Monday, August 20, 2018
Got home at last
14 hours in the air. Bushed. But Michael Jones house-sat for us and picked us up at DFW. Glad to see our own bed. G'night and hope you enjoyed coming along with us in this blog.
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Last few snaps from Crescendo
Ellen with her student Madara Tupina
Beloved friends, Bethany Brooks and David Danel
Sharon Enghy and Andy Vance
The Salt Mine
On Friday, we went to the Salt Mine outside Kraków. It was a long tour (though not so long as Auschwitz-Birkenau). The descent into the mine was via stairs, ultimately 821 of them, to the level 150 meters below the surface. I took a number of pictures, but the light level was so low for most of them that my little camera just would not produce a good image. But the largest chamber was well lit, and it revealed some remarkable images. This large chamber was in essence a church, filled with amazing carvings in the salt walls. You will recognize some of them.
The Nativity
The Flight to Egypt
Young Jesus teaching in the Temple
The Last Supper
The Crucifixion
The Resurrection
The Doubting Thomas episode
Friday, August 17, 2018
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Thursday we went to Auschwitz, where I gathered more evidence in support of the doctrine of the total depravity of man. I took many pictures, and I will keep them. But I will only post one: at Birkenau, there was a group of uniformed IDF (Israeli Defense Force) men in a tour, and they posed for this photo.
It is hard to resists schadenfreude here.
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