There is a lot of European influence in the "Hill" area of Texas, prominently German with towns with the name of New Ulm, Beorne, Gruene and Fredricksberg. They also have some european influenced churches called the "Painted Churches of Fayette County". Most of these are well over a hundred years old and also have a cemetery attached to them. They are very ornate much as the churches we saw when we visited Germany.
The first church we saw on our tour (Self tour) was the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Ammansville. Soon after we pulled up about a dozen other cars pulled up and we soon realized there was an 'official' tour being conducted. We encountered the same tour in several other churches in other towns.
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| St. John the Baptist |
You can see the tour guide in this photo in the far left. He had a lot of interesting info but also got boring so we headed out to the next church.
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| St. John the Baptist Catholic Church |
The next church on our "Garmin GPS" led tour was Saints Cyril and Methodius Church in Dubina.
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| Saints Cyril and Methodius Church |
The doors were open but there was a gate keeping people out. Patty put the camera through the gate to take this picture.
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| Dubina |
After Dubina Garmin sent us to St. Mary's Church in High Hill. From the outside it looked more traditional Americana. Inside it was the most ornate.
This was the most beautiful church inside. Notice the marble pillars? They were actually wooden pillars painted to look like marble. You can also see the same tour guide from the first church in Ammansville.
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| St Mary's High Hill |
Finally we went to St. Mary's in Praha.
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| Praha |
It turns out that they were preparing to have Saturday Mass when we were there so we very gently took some pictures and quietly left.
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| Praha St Mary's |
On our way out a very nice worshiper met us and asked us were we are from. She was very nice and friendly as most Texans are!
When we got back home some deer were grazing behind our 5th wheel. Patty got a picture of this one jumping over the fence which was a great shot!
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| Deer Jumping |
That's it for today,
Next blog we will be at Lake Conroe, which is about 40 miles north of Houston.
Love you all,
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