Today was a big travel day for the group. We left Paris early in the morning and traveled to the city of Reims. Our goal was to worship in the Reims cathedral and see where the kings of France had been crowned through the centuries. The service was a Catholic Church service, was all in French, and was held in the cathedral with a temperature close to freezing. When we sang, we could see our breath!
After finding lunch in Reims, we traveled on the the country of Luxembourg to visit the American military cemetery from WWII. This is the place where General Patton is buried. Jennifer was our guide in the cemetery and told us about the cemetery and stories of several people that were buried there. At the end of our visit, our group was granted the privilege of bringing down the US flag and folding it up for the night. That was very special.
From there, we traveled into Germany and stopped at the border city of Trier, known as one of the earliest Roman settlements in the region. An ancient Roman gate still stands today and we visited it after we checked into the hotel and ate a delicious Italian dinner.
