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2007 J2A Pilgrimage to Germany
                    ... More of what we did and saw

Six hours in an airport can go by quickly with enough games.

The group at Sedlinger Tor Platz in Munich (where we ate and changed subwaysa lot!).

Creating the streets of Jerusalem for the Passion Play.

Touring backstage of the Passion Play under the olive trees of Gethsemane.

The doors and the 95 Theses of Martin Luther.

Learning to get along on pilgrimage.

The international language of play with refugee children.

Gathering in the our hostel room to reflect on what we are learning about ourselves in Germany.

The youth group of Ascension Episcopal with the Pilgrims in front of the church.

Learning a little history before touring the concentration camp.

Six and a half hours to Berlin by train.

Touring a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter and getting claustrophobia from the bunkbeds.

Sitting on part of the 2700 blocks in the Berlin Memorial to the European Holocaust Victims.

The obligatory photo-op in Berlin: at the Brandenberg Gate.

Berlin's "Mall" in front of the Reichstag accomodates photos, soccer, relaxing.

The group got very skilled at transporting luggage through all manner of places.

Living in community meant sharing very small spaces.

The last gasp of Berlin before beginning the homeward hourney: playing in the Tiergarten.

Last minute purchases must find space in luggage.

 
 

 

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