Yes my friends this post is about the one and only Munich or as we German speakers like to say München.
For my internship I am supposed to work 5 days a week and most people get the weekends off so they know that every Friday they finish work and don’t have to be back in the office till Monday, well my internship is a bit different and my days off are generally random and since I took off an extra day 2 weeks in a row my days off are seldom. BUT last Friday I didn’t have to work and Thurs I finished around1, so on Tuesday I decided I would go visit the wonderful Bavarian city of München and visit my friend Joe who is doing an internship there. I basically fell in love with the town!
When I first got there Joe met me at the Hauptbahnhof (for you English speakers out there that would be the main train station). The first thing I noticed was that the city is HUGE! It’s only a bit smaller than Berlin so I shouldn’t have been so surprised, but after living in the tiny city of Heidelberg for 5 weeks it was a bit shocking. We went to the main part of town Marienplatz. Here is where you can see the Alt Rathaus and more centrally the Neu Rathaus (old and new town halls). The Neu Rathaus has a Glockenspiel (like in Frankenmuth!) and it goes off 3 times a day. But Joe took me to a few churches instead of waiting to see the clock ring it’s bells and doing it’s show. The first church we saw was Frauenkirche and this is where Pope Benedict was the Cardinal in München! It had a plaque for him and also one in honor of PJPII and it was of course beautiful! We were about to climb the tour but we literally JUST missed it because the lady let 2 people go and then as we turned to go she said it was closed for the night (lamsies). So we continued on our walk through the city and we walked to Odienplatz which is where the old kings used to reside and there is an amazingly beautiful church there! seriously, breathtaking! But they were praying the rosenkreisbeten (rosary) so we felt rude looking through it and left. We basically just wandered around for an hour and he pointed out different things to me and then we headed to dinner. He took me to the Hofbräuhaus, home of the
Well in the spirit of going Green I thought I would share this site with everyone. It’s very eye opening. I am taking a class about globalization and taking this quiz was one of our assignments.
Enjoy!
http://www.myfootprint.org/en/about_the_quiz/what_it_measures/
Hey Family/Friends
40 Days for Life is just around the corner and I thought I’d share it with everyone. It starts September 24th (Wednesday). Start praying about how you can get involved and make a difference.
God Bless!
40 Days for Life is a community-based campaign that draws attention to the evil of abortion through the use of a three-point program:
- Prayer and fasting
- Constant vigil
- Community outreach
40 Days for Life takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods, for their own friends and families. It puts into action a desire to cooperate with God in the carrying out of His plan for the end of abortion in America.
The 40-day campaign tracks Biblical history, where God used 40-day periods to transform individuals, communities … and the entire world. From Noah in the flood to Moses on the mountain to the disciples after Christ’s resurrection, it is clear that God sees the transformative value of His people accepting and meeting a 40-day challenge.
Vision and mission
40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion in America.
The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America.
for more info: http://www.40daysforlife.com/about.cfm
Here is an excellent site for Advent preparation: catholic.org
If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Ira q . You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them…
Hey family!
My friend sent me this website and I thought I would share it with all of you! It’s a great opportunity to work as a community to end abortion. Please read it and tell your friends about it! It starts Wed. the 26th and ends November 4th
God Bless!
http://www.40daysforlife.com/about.cfm
<3 Elizabeth
Llloyd Carr and his Wolverines showed their character by returning to the gridiron and executing well in their rout of the Irish of Notre Dame. The entire sports writing staff of both daily newspapers in Detroit lambasted Lloyd Carr and his team for their opening performances and all but Mitch Album suggested (or even demanded) his resignation. None of them appear to understand that, as much as we love our winning tradition at Meeeechigan, we value character more. Over the past two weeks Carr and his players have shown their character on and off the field and have begun to vindicate themselves before the sports media which lacks a proper understanding and perspective on intercollegiate athletics.
GO BLUE
P.S.: Doug Karsch- Get a clue! WE will keep Carr!
