Trips

Castle Church, Bonn, Germany - I think I took this picture for the clouds!	St. Martin's - Basilica of Bonn
St. Martin's - Flying buttresses	St. Martin's - Entry
St. Martin's - Organ	St. Martin's - Interesting windows
St. Martin's - Interesting windows	St. Martin's - Interesting windows
As we made our way down the Rhine, we cruised past Cologne. The picture on the right below is of the very famous Cologne Cathedral. After we had gone by, we learned that Cologne (and this magnificent cathedral) were only a 15-minute train ride from Bonn. Had we known, we would have gone!
Another church in Cologne	Cologne Cathedral
Next stop was Nijmegan, in the Netherlands where we toured a church that is no longer a church (St. Steven’s) and photographed another which had so much renovation scaffolding we have no idea what it was. It seemed as though 80% of the churches in Europe are being renovated all the time.
Model of St. Steven’s Church	St. Steven’s Church
St. Steven’s Church organ	St. Steven’s Church set up to host an event
St. Steven’s Church grave markers	Renovation!
Our Lady Cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium	Our Lady Cathedral
Our Lady Cathedral	Our Lady Cathedral
Our Lady Cathedral	After the main tour, we embarked by bus for Bruges, Belgium, site of our post-trip excursion. On the way, we spent several hours in Ghent. If you have read the book or seen the movie the Monuments Men, you will recognize these two cities as having very valuable works of art which the Monuments Men recovered: the Ghent Altarpiece and the Bruges Madonna. We were fortunate to be able to see both of these.
St. Nicholas Church in Ghent	St. Bavo Cathedral, home to the Ghent Altarpiece
Ghent Altarpiece (photo from Wikipedia)
Ghent Altarpiece - detail (photo from Wikipedia)
Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges, Belgium	Basilica of the Holy Blood
Basilica of the Holy Blood	Church of Our Lady
Church of Our Lady	Michelangelo's Bruges Madonna in the Church of Our Lady
The last stop on our trip was in Brussels, Belgium where we spent two days touring on our own before flying home. While there we visited the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.
Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula
Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula - the organ	Traditional windows
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