"Happiness is the only good; Reason the only torch; Justice the only worship, Humanity the only religion, and Love the only priest." 

Robert Green Ingersoll; Civil War veteran, attorney, writer and orator

I begin this Journey from my “Heimat” which is a German word for “hometown.” Bad Kreuznach, Germany or “BK” as it is known to some.

A place for healing while drinking beer, eating fantastic German food and meeting up with “Old Magic.”

Departing for France, its largest Gothic cathedral while remembering those who went “Over There.”  

Science fiction written over 150 years ago has come true and a Norman lady and her pizza place.

A trip to a small Norman town to fulfill a solemn promise in a community where one walks through the Middle Ages and times of the Renaissance.  

Its small but majestic church exemplifies the "Gothic Flamboyant" while the town is an example of the  heart of Normandy.  Not far away, a 12th century tapestry like none other.