving placemats. For Chris and I this was bizarre, but this is just their way of life! Last night we ate at this amazing place. We had bruchetta as an appetizer, and 2 pasta dishes for our main course. This was by far the best meal we have had… we did not want it to end. It was so good we took a picture of it. Bucca di Beppo needs to step up their game to keep up with this! There is no such thing as the South Beach diet over here. It has been a fun experience, we have spent a bunch of time laughing at ourselves because we just have no clue how they do life over here!!!! ☺
Yesterday (Saturday) we spend the whole day relaxing. It was sunny blue skies and warm (we are not sure how warm because everything is in Celsius). We spent most of the day lying at the beach, and then went back to our frigid hotel room for a 2-hour nap. We pretty much did nothing all day, it was Fabulous.
We think this place we stayed is the vacation spot for Italians because there were not hardly any tourists, and everyone had their dogs with them. Their dogs were with them constantly, even when they eat dinner. Their dog just lays on the floor next to their table or under, it was so crazy, but cool. Chris and I have been missing our little Jazzie, especially after being around the hundreds of dogs Friday and Saturday! She would have loved this place, dogs without leashes walking next to their owner, and dogs playing on the beach, it was a doggy dream world.
I forgot to mention Chris and I are in a heated battle of Rummy (this is a card game). We play this at night before we go to bed for hours or on the train. The current score is Lyndsey 4 wins and Chris 0. I guess I finally found something I can beat Chris at. If you want to beat Chris at something try Rummy! Stay tuned another game will occur this evening…will Chris finally beat his undefeated opponent?
Now we are back in Florence (the free WIFI spot) and getting ready to take a train to Venice. We are staying in Venice for one night, I think. You know us our plans change by the minute.
This trip has opened our eyes even more to the greatness of God. All this He created by the sound of his voice that is incredible. We are so thankful to be called His Children. Chris and I have been reading and discussing the Great Commission, when Jesus told us to GO and make disciples…there is a whole country that is in desperate need of the gospel. It breaks our heart that the places originally created to be a place of worship are now places of museums.
We are on to our next adventure, Venice, hopefully we can find Internet. If you don’t hear from us don’t be alarmed.
Thanks for being a part of this journey, it has been fun!
Much love,
Chris & Lynz
Our original plan for Thursday was to take a train to Venice. We got to the train station and went to our platform (where you catch the train). We waited and waited and waited. Finally we ask someone where our train was, and they informed us that Thursday was a holiday and many trains did not run. It was All Saint’s Day, who knew!? So we quickly decided to go to another town called, Montorosso. This is the town we described earlier as the town on the beach, but couldn’t remember the name. We hopped on the next train there, and that is where we landed Thursday early evening.
This began our search of a hotel/hostel…We began asking around and quickly learned this place was going to cost us a pretty penny. We found this place called the hotel Souvenir. We tried to ask the lady at the front desk how much it would be to stay there…she did not understand our English and we did not understand her Italian. We got out our handy English to Italian handbook and tried our best to communicate with her. She just was not wanting to listen to us…she just kept putting all these blankets on a bed in one of the room (she took us to go look at a room at this point). We were all frustrated and Chris and I left to try and find another hotel. Shortly after continuing the search we learned Hotel Souvenir would be our best bet. We trucked back there and tried again to ask about a room, this time there was a man at the desk. He did not understand us any better. Then in walked the blanket lady…and they began to go at it. For whatever reason they were not happy with something, we think it might of had to do with us. After watching them argue for about 5 minutes, she took us back to the room with all the blankets on the bed. We finally understood the room we were staying in for 3 nights did not have ANY HEAT, the reason for all the blankets. She showed us the bathroom, with the constant open window with no light. This became home for the next 3 nights ☺
FRIDAY we woke up freezing…and began our day in beautiful Montorosso. I am never going to be able to describe how amazingly breathtaking this place is. It is unlike anything I have ever seen before. Chris and I hiked up this mountain to another city which was about 1 ½ hours away. We were sweating like mad, but the views from way up high were priceless. Now the thing about this hike was that you hike at your own risk. There are many paths that are extremely narrow with no railing. If you lost your footing you were a goner…there was nothing to stop you except for a bunch of rocks below and the Sea. YIKES! Oh yeah…There were signs that had a high heel with an “X” through it along with some other obvious what not to wear while hiking. Now high heels and hiking who would ever try that? I know there are many things you can do in heels but hiking I am not sure I would try. Sure enough, we came up on this couple and she was wearing her little high heels hiking up this mountain. Now she was not moving to fast, but she sure was doing it! I was shocked out of my mind, I mean I lost my footing many times and I had on my running shoes. Boy she was a trooper! We spent some time in the other town, at lunch and walked around, and then hiked back to our town. While we were on our way back to our town Chris and I were discussing if there were wild animals up here. I was trying to convince myself there weren’t because we had nothing to fight them off with. Out of nowhere we hear this deep GRRRRRR…my heart sunk then stopped. I though “Ohh no this is how I am going to die, I am going to get ate by this wild animal, GREAT!” Chris started laughing then a few other people did and I looked up and this dad was hiding from his kids and was growling to scare them. Instead he freaked me out. After I regrouped from thinking I was dieing I joined everyone else in laughing. His growl sounded so real.
We were so hungry for dinner once we got back and showered, but we learned that Italians do not eat dinner at the same time we do. Their restaurants actually close between lunch (1:30) until dinner (6:30). We tried to ask a few people that work at the restaurants, but again they did not understand us and we did not understand them. We found this little Pizzeria that was open…since we were so hungry we though lets go. We ordered a pepperoni pizza with red peppers and Tabasco sauce on it. It was so good! The customer service here is NOTHING like the service in America. First of all when you walk in a restaurant you seat yourself, we learned this after walking in many restaurants where everyone stared at us while we stood in the doorway. Secondly they are just not happy you are in their restaurant. Thirdly, if you have a question just don’t ask because they do not want to answer your questions and sometimes they will just walk away to avoid your question. So we are excited to get back to American and have some GOOD service. Back to the Pizzeria place, there was one young girl serving the whole place, but the best part was she had her little baby on her hip while she was taking orders and giving placemats. For Chris and I this was bizarre, but this is just their way of life! Last night we ate at this amazing place. We had bruchetta as an appetizer, and 2 pasta dishes for our main course. This was by far the best meal we have had… we did not want it to end. It was so good we took a picture of it. Bucca di Beppo needs to step up their game to keep up with this! There is no such thing as the South Beach diet over here. It has been a fun experience, we have spent a bunch of time laughing at ourselves because we just have no clue how they do life over here!!!! ☺
Yesterday (Saturday) we spend the whole day relaxing. It was sunny blue skies and warm (we are not sure how warm because everything is in Celsius). We spent most of the day lying at the beach, and then went back to our frigid hotel room for a 2-hour nap. We pretty much did nothing all day, it was Fabulous.
We think this place we stayed is the vacation spot for Italians because there were not hardly any tourists, and everyone had their dogs with them. Their dogs were with them constantly, even when they eat dinner. Their dog just lays on the floor next to their table or under, it was so crazy, but cool. Chris and I have been missing our little Jazzie, especially after being around the hundreds of dogs Friday and Saturday! She would have loved this place, dogs without leashes walking next to their owner, and dogs playing on the beach, it was a doggy dream world.
I forgot to mention Chris and I are in a heated battle of Rummy (this is a card game). We play this at night before we go to bed for hours or on the train. The current score is Lyndsey 4 wins and Chris 0. I guess I finally found something I can beat Chris at. If you want to beat Chris at something try Rummy! Stay tuned another game will occur this evening…will Chris finally beat his undefeated opponent?
Now we are back in Florence (the free WIFI spot) and getting ready to take a train to Venice. We are staying in Venice for one night, I think. You know us our plans change by the minute.
This trip has opened our eyes even more to the greatness of God. All this He created by the sound of his voice that is incredible. We are so thankful to be called His Children. Chris and I have been reading and discussing the Great Commission, when Jesus told us to GO and make disciples…there is a whole country that is in desperate need of the gospel. It breaks our heart that the places originally created to be a place of worship are now places of museums.
We are on to our next adventure, Venice, hopefully we can find Internet. If you don’t hear from us don’t be alarmed.
Thanks for being a part of this journey, it has been fun!
Much love,
Chris & Lynz
Friday, November 2, 2007
We finally arrived in Montorosso yesterday late evening. So began our journey of finding a hotel. Which usually is easy and a large selection. As we begin asking different hotels we find out this town is very expensive. so to find a hotel for 50 Euros a night would be good..YIKES. so we settle for this place...Okay let me explain. The man and woman were not happy about something so a huge argument took place while we were trying to check in. They worked there. Finally she showed us our room, which has no heat. There is a window that is wide open and we are not sure if it will close. We are trying to settle in, I go to wash my face and there is no hot water...then the cold water comes out orange. So I head to the shower to try to wash my face in there...and the window in there just does not shut. I am not sure why but it just doesnt. Ohhh.yeah the best part there is no light in the bathroom so if you have to go to the bathroom at night you have to do it in the dark. We are grateful to have a place to stay through.
This brings us to our day today...we hiked..and let me repeat hiked up this moutain to another town nearby. Ohh my the views were breathtaking...I just can not begin to describe. I guess I should mention this town is along the coast...so we hiked up the side of this mountain along the coast. The water here is clear blue..the pictures we took today look like postcards. We are definately sore from all the hiking we did today, but it was totally worth it.
Well that is all I have time to post because the Internet place is closing.
Oh..yeah something is really starting to smell in our room and we just can not figure out what it is...I hope it is not us..AHHH!!
We will not be able to write tomorrow,but we will right the next day.
Love ya all
Chris and Lyndsey
This brings us to our day today...we hiked..and let me repeat hiked up this moutain to another town nearby. Ohh my the views were breathtaking...I just can not begin to describe. I guess I should mention this town is along the coast...so we hiked up the side of this mountain along the coast. The water here is clear blue..the pictures we took today look like postcards. We are definately sore from all the hiking we did today, but it was totally worth it.
Well that is all I have time to post because the Internet place is closing.
Oh..yeah something is really starting to smell in our room and we just can not figure out what it is...I hope it is not us..AHHH!!
We will not be able to write tomorrow,but we will right the next day.
Love ya all
Chris and Lyndsey
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Rush...Rush...Rush
Hey Ya'll,
This one is going to be short, because we just arrived back in Florence from Assisi. Assisi was beautiful, it was probably our favorite stop so far. We stayed in a beautiful farm house with beautiful people last night. When we arrived, we talked the guy down, like 20 Euro, so that was cool. But he was a nice grandpa sort of man...in fact he was trying to communicate something about you are my brother, so I treat you well....very genuine, very nice, but we weren't exactly understanding what he was saying. Then we hiked up the mountain (and I mean a hike)...and went to the St Francis Cathedral...it was beautiful, but nothing over the top which I loved, because that was Francis' life, beautiful in poverty. From the Cathedral the view of God's creation was AMAZING. We took several pictures that we will post on facebook (or you can see them when we get back). When we got up there we read about the life of St. Francis and it was amazing. His key phrase was treat everyone you meet as a brother. All the sudden it hit us that this is what the old gentleman was referring to. He was treating us like a brother, like St. Francis. THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO US! St. Francis also were a "T" around his neck...it stands for the last letter in the Hebrew Alphabet which was used in the Old Testament as a prophetic sign of Jesus' death on the cross on our behalf for the Salvation of the World. Intriguing. I bought one to wear around my neck as a reminder of my Salvation through Jesus. This city was just a deeply spiritual experience for us...beautiful!
Alright, that's about all that I have time for, because we have to "run" (literally) to the train station to catch our train to Venice.
Hopefully, we'll find internet there and be able to write you all.
We love you guys, pray that God continues to reveal Himself more and more to us, as we will pray the same for you. Look for Him today in the simplicity of life.
Much Love,
Chris and Lynz
This one is going to be short, because we just arrived back in Florence from Assisi. Assisi was beautiful, it was probably our favorite stop so far. We stayed in a beautiful farm house with beautiful people last night. When we arrived, we talked the guy down, like 20 Euro, so that was cool. But he was a nice grandpa sort of man...in fact he was trying to communicate something about you are my brother, so I treat you well....very genuine, very nice, but we weren't exactly understanding what he was saying. Then we hiked up the mountain (and I mean a hike)...and went to the St Francis Cathedral...it was beautiful, but nothing over the top which I loved, because that was Francis' life, beautiful in poverty. From the Cathedral the view of God's creation was AMAZING. We took several pictures that we will post on facebook (or you can see them when we get back). When we got up there we read about the life of St. Francis and it was amazing. His key phrase was treat everyone you meet as a brother. All the sudden it hit us that this is what the old gentleman was referring to. He was treating us like a brother, like St. Francis. THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO US! St. Francis also were a "T" around his neck...it stands for the last letter in the Hebrew Alphabet which was used in the Old Testament as a prophetic sign of Jesus' death on the cross on our behalf for the Salvation of the World. Intriguing. I bought one to wear around my neck as a reminder of my Salvation through Jesus. This city was just a deeply spiritual experience for us...beautiful!
Alright, that's about all that I have time for, because we have to "run" (literally) to the train station to catch our train to Venice.
Hopefully, we'll find internet there and be able to write you all.
We love you guys, pray that God continues to reveal Himself more and more to us, as we will pray the same for you. Look for Him today in the simplicity of life.
Much Love,
Chris and Lynz
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