THE CRUCIFICTION OF ST ANDREW …

THIS IS ST ANDREW CATHEDRAL IN PATRAS , GREECE .I WAS IN PATRAS BUS STOP STATION IN GREECE WAITING FOR THE BUS GOING TO TESSALONIKA AND THERE IS A GROUP OF FILIPINO DOING PILGRIMAGE IN GREECE . APPROUCHED ME IF I KNOW WHERE IS THE LOCATION OF ST ANDREW CATHEDRAL . I TOLD THEM IM NOT FROM HERE AND IM WAITING FOR THE BUS GOING TO TESSALONIKA AND ASKED THEM WHAT GOING ON ST ANDREW CATHEDRAL ? AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WANT TO SEE THE HEAD OF ST ANDREW . SOUND INTERESTING AND ASKED THEM IF I CAN JOIN THEM AND THEY AGREED. I RENT A LOCKER AND LEAVE MY BACKPACK AND ASKED THE RECEPTIONIST . HOW CAN WE REACH THE ST ANDREW CATHEDRAL AND ITS ONLY ONE MILE AWAY FROM THE BUS STATION .THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF ST ANDREW CATHEDRAL . ST ANDREW IS THE FIRST DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST . HE IS THE BROTHER OF PETER AND BAPTISED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST .HE WAS THE FIRST BISHOP CRUCIFIED BY THE ROMAN IN 60 AD  . HE WAS TIED IN X SHAPE CROSS IN PATRAS , GREECE . AND HIS REMAIN IN THIS CATHEDRAL .THIS IS THE REMAIN OF ST ANDREW THE HEAD WAS ENCLOSED IN STAINLESS STEEL INSIDE THE GLASS CASE .

THE MIRACLE OF FATIMA , PORTUGAL …

MAY 1917 THE TOWN OF FATIMA WHICH IS LOCATED 88 MILES NORTH OF LISBON , PORTUGAL SHOCK THE WORLD OF CATHOLIC DEVOTEES FOR THE APPEARANCE THE VIRGIN MARY WITH THE THREE CHILDREN SHEPHERD .THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE STATION OF THE CROSS BEHIND ME WHERE THE CATHOLIC DEVOTEES DOING THEIR PRAYERS BY STATION . WHILE ON THE SQUARE WHERE IM STANDING UNDER THAT SQUARE THERE ARE SEVERAL CHAPEL AND SHOWROOM ABOUT THE MIRACLE IN FATIMA .THIS IS THE SHOWROOM OF THE MIRACULOUS VIRGIN MARY  UNDER THAT SQUARE .THESE ARE THE THREE CHILDREN SHEPHERD AGES 7 , 9 , and 10 YEARS OLD WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED WITH THE VIRGIN MARY .WHILE THIS ONE IS THE MAIN CHAPEL ASIDE FROM SEVERAL SMALL ONE  AND ITS VERY MODERN IN STYLE .THIS ONE IS ANOTHER CHAPEL OUTSIDE BESIDE THE MAIN SQUARE . TODAY FATIMA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PILGRIMAGE FOR EVERY CATHOLIC DEVOTEES  IN THE WORLD BESIDE THE SQUARE THEY HAVE SOME RELIGIOUS STORE WHERE YOU CAN BUY SOME SOUVENIR .WITH THAT MIRACLE THE TOWN OF FATIMA BECOME VERY PROSPEROUS . FOR ISLAM  RELIGION FATIMA IS A VERY IMPORTANT NAME IN AND VITAL CHARACTER IN THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AS A ROLE MODEL OF ALL MUSLIM GIRL .DOWNTOWN FATIMA , PORTUGAL 

EASTER IN MEDJUGORJE …

IF YOU HAVE PLAN TO VISIT THE MEDJUGORJE THIS EASTER . THE BEST BET YOU CAN BOOK FOR YOUR ACCOMMODATION IS MOSTAR . ITS AROUND 25 KM AWAY TO MEDJUGORJE . OR THIRTHY MINUTES BY MINI BUS .1981 MEDJUGORJE BECOME THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION FOR ALL CATHOLICS . WHEN THE LADY OF MEDJUGORJE OR THE LADY OF PEACE APPEARED TO SIX HERZEGOVANIAN CHILDREN .THE APPEARANCE OF THE LADY OF MEDJUGORJE MAKE THE TOWN OF MEDJUGORJE VERY PROSPEROUS .MEDJUGORJE IS A TOWN IN HERZOGOVANIA REGION OF BOSNIA AROUND 25 KM SOUTHWEST OF MOSTAR AND CLOSE TO THE BORDER OF CROATIA . MEDJUGORGE  IN BOSNIA MEANS “BETWEEN MOUNTAIN” .BY THIS TIME ALL THE HOTELS AND KINDS OF ACCOMMODATION ARE FULLY BOOKED FOR THE WHOLE MARCH .FROM THE CITY OF MEDJUGORJE ALL CATHOLICS WHO ARE DOING THEIR PILGRIMAGE WILL WALK FROM THE CITY GOING UP TO THE HILLS .AND MOST OF ALL PIGRIMS WALKED GOING UP THE HILLS BAREFOOTED AS A SACRIFICE FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO FORGIVEN THEIR SIN .WHEN THEY REACHED THE CROSS ON THE TOP OF HILLS THEY WILL OFFER A PRAYERS . THE CROSS ON THE TOP OF THE HILLS WAS BUILT BY HANDS OF THE VILLAGERS .THERE ARE TWO HILLS FOR THE PILGRIMS TO CLIMB AND PRAY .EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT DOING PILGRMAGES . MOSTAR AND MEDJUGORJE IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO VISIT .

MY FAVORITES DESERT SHOT …

THIS PICTURES WAS TAKEN AT 5:00PM . WHEN I SAW THESE RAYS COMING OUT FROM THE SKY I FELT IM SO LUCKY TO CATCHED THOSE BLESSING COMING FROM HEAVEN .TAKEN AT 5:30 PM AS TIME GETTING DARKER THOSE RAYS ARE GETTING MORE VISIBLE AND TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE DARKER CLOUD TRYING TO HIDE THEM BEHIND THE DARKER CLOUD .TAKEN 6:30PM THIS TIME OF THE DAY IS THE BEST TIME TO MEDITATE  UNDER THIS INDIAN TEEPEE .BEING ALONE IN THIS DESERT . WHERE THE SORROUNDING IS REALLY QUIET THE DESERT GIVE YOU A PEACE OF MIND . BEING ALONE IS ALSO A  GOOD EXPERIENCE . WHERE YOU CAN STRECH YOUR BODY AND RELEASE ALL THE STRESS YOU HAVE IN VERY POPULATED AREA WHERE YOU LIVE . ONCE IN WHILE , LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL IN THE DESERT .

HARTLEY WINTNEY AND ISLE OF WIGHT …

HARTLEY WINTNEY IS A VILLAGE CIVIL PARISH IN THE HART DISTRICT OF HAMPSHIRE , ENGLAND .VERY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY QUIET CITY WITH A POPULATION OF 4999 .MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE BUILT IN 18th CENTURIES AND REBUILT THE WAY IT WAS BUILT BEFORE .THIS IS THE ORIGINAL POST OFFICE LOCATION . BUT TODAY THEY USE BY SOME ESTABLISHMENT FOR OTHER BUSINESS. .AND THIS IS THE REST OF HE BUSINESS CENTER OF HARTLEY WINTNEY .THIS IS THE PORT GOING TO ” ISLE OF WIGHT ” . ISLE OF WIGHT  IS AN ISLAND OFF THE SOUTHCOAST OF ENGLAND . AND ITS KNOWN FOR ITS BEACHES AND SEAFRONT PROMANADES .NOW THIS ISLAND ALSO BECOME POPULAR BECAUSE QUEEN VICTORIA HAVE A SUMMER HOUSE IN THIS ISLAND . BASE ON THE MOVIE “VICTORIA AND ABDUL ” . THEIR STORY BECOME VERY COTROVERSAL . QUEEN VICTORIA AND ABDUL SPEND THEIR TIME IN HER SUMMER HOUSE BY THEMSELVES .

THERES A LOT ACTIVTIES HERE . HERE IN NEWPORT IS THEIR MAIN SHOPPING CENTER . IF YOU LIVE IN LONDON  . ALL COMMODITIES HERE ARE CHEAPER THAN IN LONDON .AS YOU GO AROUND THE ISLAND YOU CAN START TASTING ALL THEIR LOCAL HARVEST . THEY HAVE A FARM HERE GROWING ALL KINDS OF GARLIC AROUND THE WORLD . OR YOU CAN GROW YOUR OWN GARLIC AT YOUR BACKYARD .OR TRY DIFFERENT KINDS OF CIDER .THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BUSINESS AREA .THE BUSINESS AREA .HERE IAM IN THE MOST POPULAR PLACE OF THE ISLAND THE BEACH .IF YOU ARE RESIDENT IN THIS ISLAND . YOU CAN RENT A PIECE OF LOT INFRONT OF THE BEACH AND BUILD YOUR OWN HUT . WHERE YOU CAN STORE OR KEEP ALL YOUR WATER ACTIVITIES EQIPMENTS . ITS WINTER TODAY THAT ISS WHY THERE ARE ONLY FEW PEOPLE WALKING AND JOGGING AROUND THE BEACH . THIS ISLAND IS KNOWN ALSO FOR DINOSAUR FOSSILS . 

LONDON AND WEY BRIDGE …

LONDON IS A MAJOR CITY IN ENGLAND AND THE MOST POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION . NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I VISITED LONDON , I STILL ENJOY WALKING AROUND THE CITY . AT NIGHT YOU WILL ADMIRE THE BEAUTY OF LONDON .AND THE ORIGINAL SHAPE OF THEIR TAXI .RAIN OR SHINE EVEN  IN VERY COLD WEATHER ,PEOPLE ENJOYING THEIR TIME IN LONDON .THERE IS A LOT OF ATTRACTION THAT YOU CAN ENJOY AROUND THE CIY FOR YOUR SOUVENIR  . EITHER YOU CAN HAVE PICTURE WITH THE HORSE GUARD OR WITH THE SOUVENIR GUY .OR ENJOY WATCHING THE STREET ENTERTAINMENT AND THOSE BIG BOARD ADVERTISMENT .WHILE ENJOYING YOUR PRECIOUS TIME HERE IN LONDON MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE ON YOUR POCKET .WEY BRIDGE IS A CITY OUTSIDE LONDON . ACCORDING TO SOME FILIPINO I MET HERE IN WEY BRIDGE THIS CITY IS AN UPPER CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD .THIS CITY IS ONE HOUR BY TRAIN FROM WATERLOO CENTRAL STATION .THEY DONT USE NUMBER ON THEIR HOUSES HERE . THEY USE NAME OF FRUITS , TREES OR SOME COURT . AND IF NOBODY PICK YOU UP  AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR THEIR ADDRESSYOU NEED TO READ ALL THE NAME OF THE HOUSES ON THAT STREET . THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY SAFE THAT MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE NOT TO USE TO LOCK THEIR DOOR .

CHESTER , U. K. PART TWO…

I JUST WANT TO  CORRECT ON THE FIRST POST ABOUT THE CATHEDRAL OF CHESTER . THIS IS THE CHESTER CATHEDRAL. ON THE FIRST POST I GOT CONFUSED POSTING THE WREXHAM CATHEDRAL OF NORTHERN WALES . THIS IS THEIR BUSINESS CENTER.VERY LOYAL TO THEIR KING AND THEIR COUNTRY .SHOP ARE VERY BUSY SELLING ALL LEFT OVER DURING CHRISTMAS SALE .I ENJOYED MY TWO DAYS STAY HERE AND THE ONLY ITEM I BOUGHT HERE IS KEY CHAIN . FOR ME EVERYTHING HERE IS EXPENSIVE  . CALIFORNIA STILL THE BEST AND CHEAPEST FOR SHOPPING .NOW THIS IS THE WREXHAM CATHEDRAL OF NORTHERN WALES .ACCORDING TO THEIR TOURISM DEPARTMENT . WREXHAM CITY IS NOW BECOMING POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION HERE IN NORTHERN WALES .AS YOU CAN SEE , EVEN IN COLD WEATHER PEOPLE ARE STILL ENJOYING SHOPPING OR WINDOW SHOPPING .

CHESTER , UNITED KINGDOM …

CHESTER IS A CITY IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND , FOUNDED AS A ROMAN FORTRESS IN THE FIRST CENTURY . ITS KNOWN FOR ITS EXTENSIVE ROMAN WALLS MADE OF LOCAL  RED SANDSTONE .THE CEMETERY .ON THE TOP PICTURE IS THE AMPITHEATER WHERE THE REAL GLADIATORS FIGHT FOR THEIR LIFE AGAINST THEIR OPPONENTS OR WILD ANIMALS FOR ENTERTAINMENTS . WHILE ON THE BOTTOM IS THE PUBLIC BATHS .CHESTER CASTLE WAS BUILT IN 1070 AND WAS USED THRUHOUT ITS HISTORY AS MILITARY GARRISON AND FOUNDED BY WILLIAM THE CONGUEROR IN 1070 .CHESTER UNIVERSITY .CHESTER CATHEDRAL AND THEIR REHEARSING CHOIR .ENTERING THE WALL CITY .THOSE ORIGINAL APARTMENT .BRICKS VICTORIAN APARTMENT .   BEAUTIFUL PARK .THEIR MUSEUM .  will continue on next post .

BIRMINGHAM , UNITED KINGDOM …

YOU ARE NOT IN WALL STREET OF NEW YORK  . BUT HERE IN BIRMINGHAM THEY HAVE ALSO THIS BIG BRONZE BULL  AS THEIR MASCOT . THIS BIG BRONZE BULL IS THE ENTRANCE OF THE BULL RING SHOPPING CENTER .INSIDE THE BIRMINGHAM CATHEDRAL .AND THIS IS THE ONLY SOUVENIR SHOP YOU CAN BUY IN THE WHOLE CITY  OF BIRMINGHAM  .WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT ? A SIMPLE KEY CHAIN WILL COST YOU 3.99 POUNDS .GOING AROUND THE CITY . BUS , STILL THE BEST OPTION . TO SEE THE CITY .OR YOU CAN TAKE THEIR LOCAL TRAIN  FOR TOURING THE CITY .AND THIS IS THE MAIN TERMINAL WHERE YOU CAN WAIT AND SHOP OR DINE WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR TRIP .DO YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF BIRMINGHAM ? ITS THE HOME OF THE TRIBAL LEADER BIRMINGHAM OR BEORMA . BIRMINGHAM IS THE HOME CADBURY’S CHOCOLATES . JAMES WATT WHO LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM DEVELOPED THE STEAM ENGINE AND THE LETTER PHOTO COPYING MACHINE .AND HIS NAME STAY IN VOCABULARY IN THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRIC WATTAGE . IN 1896 THE X-RAYS PHOTOGRAPHY WAS PIONEERED BY MAJOR JONH HALL EDWARD HERE IN BIRMINGHAM . OZZY OSBOURNE OF BLACK SABBATH LIVED HERE IN BIRMINGHAM .ELECTRO PLATING WAS INVENTED BY JONH WRIGHT IN 1840 HERE IN BIRMINGHAM . JOSEPH PRIESLEY DISCOVERED  OXYGEN IN 1780-91 . PLASTIC WAS INVENTED1862 BY ALEXANDER PARKS . JONH WYATT INVENTED THE MACHINE FOR SPINNING WOOL . TWO OF THE FOUR BIG BANK IN BRITAIN FOUNDED IN BIRMINGHAM  ARE LYODS IN 1765 and MIDLAND 1836 . THE PNEUMATIC TYRE WAS INVENTED BY JONH DUNLOP IN 1888 . AND OFFICIALLY THE CLEANEST UNITED KINGDOM BIG CITY . THIS BULLRING SHOPPING CENTER IS THE BUSIEST SHOPPING CENTER IN UNITED KINGDOM THAT IN 2004 THEY HAVE 36.5 MILLION VISITORS .AND LASTLY THEY STILL HAVE THOSE BEAUTIFUL BRICKS BUILDING .

THE CITY OF MANCHESTER , UNITED KINGDOM …

CAN YOU TELL WHAT KIND OF BUILDING IS THIS ? IS THIS A CASTLE OR CHURCH . THIS IS THE MANCHESTER TOWN HALL IS A VICTORIAN , NEOGOTHIC MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN MANCHESTER , ENGLAND . IT IS THE CEREMONIAL HEADQUARTERS OF MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL .UPON ENTERING THE DOOR . THIS BEAUTIFUL ARCH ENTRANCE OF THE LOBBY WILL WELCOME YOU . THE LOBBY IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC .INSIDE THE LOBBY , YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND CONTAIN SOME STATUES AND BUSTS OF SOME PEOPLE  WHO CONTRIBUTES TO MAKE MANCHESTER A PROGRESSIVE CITY .BEAUTIFUL DETAILED CIELING WITH CHANDELIER .AND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS FOR BUSINESS ONLY .AT THE BACK OF THE BUILDING THEY HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL WATER FOUNTAIN AND THE STATUE OF PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE  COBURG . THE CLOCK TOWER . OR THE GREAT ABEL NAME AFTER ABEL HEYWOOD AND WEIGHT EIGHT TONS AND MADE BY GILLET AND BLAND WITH 23 BELLS . ORIGINALLY WOUND USING HYDROLIC POWER SUPPLIED BY MANCHESTER HYDROLIC POWER . THE CLOCK BELL FIRST RANG ON NEWYEAR DAY1879 BUT CRACKED WAS REPLACED1882 .AND THEN RECAST WITH ALL THE BELLS IN1937 .MANCHESTER LIBRARY .MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL .AND SOME PART OF THE CITY .