June 2007

4 June 2007
Nicole in front of the Breda castle

4 June 2007
Breda

4 June 2007
The Grote Kerk in Breda

4 June 2007
Breda

4 June 2007
The Grote Kerk in Breda

4 June 2007
A square (the Grote Martk?) in Breda

4 June 2007
Sheep from our campsite near Breda.
We did minicamping, aka farmer camping, which meant camping on a patch of lawn near a farmer's house. Some farmers make extra summer income by opening their lawn to campers. I'm quite fond of this sort of camping.

4 June 2007
Breda

4 June 2007
Breda

4 June 2007
A relic in Breda.
Usually, a relic is a piece of a dead saint. Specifically, this is known as a "first class relic." Second class relics are things the saint touched while living. I think this is purported to be a piece of the one true cross.
I think despite it's not actually having been a piece of a saint, it's importance would make it a first class relic regardless, but I'm just guessing.

4 June 2007
A close up of the relic. It has a little legend which I can almost read, but not quite. Maybe it's not a part of the one true cross? I wonder if the wikipedia article on Breda lists relics in the cathedral.

4 June 2007
The passage of time has been harsh to this tomb in the Breda cathedral

4 June 2007
The Virgin Mary is adored in Breda

4 June 2007
A monument in a church in Breda. The suit of armor is held aloft over the sleeping forms.

4 June 2007
The ceiling of a section of the cathedral in Breda

4 June 2007
The back part of the cathedral in Breda, including the organ

4 June 2007
A picture on the wall in the cathedral in Breda

4 June 2007
A picture on the wall in the cathedral in Breda

4 June 2007
The pipe organ in the cathedral in Breda.

4 June 2007
An angelic organ grinder.
The New Grove article on organs says that portative organs have none of the spiritual associations of large, installed church organs, but this scultpure suggests otherwise, at least in limitted circumstances
(Things that I wish I could have cited in an academic paper I wrote in 2003)

4 June 2007
A monument (or altar?) in the cathedral in Breda

4 June 2007
The vestments were framed behind the church altar.

4 June 2007
View from the altar of the cathedral in Breda

4 June 2007
Paitnings on the ceiling of the cathedral in Breda

4 June 2007
A plaque in the floor in a memorial in the Breda cathedral

4 June 2007
A doorway in Breda

4 June 2007
Door lintel in Breda

4 June 2007
The Cloister garden in Breda

4 June 2007
The Cloister garden in Breda

4 June 2007
The Cloister garden in Breda
It looks like just a gazing ball, but, infact, it has religious purposes. Satan can sometimes be found in gardens during the summer months (I guess it's too cold for him in the other seasons?) and might sneak up on cloistered women. Fortunately, a reflective ball can alert them to Satan's wiley presence.
Some guy in town told me this, so it must be true.

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4 June 2007 Nicole in front of the Breda castle	4 June 2007 Breda	4 June 2007 The Grote Kerk in Breda
4 June 2007 Breda	4 June 2007 The Grote Kerk in Breda	4 June 2007 A square (the Grote Martk?) in Breda
4 June 2007 Sheep from our campsite near Breda. We did minicamping, aka farmer camping, which meant camping on a patch of lawn near a farmer's house. Some farmers make extra summer income by opening their lawn to campers. I'm quite fond of this sort of camping.	4 June 2007 Breda	4 June 2007 Breda
4 June 2007 A relic in Breda. Usually, a relic is a piece of a dead saint. Specifically, this is known as a "first class relic." Second class relics are things the saint touched while living. I think this is purported to be a piece of the one true cross. I think despite it's not actually having been a piece of a saint, it's importance would make it a first class relic regardless, but I'm just guessing.	4 June 2007 A close up of the relic. It has a little legend which I can almost read, but not quite. Maybe it's not a part of the one true cross? I wonder if the wikipedia article on Breda lists relics in the cathedral.	4 June 2007 The passage of time has been harsh to this tomb in the Breda cathedral
4 June 2007 The Virgin Mary is adored in Breda	4 June 2007 A monument in a church in Breda. The suit of armor is held aloft over the sleeping forms.	4 June 2007 The ceiling of a section of the cathedral in Breda
4 June 2007 The back part of the cathedral in Breda, including the organ	4 June 2007 A picture on the wall in the cathedral in Breda	4 June 2007 A picture on the wall in the cathedral in Breda
4 June 2007 The pipe organ in the cathedral in Breda.	4 June 2007 An angelic organ grinder. The New Grove article on organs says that portative organs have none of the spiritual associations of large, installed church organs, but this scultpure suggests otherwise, at least in limitted circumstances (Things that I wish I could have cited in an academic paper I wrote in 2003)	4 June 2007 A monument (or altar?) in the cathedral in Breda
4 June 2007 The vestments were framed behind the church altar.	4 June 2007 View from the altar of the cathedral in Breda	4 June 2007 Paitnings on the ceiling of the cathedral in Breda
4 June 2007 A plaque in the floor in a memorial in the Breda cathedral	4 June 2007 A doorway in Breda	4 June 2007 Door lintel in Breda
4 June 2007 The Cloister garden in Breda	4 June 2007 The Cloister garden in Breda	4 June 2007 The Cloister garden in Breda It looks like just a gazing ball, but, infact, it has religious purposes. Satan can sometimes be found in gardens during the summer months (I guess it's too cold for him in the other seasons?) and might sneak up on cloistered women. Fortunately, a reflective ball can alert them to Satan's wiley presence. Some guy in town told me this, so it must be true.