This statement was the theme of Serve the City. We were constantly challenged to recognize that we are needy and recognizing that through “I am…I need” statements.
I am tired…I need rest.
I am a sinner…I need a Savior.
There were many people who I met and a few who really left a mark on my heart…
ODEANA
The first day we were traveling to different parks around the city giving hugs to anyone and everyone who would take them. Andrea, one of the teenagers on our team, had given a woman a hug, but came to me and said she really felt that she needed to go back to the lady. She asked for my lotion from my bag and went back to sit with her. Andrea learned quickly that the woman didn’t speak English, and was unsure of what language she spoke. She took the lotion and started to rub it into the woman’s hands. The woman started crying, and Andrea, being a compassionate person, started crying with her. They sat together for at least 30 minutes before our group had to travel else where. I looked at the two of them wiping tears from their eyes, and told Andrea that it was time to leave. She tried to say goodbye to her new friend and collapsed in my arms sobbing. Through the sobs she said, “Erin, she is so lonely. I don’t want to leave her.” At that point I became teary eyed, and had an idea. I took a picture of Andrea and her new friend and we tried to communicate that we would be back. Andrea and I wandered the area looking for a kiosk to print the picture and bring it back. After 45 minutes of searching we were successful and went back to the park. She was so excited to see us coming back, and started crying again when we handed her the picture. We tried to communicate our names to her, when finally she pulled out her identification card. We learned that her name was Odeana and she was from Romania. We tried to invite her to the festival we were having on Saturday, but the invitation was in French and English, so it didn’t help her much. Every time we passed that park we would look for Odeana, but we never saw her again.
LATIFF
The second day of serving, the Stop the Traffik team (They worked in the Red Light district to bring awareness to Human Sex Trafficking) came across an abandoned office building that housed over 450 refugees who were there as squatters- men and women in protest because the government failed in giving them their papers. The Kamikaze Kindness team went there to bring them water and cleaning supplies. At first it was very intimidating to talk to the men as they surrounded us and were trying to take our pictures. I didn’t want my fear to put a barrier between the men and I, so I started talking to the ones who could speak English. I learned their stories, how many of them have come to Brussels hoping for a better life and have been squatting for 8+ years waiting for their papers. Many of them didn’t work since they weren’t legal citizens, so they just waited for the day that they would receive their papers. Their integrity was admirable. Within the building there was a sense of brotherhood. They took care of each other and had writings all over the walls about how uniting together they would get their papers. Latiff was one of the men that I met. He came to Brussels from Morocco hoping to have a better life. He was so welcoming to me, offering me tea and something to eat. We talked for a long time and I invited him to the festival. He left a mark on my heart the way that he welcomed me into his home (or room) and served me, when I had gone to serve him. Later that week the first person that I saw at the festival was Latiff! It was so great to see my new friend again and hang out the rest of the day with him. I was running the 3v3 basketball tournament at the festival so I was able to get some of the guys to play basketball with him. When he finally had to leave I could tell that he didn’t want to. He told me that I was a good girl and he was so thankful for our friendship. He also said he had never had such a great day as he did that day.
NASSIR
I didn’t meet Nassir personally, but some of the kids on my team did. He was also in the refugee squat waiting for his papers. Nassir welcomed John, Andrea, and Chad by cooking them food and making them tea. He shared his Islam faith with them while they were sharing their Christian faith with him. During the conversation Nassir shared that they had created a Mosque within the building and asked if they would like to see it. They went to the Mosque and Nassir showed them what an Islam prayer was, telling them that they could take pictures. When he was finished John asked if he had ever heard a Christian prayer before. Nassir hadn’t, so John asked if he could pray for him. Nassir responded that he would be honored to have them pray in his Mosque, so they go on their knees and prayed for Nassir!!!
JAMES
On the last day we were cleaning up a nearby alleyway that was littered with trash. It looked like it was becoming a landfill it was so trashed. I was walking back to the EPEE center where a STC volunteer was asking if there was a car that he could use to drive a homeless man, who couldn't walk, to another part of the city so he could get his money. Unfortunately, all the cars that we had access to were in use, but Carlton (who was in charge of STC) quickly volunteered me to go with him and try to figure something out. By the time we got back to the homeless man some other Serve the City volunteers had met him and were trying to help him. We decided to call a cab. While we were waiting we learned that his name was James. Once the cab arrived we were walking James to get into the car, but when the cab driver learned who he would be transporting he drove away. We tried to think of what we could do, when I realized that Little Sisters of the Poor, which is a place for the elderly, was right down the street. We borrowed a wheelchair from them to push James across town. We finally got to the post and got him his money, and then pushed him to the store where he bough cigarettes and beer. We went to a nearby park and hung out with him for a while.
This trip really showed me to see people as people and not as the stereotypes and labels that the world has given them. People just want to be loved. I pray now that I won’t allow myself to fall back into the hole of having a self-centered life– that instead I will constantly be looking for ways to love the unloved. I want to learn people’s names and stories rather than seeing them as people with a need.
Serve the City is showing kindness in practical ways to people in need. For the week of Serve the City there were 30 different projects to sign up with. Some of the projects included working with elderly, children, refugees, women, or doing practical work (painting, etc) at different places. The 6 of us signed up for Kamikaze Kindness, the project that sent us wandering the streets of Brussels looking for ways to spread love and hope through the city.
We did a wide variety of things throughout the city! The first serving day the dance team from South Africa traveled with us. They would do their dance to draw a crowd. Here is a video of them at the Skate Park we went to clean up and talk to kids.
We gave out free hugs to anyone and everyone! We walked around the city holding signs saying "Calins Grantuit" (which means free hugs) and would walk up to people and give them hugs.
One of the kids at the Skate Park grabbed the "Free Hugs" sign from Trevin and started going around to girls to get hugs from them. Trevin took the sign back but told the kid that he could make his own sign. Our paths crossed with those kids 3 times that day, and they had made their own Free Hugs sign and were giving free hugs to strangers just as we were!! Twice we went to the train station for part of the day and waited for trains arriving from Paris and London and welcomed them to Brussels! It was a lot of fun yelling "Welcome to Brussels!" as they walked through to door and give people hugs. It brought many smiles to people's faces. I had one woman say to me "You don't know how much I need this hug right now." That made it so worth it!
While I was waiting for the rest of our group I was able to help a mom who was trying to control her kids while waiting for someone. Her kids weren't listening to her and running around everywhere, so I pulled out some bubbles that I had in my bag and started blowing them. The kids immediately turned and started playing with them. The mom looked and my and said "Merci! Merci! Merci!!" Its fun the little things that we can do that mean so much to people!
Cleaning was a big part of our serving. We carried trash bags and brooms with us wherever we went and cleaned anywhere we saw needed it. Chad was excellent with his cleaning skills! Friday, the last serving day, someone stumbled across an alleyway behind an apartment building that was FILLED with trash. It looked like a landfill. We spent the entire day on Friday cleaning up the alleyway and someone called the city to have them come and haul away what we put together. As we were leaving Carlton shared that they want to try to plant a garden where all the trash used to be.
Here's a video of the alley with Trevin's narration...
Cleaning up the alleyway...
John and Chad bagging trash
Trevin and I sweeping away!
Andrea!
Robyn cleaning up trash
What a great week...and this is just a taste of the things we did!
I've been home for a week and a day...and I'm still processing a lot. As the lessons that I learned are still churning inside my brain I will share what we did while we were there, starting with the few days before Serve the City actually started...
Friday was a adjustment day. We flew all night Thursday night and arrived Friday morning. We were given a mini tour of the city by one of the interns. It was basically his job to keep us awake for the day since we were all dragging from the travel! I was up for over 36 hours straight since I don't sleep on planes!
Saturday all the volunteers gather at the EPEE Center, which was our homebase for the week. Carlton, the leader of Serve the City, and team lead for the Christian Associates team in Brussels, shared with us about Crossing the Line and Serving the City. Within Brussels there is a distinct line. There used to be a wall around the city, where on one side the poor lived, and the other is where the rich lived. The wall is no longer there, but now there is a vertical divide where it used to be. There is a lift (an actual elevator) that divides the city. At the top of the lift is Palace de Justise, the Courthouse, and where the rich live. At the bottom is where the poor reside. The EPEE Center is just below the lift. Pictured on the right is standing above the lift looking down to where The EPEE Center is. The lift is in the left of the picture.
We split into different sessions to learn more about the culture within Brussels. I went to Understanding Islam first, which was interesting, but I felt like we got the smallest taste and I have so much more to learn! The second session I went to was Stop the Traffik. This session showed my ignorance and how naive I am within the world of human trafficking. Phil shared an audio interview of a woman who was dating a guy and after several months they traveled to France together, and then he made her go to Italy with him. Once they went to Italy the boyfriend began selling her. Her parents would call but he was always with her, so she had to lie about how things were. She ended up getting really sick and was in the hospital for a week. During her time in the hospital she was able to call her parents and tell them the truth. Her parents came and freed her from the guy. Sadly, she can't bring it upon herself to change her number so the guy keeps calling her and telling her that it was all a misunderstanding and is trying to get her to come back. He has been calling her for 2 years now.
Sex slaves aren't the only way people are trafficked. Stop the Traffik has targeted the chocolate industry. They played this video for us...
The end scene breaks my heart where you see a little African child having his first taste of chocolate. He has been working long hard hours harvesting the cocoa beans not knowing the goodness that they create!!
Stop the Traffik has gone after a European chocolate company who after 2 years of them getting in their faces about child slavery has said that they will use fair trade cocoa beans for the biggest selling bar. Stop the Traffik then targeted Mars Chocolate and after only 2 weeks they said that they will only use fair trade chocolate for their biggest bar now, and by 2020 use only fair trade. Nestle is their next target.
I had no clue about human trafficking, especially in the chocolate industry....again there is so much more that I need to learn! If you want to learn more check out stopthetraffik.org.
On Sunday we went to different churches. Robyn, Andrea, and I went to Vineyard church. It was a small english speaking church outside the city. It was a nice service, and everyone there was especially nice and welcoming towards us. After the service we went to lunch with one of the worship leaders, Stephen. His wife was away visiting one of their four daughters in England so she wasn't able to come with us. We went to Pizza Hut! It was the nicest Pizza Hut I had ever been to! After lunch he took us to their house which was really neat! Then we walked around a market that was going on down the street from where he lived. It was a HUGE market! Here is a picture of the 4 of us. Get used to the blue shirts because we wore them every day!
After we headed back to the city we went to All Well Worship. The Well is the church plant that Christian Associates has started. They have 4 (maybe 5) different expressions. Some meet in the morning, some at night, some target families, some single people, etc. This night all the expressions came together. Carlton was telling me that they have a hard time getting most of the people to come to all Well Worship. It was a neat service. We met in a huge, gorgeous, old church. There were stations set up around the room, each one representing a different Beatitude. Once the stations were over there was a time of worship, Carlton spoke on their continued series about Desire, and more worship. We headed down to EPEE for dinner together and called it a night!
It was crazy everything we packed into the weekend...and this was all before Serve the City actually started!!!
I got home Wednesday night. Our plane landed at 7:30 pm. It feels very strange to be home again. Our time in Brussels was amazing. I was so impressed with the kids on our team. Our comfort zones were stretched, we served with all our hearts, made new friends. Truly an amazing trip! I'm still processing a lot...as I have tons of stories to share and as I process things I will post them. For now here is the video of the week that one of the interns put together, and the song "Names" written by one of the high school students who lives in Brussels and his parents are missionaries there.
That's right!! Its finally here!! We leave this evening for Brussels! This time has gone by so quickly!!
We are super excited to see what God has in store. Our team has signed up for Kamakazie Kindness where we will go through the city everyday looking for ways we can serve people; whether its giving someone a flower to brighten their day, sweeping a storefront for a store owner, we want to look for people's needs so we can learn their names and hopefully hear their stories.
I love our team! We are small but mighty! We have a blast whenever we are together, but we also have prayer warriors on this team! Please pray with us over the next 2 weeks while we are gone.
Pray for:
- team unity
- that we can step way outside our comfort zones
- the hearts of the people in Brussels we will be serving
- safety while traveling
- our relationships with the CA families we are serving with
I hope to be able to post quick updates a few times while we are there to let you know how we're doing and what to pray for!!
Being a Godly Superhero was the theme of what we tried to teach the children in Cameroon. After spending maybe 36 hours in Paris after Hungary, the 16 of us on the Cameroon team headed to the Paris airport. We wondered the airport for a while trying to meet up with our luggage...after a little confusion we finally got it!
We saw God working from the very beginning! Once we got to the ticket counter we were told that "The Quad" (the four of us who went to both Hungary and Cameroon) were flying standby and it didn't look like we would make the flight. Immediately the kids started praying, and by the time we got to the gate "The Quad" was welcomed aboard. Every flight I was lucky enough to sit with Trevin, Caroline, and Taylor. God knew that we really needed each other to survive the month away. Here we are on that flight...our 4th flight together on this trip...obviously we had trouble fitting in the picture! :)
We were very tired, but so excited once we landed in Yaounde. We were greeted by Wendy, Gilles, Peters, and some other new friends. I had been emailing and "g-chatting" with Wendy for so long it was so great to finally meet her in person! We spent the first three nights with host families, Jessica, Erin, Emma, and I were with Wendy, Gilles and their kids. The first day was an orientation day where Gilles shared with us some cultural things we needed to learn, and discussed what we might expect during out time there. We had the rest of the day to sort through our belongings and get ready for the conference. The second day was more orientation time...and then the zoo!! It was a random but very fun excursion! We saw lions, a Hyena, tons of monkeys and more!
On Thursday we headed to the conference which was being held at a boarding school. We were the first to arrive, so we had time to get settled into our "home" for the week. Here is a video of where the girls stayed...
Teaching the kids taught us a lot too. We split the kids into 3 groups by age, and had a somewhat structured plan for the groups. We started all together singing songs, sharing the skit, and the Bible story for the day. We would split the kids into their age groups to discuss the Bible story some more, teach memory verses, do crafts, and play games. These kids were not used to the structure, so
we had to learn to let go and adapt to the culture. The first few days were difficult, but we were starting to know the kids better and having fun with them. Robyn wrote an amazing skit for the kids based on being Godly superheros. Super E is teaching T Boy Boy how to be a superhero, teaching all the different things a superhero needs, and that each thing has to be activated with prayer. The kids really loved the characters and the learned the lessons!
Soccer...or futeball...was the favorite game, especially by the older children. We observed that basically any open area would quickly become a soccer field. These kids were very grateful towards anything that they were given. We brought out blocks and a few other toys and the kids of all ages were so excited to play with them. They had never experienced making crafts as we do here in the states. We made kazoos, foam flowers (which they gave to their parents and their parents were thankful) superhero masks, and superhero capes!
The third day into the conference Peters, the National Director of Navigators for Cameroon, invited us to come and worship with the adults. Their worship is so raw and real, just their voices, clapping and maybe a drum. After the singing Peters got up and asked for people to share what it meant for us to be there. Parents were standing up thanking us for coming, telling us that we were laying down a foundation for the next generation of Navigators for Cameroon. Parents also shared how their kids were learning and becoming more excited about reading God's Word, and memorizing scripture. Husbands shared what it meant to have their wives there instead of leaving them at home to take care of the children. Wives shared that being there they were able to have their questions answered, they could understand more about the ministry that their husbands were so excited about, and they can do ministry as a couple together. One man stood up and shared how he didn't have any children but the thought that 16 Americans would give up 2 weeks of their summer to serve them was hard to understand. Once the sharing was over Peters said they had a song for us. The started singing Thank you for what you've done, Thank you for serving us, My God bless you my brother, my sister. All the Cameroonians got up and walked around the room to look in our eyes and shake our hands while singing this song to us. It was the most genuine, heartfelt thank you I think I have ever had...I was in tears...as were many of my teammates. An extremely humbling and encouraging time for us.
We fell in love with the kids! They were so fun to play with, and always so excited to play with us. How neat that love is a universal language that everyone can understand. Two kids that I wanted to take home with me were Marvelous Peace and Kurtis. Peace is Peters' youngest daughter and she and I had a blast playing peek-a-boo together. It was a new game to her, but she absolutely loved it! I told Peters that he had to keep it up with her once I left. Kurtis was a handful, especially in the beginning. He didn't want to listen to anyone, but by the end of the week he had stolen my heart! Just before this picture of Kurtis and I was taken he came running up to me with tears streaming down my face saying "Auntie, Auntie, My mother says that its time for me to travel, but I don't want to go!" That made me teary eyed as well!
God knew that I needed some time to process everything that I learned in Hungary before I came back to the states and the daily distractions here. Each morning I had some intense times with God, sitting on the rooftop of where the girls stayed. We also had our team meetings on that rooftop. My favorite time was when we had the students be in charge of the meeting. They shared scripture that meant a lot to them, we sang worship songs together, and had a lot of time of intercessory prayer. It was amazing to sit on the rooftop worshiping God with this amazing team and look up at the African Night sky.
Being so far away from our comfort zone we really learned to rely on God completely. Jessica was constantly reminding us to pray continually, and give everything up to God. We also were given a huge lesson in humility, from the school grounds we were staying, and watching the sacrifices the Cameroonians made for us. The women in the kitchen bent over backwards making separate meals for us, among other things. Gilles lived out what being a servant meant and was a huge example to us. The entire week he was away from his family making sure that we were ok. He would bring us anything we needed, check up on us, get a doctor when we needed one. He even brought us peanut butter and jelly so our bodies could take a break from the food! What an amazing family! I had so many great conversations with Wendy and Gilles. I am so thankful for everything that they did for us while we were there, and for the friendship that is carried onto today.
Ok...so back to stories from my trip! We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to Paris once we left Hungary. We arrived Saturday evening and then had to lug ALL OUR LUGGAGE (hmm...maybe that's why its called luggage!) through the Paris subway system. We dragged it up and down MANY flights of stairs...switched trains I believe 3 times. It wasn't ideal, but I was amazed with how well the students handled it! Once we got to the hotel we got some pizza from across the street and just hung out for the night. We were all too tired to really do anything, and wanted to get rest for the next day. Sunday morning we headed to a nearby park to debrief about the trip. This was a great time to talk and process some of the things we had learned, and also talk about what we wanted to do once we got home. It was neat to hear some of the students think of ways to reach their unchurched friends. Some of the graduated seniors were already planning ways to reach people on their campuses that they hadn't even met yet! After the debrief time, we headed to the train station to meet up with the Cameroon team! This took a little longer than planned, but it was great to see them once they arrived.
Instead of traveling in a pack of 26 we split into groups to go see the Arc de Triumph, Notre Dame, and the Eiffel Tower. Rachel and I led a group together, which I was really excited about. We headed to the Arc de Triumph first. It was breath taking! As you walked up the steps of the subway it was right in front of you...and its HUGE! To get to the Arc itself you walk through a tunnel that is under the road that circles it. I was overwhelmed as I walked up under the Arc. We didn't get to go up to the top...that just means I will have to go back to Paris! I kept saying the entire trip I couldn't really believe that I was in Paris until I saw the Eiffel Tower. I spotted the top of it from the Arc and got really excited. Everyone met at the Eiffel Tower next. On the subway there it was amazing to see it across the river.
Here is a picture of "The Quad" in front of the Eiffel Tower. Caroline, Trevin, Taylor, and I were the only four who went on both trips. We grew so close, like a family and I really love them!!
From the Eiffel Tower we headed to the Louvre! I was surprised when we walked out of the subway into a mall. At the end of the mall was the Louvre entrance, and La Pyramide Inversee, which is the inverse of the Pyramid above ground. It is also where the Holy Grail is located in The DaVinci Code. We tried to go into the Louvre to see Mona Lisa, but unfortunately it was closed. We walked around outside instead. Our final stop was Notre Dame. What a beautiful church! Amazing detailed architecture, mesmerizing stained glass everywhere. My entire time in Europe I kept thinking about how there are so many amazing intricate detailed buildings and architecture all over the place. Buildings that were built like this hundreds of years ago by hand. Now we have technology to create things like this, and yet in the US we are so focused on getting things done the quickest and cheapest way possible so most of our architecture is so boring. It was interesting walking inside Notre Dame because there was a mass going on inside while tons of tourists (including us) were walking around the building taking pictures. Once we came back outside we discussed how that was a perfect example of what Europe is like spiritually. Christianity is thought of something of the past. Huge gorgeous cathedrals are all over Europe, but are all for show and mostly empty. They were built with pride, not to honor God. I couldn't imagine being able to worship and focus on God while hundreds of tourists walk around my place of worship snapping pictures and talking to the people they are traveling with.
Once we got back to the hotel we all met in the lobby, both the Cameroon and Hungary teams. We had a time of prayer and worship. After we sang the Hungary team annointed the Cameroon team and prayed for us. It was a really neat and encouraging thing to do. It was strange for "The Quad" because we had officially become the Cameroon team, no longer the Hungary team.
I found out later that the guy that was working the front desk told Tony that he really enjoyed listening to us and thought that what we did was really great! How cool is that?! And we were scared that we were going to get kicked out! God is so much bigger than that!
The next morning we got up bright and early and headed to the airport. Tony got a shuttle to take all of the luggage to the airport, and 2 people from the Hungary team went with it to take care of it. It was nice to be able to get on the train to the airport without all the luggage.
In my trip to Hungary this year God really rocked my world! I learned so much, and I am still processing everything that God is teaching me!
I was blown away from our students that went. They really served these kids and families with all their heart. It was fun to see some old friends like Jordan! She has grown up some much this past year! Isaiah was my buddy last year, his family lives in France. Isaiah would save a seat for me at almost every meal. We had a lot of fun together. I was with the 3 and 4 year olds this year, so I wasn't with his group. On the last night he ran up to me and asked if we could have his dad take a picture of us together! That made me really happy! :) He and Trevin had fun together this year!
Last year I met the Stephan and Laura, who live in Brussels. Laura is actually from the same home town, and we discovered that we know a ton of the same people! Its funny how it took us both traveling to Hungary to meet each other. I have kept in close touch with the them over the past year, and it was a lot of fun to see them again at Connect. I was able to spend a lot of time with them, talking about ministry and just life in general. Here is a picture of their son Andrew and I. I asked Stephan what I could bring their family from the states. Among other things I brought Andrew some Scooby Doo and John Deere Fruit Snacks. Everyday he would run up to me and tell me how I brought him his fruit snacks. He is so cute! I worked with the 3 and 4 year olds this year, which was a lot of fun. Andrew is 3, so he was in the group and so was Malachi. Malachi was my little buddy this year. He really had a hard time being away from his parents. He also really desires one on one time. My job for the week became hanging out with Malachi. Towards the beginning of the week it was a lot of crying, but I finally learned that asking him "What do you want to do while we wait for Daddy?" worked like a charm. We read books together, played on the playground, blew bubbles...lots of fun!
During the day our students ran an Olympic Themed program for the kids that they wrote! It was complete with games, videos, bible lessons, and crafts. Each night had a different theme for the kids to dress up; Pirates and Princesses, PJ party Campfire; Wacky Tacky Superheroes. These nights were very special for the missionary kids because they don't really get to experience things like that while living overseas. Charles won for the best Pirate costume! We all had some fun on Wacky Tacky night...gotta love Tricia's hair!! Ethan and Caleb came dressed in their sister Jordan's clothes and diapers! Needless to say they won for the best dressed! haha!
Andrew decided that he wanted to be baptized while we were away, which was really special. We opened it up to the entire conference to come and watch. It was so great to see him declare his love for Christ. When one of the 10 year old boys heard that there was going to be a baptism he decided that he wanted to be baptized too, which was really encouraging. Later in the week we heard that at least 2 of the kids had accepted Christ that week. What an amazing experience we had! The families were very thankful...and so were we! God is so good!
While we were away we had the privilege of taking some time for some sight seeing. Here are a select few pictures from the thousands of pictures that I took over the month (I'm not kidding about the thousands!). These pictures are from our time in Vienna, Austria; and Sopron, Hungary, the little town that the conference was held.
We had the kids navigate us through Vienna to find City Hall, and here is one of my favorite pictures of Andrew, Jenny, and Kt.
We also went to two palaces...Belvedere Palace, which was Prince Eugene of Savoy's Summer home; and Schonbrunn Palace, which was Maria Theresa's summer home. Vienna was the place to be in the summer! To the right are the Juniors standing in front of Belvedere Palace;
Jenny, Lexi, and I standing in front of Schonbrunn Palace
Since our group was so large, each of the leaders were assigned 2-3 students to keep track of while we were traveling. I had Karl, Andrew, and Lexi, aka My Duckies!
Thursday afternoon of the conference we had a break, so the whole team took the bus into Downtown Sopron, a quaint little town. The area of Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire. Its forum was located where the main square of Sopron is found today.
We all walked together to the square where the Fire Tower (Pictured to the left) and City Hall are located, and then split into smaller groups to walk around the city. There are remnants of Roman Ruins in the city. Here's a picture of Andrew, Jenny and Karl sitting on a Roman ruin wall.
We had fun wandering around the town...I love this picture! haha!
