The great cathedral in Milan - the third largest church

in Europe, parts of which date back to the 14th century.

The next pix are views from a boat trip on Lake Come, also known as Lake "Clooney".

Check out the villas - vacation homes for people like the king of Saudi Arabia,

Sophia Loren, George Clooney and many retired pastors and missionarys.

 

*We took a day trip to Lugano, Switzerland, which sits on Lake Lugano.

*Views from our hotel overlooking Lake Lugano.

 

 

The basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.

 

Assisi

 

Roman temple that was converted into a church in Assisi.

 

The next set comes from Assisi, the home of St. Francis.

 

 

Enjoy the translation from Italian to English.

 

The next shots are from the isle of Capri. Very romantic!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next pix are from Sorrento.

 

The next several shots are along the Amalfi coast and the

winding streets of Positano.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice View!!  I wonder what insurance costs.

 

 

 

The next several pictures are from the ruins of Pompei,

destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathy being serenaded in Rome restaurant. She is a big hit in Italy!

 

 

St. Peters Square

 

 

 

The arch of TITUS.

 

 

The Colosseum.

Look close, there are people on the second level of the colosseum.

 

 

Chinese-Italian wedding in front of the arch of Constantine.

 

 

 

 

St.Peter's at Night.

 

This is the PANtheon in Rome, built by the emperor Hadrian.

Jon Lee took this picture of us as we departed the Detroit airport this weekend. We will be traveling to Europe with Hungary as our first stop.

 

Our rental car.

A popular outdoor cafe.

The Danube River.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our hotel in Budapest.

 

The Altar at St.Stephens Cathedral

Hungarian Parliment

 

 

 

 

A picture of us in San Francisco with the island of Alcatraz behind us.

We took a fun ride on a San Francisco cable car.

We enjoyed a meal at the C.I.A Restuarant.

Kathy and I with Pastor Shawn Robinson (Clayton Community Church near San Francisco) and his son Benjamin.

For the culinary crowd - that is The French Laundry in Napa Valley.

 

Kathy Borsay and Peggy Bidondo enjoying the beauty surrounding Clayton california.

Kathy, reading on the deck of our California home.

Beautiful Napa Valley.

Sea lions near pier 39 in San Francisco.

Lunch at Union Square, San Francisco, with Chuck and Peggy Bidondo, our incredible hosts in the bay area.

Our home for six days. Thank you Chuck and Peggy Bidondo.

Kathy, with the background of olive trees, vineyards and one of the mountains that forms the Napa Valley. God's handiwork!

Ben is pondering a dip in the pool at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon California.

Picture 1 is a beautiful lady in courtyard of 18th century mission house in sonoma, california. Picture 2 is Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz - a well known missional church, pastored by Dan Kimball. That's where we worshiped on Sunday, Aug. 9th.  The other pictures are of our visit to the Santa Cruz area.

Words of wisdom on deck of our bed and breakfast in Santa Cruz.

"The" Big Sur in Big Sur Califonia.

Big Sur California

 

It's hard to see them but there are Elephant Seals down there on the beach and on the rocks.

 

 Our rental car. :-)

Picture 1 & 2 are from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Incredible place!

Here is Kathy at Multnomah Falls along the columbia river gorge in oregon. Two forces of nature! The second and third picture are of the redwoods national forest which has the largest trees in the world. Our god is the creator god. He is awesome!

We kicked off our trip in Seattle Washington. We were able to meet with some of our extended Gateway family (Adam Reasner) as well as with a leader (Brad House ) of a well known Missional church, Mars Hill. A trip to Seatte would not be complete without a visit to the Pike Place fish market. The last shot is of our meeting with a missionary at the Blue Angel air show.