WFL Reformation Tour

Seeing as it would most likely take me around twenty or so pages to satisfactorily complete a blog on the Reformation tour, I decided instead to post a blog of pictures with captions. (This is also in part, due to the fact that I am not sure I would be able to recall everything that occurred... [we went on vacation right after I returned home. :P ]) So here is my feeble attempt at giving you a glimpse of the Witness For Life Reformation Tour, 2007.

Day 1 - May 29

Travel to Milan.

(Jadie and Allie in the Milan Airport.)

Rent Vehicles and drive to Torre Pellice.

(Italian countryside & the alps.)


Arrive at Danielle's house.

(Our residence for three days - the boys stayed in a hotel.)

Day 2 - May 30

Visit historic buildings in the Waldensian valley.

(The School of the Barbs.)

(Overlooking the valley.)

(Waldensian homes built into the hillside.)

(Rick, Matt, and Allie in one of the buildings.)

(The Waldensian church near the School of the Barbs.)

Visit some Waldensian caves.

(This cave supposedly hid quite a few Waldenses and their livestock.)

(This is the cave/tunnel that EGW visited. )


Day 3 - May 31

Climb the Castelluzzo.

(View from the top.)

(Allie, Jadie, and me.)

Visit a Waldensian Museum.

(A Waldensian Bible.)

Roam the streets for a gelato place.

(A quint Italian flower shop.)

Day 4 - June 1

Travel to Venice.

(WFL's waiting in the train station.)

Day 5 - June 2

Tour Venice.

(Buildings along the main canal.)

(Wandering the island of Murano.)

(Allie and I in front of a cathedral on the main island.)

(Allie, Matt, and me.)

Day 6 - June 3

Travel to Rome.

(WFL's waiting with their luggage.)

A quick evening walk in Rome.

(We were quick to find the Gelato place. :-)

(Jadie in front of Trevi Fountain.)

(Montecitorio Plaza.)

(Castel Saint' Angelo.)

(The Spanish Staircase.)

Day 7 - June 4

Tour Rome.

(The Pantheon.)

(Ruins below Palatine Hill.)

(Emily, Joliann, Allie, and me.)

(Allie at Palatine Hill.)

(The Collosium.)

(Inside the Collosium.)

Day 8 - June 5

Tour the Vatican.

(Waiting to enter Vatican City.)

(Inside the Vatican Museum.)

(St. Peters Basilica.)

(Inside St. Peters Basilica.)

(Michelangelo's Pieta.)

Visit the Catacombs.

(Eating at an AWESOME Italian restaurant near the Catacombs. )

(Ruins along the Apian Way.)

(At the Catacombs.)

(Waiting for our bus on the Apian Way.)

And one last time...

(The many flavors of Gelato... Yummy!)

Day 9 - June 6

Travel back to EBS.

(Alex waiting for our train.)

-Shannon

p.s. If you go to the "My Pictures" link, I've posted a bunch more pictures from our trip. Enjoy!