Welcome to Harvey Travel Arts! This is the home of two Harveys who love to travel around the world. Brian is our family photographer, and Amber journals and paints about the places we have seen. Pack your suitcase and join us on our adventure!
This, my friends, is the "John Lennon Peace Wall" in Prague. I hesitated to post a photo of the wall, for fear that it would indicate my endorsement of the messages scribbled in colorful madness. Finally, I found a photo of the wall that blurs most of the messages. Just know that I'm posting this for a different reason. This otherwise normal wall became an outlet in the early 1980s not long after John Lennon's death. The messages have transformed over the years, but the general secular ideas of "peace" remain. However, there isn't much peace, in my opinion, in a wall filled with disarray. The peace that is so often referred to is not a perfect peace. The peace desired by society is unattainable; someone is always challenging another person's rights and beliefs. Perfect peace, peace in our spirit, no matter what is going on in the world, comes from Christ. Galatians 5:22 & 23 " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsu...
Right now Brian and I are waiting....waiting on our unaccompanied baggage, waiting on our household goods, and waiting on my car to arrive. It's all part of the moving process and we've been fairly patient so far, with a few moments of frustration. I'm also waiting on God's direction for what I am to do next. I'm in the process of job searching but also planning to return to volunteer work, as well. We're also waiting to get into a routine, and I know that having our things and my being settled will help with that. So, that leaves you, readers, with waiting for more photos to be posted. Trust me, there will be plenty...just have to be patient and wait!
These ghostly images were taken in Luxembourg. Luxembourg was an old walled city, and much of that wall is still in place today. I found it fascinating to be able to walk the borders, and to look down to the cityscape. The old church (above) caught my eye. I can imagine people in worn out clothing, traipsing through the fog, cold and mud in order to worship their God. How sad it is today, with all of our conveniences, we now find easy excuses not to visit. So many churches across Europe are primarily tourist attractions, or they have been abandoned and turned into restaurants and bars.
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