Back at the Kartause

I'm back from ten day but I don't have time for an in-depth blog post right now so a quick summary will have to suffice until I can find the time. Essentially, my ten day break was one of the most difficult, profound, and all-around best experiences of my life. It was an adventure to the fullest. From being stranded in Frankfurt, Germany for a day, to arriving 600 kilometers from our intended destination in a town by the same name, to bathing in the spring at Lourdes, to the penitentiary walk at Fatima, to being homeless for a night in frigid Vienna and sleeping in an elevator, never have I experienced so much divine providence, met so many amazing people, or faced down so many problems in so short a time. I returned from my trek of a large portion of Europe a visibly transformed person. Upon my return people have asked me, "are you changed, Christian? You look different somehow." And I tell them, yes, my perspective on practically everything is not the same, how I relate to others is not the same, how I view myself is not the same, my faith is not the same. I am a changed man.

Sorry to Disappoint

but I finished my last midterm this morning and I leave for my ten day break in two hours so no updates on Poland. I will be touring France with David Mesina and Audrey Poulin starting with Paris and then going to Lisieux, Ars and Lourdes. We will then go all the way to Fatima in Portugal before taking a plane from Lisbon back to Vienna.