So, the day after we returned from Turkey we had the great delight of picking up Clark and MJ's 13 year old cousin Russell from Colorado. He came to visit us for 5 weeks while his mother, Tasha (Mayland's first cousin) had a stem cell transplant to cure her Leukemia. It was one of those God moments when we just knew that this is where he was meant to be.
Our first adventure was to head to Worms, Germany and learn about the reformation and the role of Martin Luther. Russell was too jet lagged to really take in very much, it was a good way to keep him awake and moving, while getting a little taste for the amount of history that just exudes from every town here. We were also delighted to learn more about the knight Franz von Sickingen, of the castle that Burg Nanstein, that sits atop the opposite hill from us, and that he helped Luther in providing protection. Of course his motivations were not religious or noble. Rather he was hoping that by providing assistance he would maintain his status of knight and in control of his little fiefdom.
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| Worms, Germany |
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| Worms, Germany |
The next weekend we took off to Paris to enjoy some art and a climb up the Eiffel tower.
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