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My Travels


Medjugorje Pilgrimage
Bosnia-Herzegovina September 26 – October 3, 2025 A year ago, I had never heard of Medjugorje. Yet Mary, the Mother of God has been appearing there to 6 visionaries since June 24, 1981. She still appears daily to 2 of the visionaries and several times a year to the other four. There are many miracles performed here and she relays messages to the world daily. Over the last 3 years we have been on 5 pilgrimages, including Lourdes and Fatima. I am baffled I did not know there
Patricia Kummer
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“From Lava to Love: Our Windy Iceland Adventure on the Way to Paris”
Mike surprised me with a trip to Paris for our 40 th anniversary. This was terribly exciting as we have not travelled to Europe except to meet a Mediterranean cruise 3 years ago and we did not have a great experience getting there due to airline delays. Therefore, we decided to try and get a connecting flight anywhere except in the US. Mike found that Icelandair connected in Reykjavik, Iceland and only had an hour layover. Much better than the typical 3-5 hour layovers in
Patricia Kummer
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Walking with the Saints: My First Pilgrimage on El Camino de Santiago
My husband Mike and I love to travel and have been some amazing places: From Iceland to Paris; Costa Rica to Canada; from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean, we have been blessed with some great opportunities. But nothing compares to my first pilgrimage in 2024. This was a whole different animal. I didn’t even know what a pilgrimage was until our neighbors invited us to walk El Camino in Spain with them. This is the last 100 kilometers of The Way (which is a movie referring t
Patricia Kummer
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